Whose idea was
this?
The "Cruikshank" whose name is on the door is Jeffrey L.
Cruikshank. He was the co-founder of Kohn Cruikshank, Inc.,
a Boston-based consulting firm that served corporate and
institutional clients for more than twelve years. In
September of 2001, Kohn Cruikshank moved to Milton and
became The Cruikshank Company, Inc.
Jeff Cruikshank is a graduate
of Amherst College and the Program for Management
Development at the Harvard Business School. In 1980, he
became the editor of the Harvard Business School
Bulletin, beginning a relationship with
HBS that has continued since then, and has led to many
other engagements in the worlds of education and business.
In addition to helping shape
key communications for dozens of public and private
institutions, Cruikshank is the author or co-author of
numerous books of interest to managers. These include
histories of the Harvard Business School, New England
Electric, Cummins Engine Company, the Weather Channel,
Perdue Farms, and the United States Merchant Marine
Academy. He has also written a book on corporations and
architecture for Herman Miller, Inc.; the definitive guide
to art in public places (Going
Public); and books on numerous other
subjects, ranging from logistics in the Gulf War
(Moving
Mountains) to entrepreneurship
(Low
Risk, High Reward) to the inner workings of the
commercial real estate industry (The Real Estate
Game).
His first murder mystery (Murder at the B
School)
was published in
2005, and his first biography (The Man Who Sold
America) was published in 2010.
