 Dr.
Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan is the
Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, an organization
with the mission of helping people improve their performance
effectively and enjoyably.
Thiagi's long-term clients include AT&T, Arthur
Andersen, Bank of Montreal, Cadence Design Systems,
Chevron, IBM, Intel, Intelsat, United Airlines, and
Liberty Mutual. On a short-term basis, Thiagi has worked
with more than 50 different organizations in high-tech,
financial services, and management consulting areas.
For these clients, Thiagi has consulted and conducted
training in such areas as rightsizing, diversity, creativity,
teamwork, customer satisfaction, human performance technology,
and organizational learning.
Thiagi has published 40 books, 120 games and simulations,
and more than 200 articles. He wrote the definitive
chapters on simulations and games for ISPI's Handbook
of Human Performance Technology, ASTD's Training &
Development Handbook, and the American Management Association's
Human Resources Management and Development Handbook.
Thiagi currently writes a monthly online newsletter,
Play for Performance. This newsletter, now in its third
year, features Thiagi's training games and other creative
interventions that deliver results quickly and effectively.
He served as the editor of NSPI Journal and Performance
& Improvement for more than 10 years. He currently
edits the simulation/game section in Sage Publication's
journal, Simulation & Gaming. He is also a contributing
editor of the monthly journal, Educational Technology.
Thiagi has made hundreds of presentations and keynote
speeches at professional conferences. At ISPI, Thiagi
holds the "records" for making the most presentations,
conducting the most preconference workshops, and being
invited to make the most Encore presentations. Thiagi
is also a regular presenter at Lakewood's TRAINING Conferences
and the annual conferences of American Society for Training
and Development (ASTD) and North American Simulation
and Gaming Association (NASAGA).
Thiagi has been the president of the North American
Simulation and Gaming Associating (NASAGA), International
Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), and Association
for Special Education Technology (ASET). He has received
17 different awards and Presidential Citations from
ISPI, including the society's highest award, Honorary
Life Member. He also received an Honorary Life Member
award from NASAGA as well as its highest award, Ifill-Raynolds
Award.
Internationally recognized as an expert in multinational
collaboration and active learning in organizations,
Thiagi has lived in three different countries and has
consulted in 21 others.
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