Ichak Adizes


Ichak Kalderon Adizes is an Israeli American business consultant and former tenured professor.

Early life

Ichak Adizes was born in Macedonia. As a Jewish child during World War II, he hid in Albania as a Muslim for protection. The story was documented in a film entitled I Want To Remember, He Wants To Forget.
In 1948, Adizes moved with his family to Israel, where he served in the Israel Defense Forces. After completing his undergraduate education, he moved to the United States in 1963, where he obtained a doctorate degree in business from Columbia University.

Career

From 1967 to 1982 Adizes was a tenured professor at UCLA, then at Stanford, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University and Columbia University's executive programs.
Adizes founded the Adizes Institute, which is based in Santa Barbara, California.

Theorums

Adizes developed the Corporate Life Cycle model to diagnosis of organizational problems. He developed the PAEI model, an acronym standing for Producer, Administrator, Entrepreneur and Integrator. These are four different talents, all required for a business to succeed, but which are not held by one single person. The CAPI model predicts the probability of efficient implementation of decisions. He has researched how best to manage government during political changes.
Adizes has developed the concept of “democraship”, where a group of leaders develops policy decisions democratically, but implements them dictatorially; and the Founder's Trap concept of collaborative leadership.

Personal life

Adizes is married to Nurit Manne Adizes. They have six children and live in Carpinteria, California. He plays the accordion.