Thought Leader: Judy Rodgers

Judy Rodgers has worked at the intersection of media, business, and education for over 30 years.  In the early days of the prerecorded videocassette industry, she worked for CBS and then for CBS-Fox Video in their first forays into this new industry - first in sports and subsequently in educational videos.  During those years she worked with best selling authors such as John Naisbitt (Megatrends), Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence), and public figures such as CBS news anchor, Walter Cronkite.  In 1985 she and other investors bought a small division from CBS-Fox in a leveraged buy-out.  They renamed the company Video Publishing House and continued producing and distributing educational films for a number of years.

She likes start-ups.  In 1997 she started her own company, The Communication Architecture Group, through which she does organizational consulting, writing, and communication projects.  She was founding director with Dr. David Cooperrider of the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit in the business school at Case Western Reserve University.  She is also the founding director of Images and Voices of Hope.  Founded in 1999, Images and Voices of Hope is nonprofit organization created to strengthen the role of media as a constructive force in society.  

Earlier this summer a book she wrote with Gayatri Naraine was released.  Something Beyond Greatness:  Conversations with a Man of Science and a Woman of God is a search for what gives rise to acts of heroism and generosity.  

She is a mother of two grown children and grandmother of two.  She lives at the Brahma Kumaris retreat center in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Judy's recent work and related links:

• Images and Voices of Hope

• Something Beyond Greatness Blog