ValueNet Works is a sole proprietorship led by value networks pioneer Verna Allee. Close colleague Oliver Schwabe of Eurofocus provides valuable expertise in software applications and business analytics. We have more than twenty-five years of combined experience in Value Network Analysis methods and tools, and more than a decade experience working together.
Our mission is to provide expert services, project support, applications, and method training for the worldwide value networks community of practitioners and consultants.
We serve a broad range of organizations from Fortune 1000 companies to non-profits and government agencies. Our customer success stories illustrate our unique ability to help companies discover the power of intangibles and networks.
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ValueNet Works
6680 Alhambra Ave #181
Martinez, CA 94553 USA
info@valuenetworks.com
Verna Allee, Founder (California)
With more than twenty years of deep experience in value networks, intangibles, knowledge management, intellectual capital, and new business models, Verna has been a trusted advisor to more than 100 Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, civil society organizations, and startups, focusing the power of intangible value for increased efficiency and competitive advantage.
She began her management career in the late 1970s as co-founder of a networked sign manufacturing company. Frustrated by organizational complexity in her early corporate experiences, she organized the new company as a value network – a radical idea at the time. Within five years, the company was handling large installations from Alaska to Florida and revenue had grown to match some of the largest companies in the industry.
Determined to carry her insights into global companies, and drawing on consulting experience in the early 1990s, Verna developed the ValueNet Works® methodology, a cornerstone in the field that intersects business process and human networks.
Verna Allee is the author of three books and more than 50 industry articles and papers on value networks and knowledge management, and is a popular keynote speaker at business conferences around the world. She is a Fellow of the World Business Academy, an advisor to the European Commission, and sits on a number of Advisory Boards including the Enterprise of the Future project at George Washington University, the Norval Morris Project with the U.S. Department of Justice, and Hazel Henderson's Ethical Markets television series on PBS.
She holds a B.A. in Social Science and International Business from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership and Human Consciousness from JFK University. She lectures at top universities such as Oxford and the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. More on Verna's background and a complete list of her publications can be found on her personal website.
Oliver Schwabe, Eurofocus International Consultants (Germany)
 Since 1981, Oliver has been involved in organizational change management with a special focus on the interactions of people, processes, organizations, and technology, from systemic perspectives. He has focused continually on developing new technologies and research approaches to uncover and visualize hidden value in organizations.
Oliver has lead the development and delivery of value networks applications and qualification programs since 2001. Professionally he has designed, developed, and delivered a wide range of technology projects and consulting services for Fortune 500 companies across the globe. In addition, he helps organizations develop their knowledge economy capabilities and master the challenge of business transitions, based on the principles of systems thinking, complexity science, and knowledge management.
Oliver Schwage holds an M.B.A. in International Business from Keller Graduate School of Management and a B.S. in Human Resources Management from the New School for Social Research in New York. He is an adjunct Professor for Innovation and Technology at Jones International University in Colorado and teaches at the Open University Business School in the United Kingdom.
Fran Kelly is a freelance professional for Verna Allee Associates and ValueNet Works, particularly copyediting and materials design, as for the online book by Verna Allee with Oliver Schwabe - Value Networks and the True Nature of Collaboration. She frequently supports valuenetworks.com and the blog. | 
