We are proud to announce the publication of a case study published by Babson College and Olin College of Engineering that features Tessera Technologies, Inc., a world-leader in intellectual property licensing and services.

This case study reflects our Founder, John G. Carlson’s story, leading Tessera’s early turnaround and helping build Tessera’s business model and IP strategies in the late 1990’s. John was an officer of the company and worked with key members of the company’s Board and management team during this defining period.

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Founder & CEO, John G. Carlson has been at the forefront in modeling businesses for improved operating performance.

The approach he has taken involves application of Systems Theory to fully integrate financial management and quality management into a new form of asset management that covers the total enterprise.

The publications listed below represent and reflect developmental building blocks of System Change’s methods and models:

• “Achieve Your Potential: Dynamically utilize all of your assets,” Sales and Service Excellence, February 2007, article
  
  
• “Massachusetts: Boasts lots of ‘R’ but little ‘D’,” Mass High Tech, 12-18 December 2005, commentary
  
  
• “State must adopt multidisciplinary approach to growth,” Mass High Tech, 22-28 November 2004, commentary
  
  
• “Rude awakening may follow companyâs move overseas,” Mass High Tech, 4-10 October 2004, commentary
  
  
• “The tricky business of fees,” BusinessWeek, 20 October 2003, letter to the editor
  
  
• “Missing the point on the economy,” The Boston Globe, 30 September 2003, letter to the editor
  
  
• “Many CEOs arrive late, but larger workplace issue remains,” USA Today, 5 December 2002, letter to the editor
  
  
• “How to raise profits without all that pain,” BusinessWeek, 25 November 2002, letter to the editor
  
  
• “Profitable Business: Adapt more profitable business models,” Executive Excellence Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2002, article
  
  
• “Leveraging Core Assets: Build revenues from your core assets,” Executive Excellence, Vol. 19, No. 2, February 2002, article
  
  
• “In today’s economic market, it’s better to think twice before downsizing once,” Mass High Tech, 24-30 September 2001, commentary
  
  
• “The Unrealized Potential of the New Economy: A More Profitable Business Model,” The CEO Refresher, LeaderValues and other international publications, August 2001, article
  
  
• “Technology ROI: Assess the return on assets,” Executive Excellence, Vol. 15, No. 9, September 1998, article
  
  
• “New Approaches through Asset-based Management,” Keynote address delivered at “Methods, Strategies and Technologies to Reduce Total Equipment Ownership Costs” conference, Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX, October 1997
  
  
• “System-wide Process Model: A total systems model gives a complete view of waste and assets,” Executive Excellence, Vol. 13, No. 9, September 1996, article
  
  
• “High Performance: You need a systems approach to sustain high performance,” Executive Excellence, Vol. 12, No. 9, September 1995, article
  
  
• “Eliminate Waste: There are many costs associated with unproductive employees,” Executive Excellence, Vol. 12, No. 5, May 1995, article
  
  
• “Employee cost reduction: The last quality frontier,” Boston Business Journal, 11-17 November 1994, commentary
  
  
• “Quality in Health Care: Managing the Total System,” Speech delivered at The Gallup Organization “Discovery Symposium,” Park Plaza Hotel, New York, NY, 5 October 1993
  
  
• The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs: Strategy-based Solutions (John Wiley & Sons), 1993, book co-authored by John G. Carlson
  
  
• Numerous other articles and opinion pieces in a variety of business, health care, and trade publications