helping organizations and individuals bridge the partisan divide
about Randy Lioz and lioz consulting
Americans of every stripe are seeing their relationships erode because of an inability to communicate about our different beliefs. That skill set is more important than ever, and while technology has contributed to this polarization, it can also serve to help us connect, and to bridge the divide.
Beginning as an organizer and workshop moderator, Randy took on more and more roles within the organization, including writing, podcasting and web design, and he stepped up to serve as one of California's state coordinators, and then as the director of the California office.
When the Covid pandemic hit, Randy shifted his focus, and took on the task of leading Braver Angels into the online environment as director of Online Experience. He helped design online workshops, trained other leaders to moderate and support those workshops, and guided the organization's strategy as it rose to the challenge of helping our nation reconnect and reestablish our relationships. Randy quickly became the most experienced moderator within the organization.
Over the past several years, he has worked with many organizations of different types to address their newly politically polarized cultures, running workshops to help leaders and staff communicate more effectively and see each other as partners rather than opponents.
Timeline
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Depolarization / Facilitation Consultant, Lioz Consulting
Help organizations depolarize internal cultures and foster viewpoint diversity.
Assist nonprofits with developing online meeting facilitation and instruction capabilities.
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Director, Better Angels California, Better Angels
Led efforts to build a presence for Better Angels (since renamed Braver Angels) in California, focusing on outreach to more demographically and ideologically diverse audiences.
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Various Leadership Roles, Braver Angels
Led Braver Angels' migration to online workshops, including building development, training and technology teams.
Developed partner and client relationships, running custom programs and building the Braver Partners program.
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HATCI Expert Panel Member, Lioz Consulting
Prepare regular reports for Hyundai-Kia R&D center regarding market trends and opportunities, including segments, emerging tech, competitive environment and the alternative powertrain market. Includes both regular and ad hoc reports.
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Editor, Car-ED.com
Write editorial content to put new vehicles on shoppers' lists, and to point out interesting and relevant trends to in-market auto shoppers.
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Sr. Product Intelligence Analyst, GTB (Formerly JWT TeamDetroit)
Developed product comparison stories for use in Ford advertising, managed creation of engineering affidavits, developed internal white papers and presentations to elucidate industry trends, published internal newsletter for Strategic Services group.
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Consulting Project Manager, ALG, a TrueCar Company
Evaluated vehicles and launch/marketing plans for OEMs, giving recommendations to improve residuals and market success, leading to hundreds of millions of dollars of positive impact to client residual retention, and over $2 million in revenue for ALG.
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Manager, Partner Development, ALG, a TrueCar Company
Managed largest client relationships with automotive OEMs and increased both subscription and ad hoc client business.
Spearheaded Project Menlo for ALG, convincing leadership to bring lean production and paired work concepts to forecasting processes.
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Manager, Marketing & Communications, ALG, a TrueCar Company
Increased ALG brand awareness through messaging, analysis and award usage; increased website traffic by ~50% YOY and created millions of dollars in exposure through earned media.
Wrote content for internal/external partners, including TrueCar blog posts and AAA Atlantic article. Created regular Industry Reports, generating significant earned media for ALG.
Created ALG’s presence on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Maintained website and blog. Helped coordinate annual ALG reception; doubled reception size for ALG 50th anniversary.
Directed the Residual Value Award process, managing the transition towards paid award usage and resulting in over $350,000 in 2013 revenue and over $600,000 in 2014, all virtually cost free.
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Manager, Sales Analytics Strategic Insights, Kelley Blue Book/Cox Automotive
Led behavioral and attitudinal research on current and future automotive trends, ranging from segment shifts to technology, in support of sales team’s work with OEMs.
Created and published Industry Roundup newsletter, enabling sales team to keep current with emerging industry trends and providing conversation starter material.
Created Future of Automotive overview to raise awareness of major changes developing in industry, and Automotive 101 presentations and workshops to educate colleagues new to auto industry.
Developed new ways to visualize data to vastly increase presentation impact, creating new KPIs requested by industry executives and generating new engagement from clients and agencies.
Supported executive outreach team with insights and research, including development of keynote presentations for key industry thought leaders.
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Automotive Columnist, Montecito Journal & Santa Barbara Sentinel
Wrote columns focused on car culture and events around Santa Barbara and Montecito, including feature stories for bi-annual Montecito Journal magazine.
Proudest Accomplishment
Leading Braver Angels into the online environment for depolarization workshops
Education Highlights
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BA, Economics
Duke university
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Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
ross school of business, university of michigan
Images
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Leading a Fishbowl Discussion -
Leading a Workshop for California Gov't Officials -
Returning to In-Person Workshops -
Leading the Charge into Hybrid Events -
Rotary Peace Conference -
An LA-Area Workshop -
Crazy Amazing Humans Podcast
Links
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Randy on the Braver Angels Podcast
www.youtube.com/@BraverAngels/search?query=Lioz
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Randy on the Crazy Amazing Humans Podcast
katrinacarlson.com/calling-all-braver-angels/
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Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley Appearance
www.facebook.com/SundayAssemblySV/videos/366570727814372/
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Randy's Columns on Braver Angels Media
braverangels.org/author/randylioz/
