33 min
Linda Bluso: Founder of Adaptive Knowledge Institute Next Generation Visionaries
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Do you own or are you thinking about starting a family business? Then tune in as we talk to Linda Bluso the founder of Adaptive Knowledge Institue. Linda shares tips on how to successfully work together with siblings/family. As well as how to approach conversations about succession planning with the current generation.
Linda's career experience and transitions bring a unique
skill set to enterprises seeking transformative change.
She is a leader well-recognized as being innovative and
strategic. With vision, creativity and problem-solving
skills, Linda has led change in law firms and in higher
education. She integrates her expertise to support client
transformational change initiatives, leadership transition
planning for family businesses, leadership development,
strategic management and collaborations, and corporate
governance matters.
Linda founded Adaptive Knowledge Institute (AKI) to
assist family businesses with leadership transition
planning and leadership development. AKI’s mission is to be a catalyst providing
individuals and companies relevant knowledge to achieve personal, professional and
business success.
From 2011-2014 she served as the Chair (Dean) of Baldwin Wallace University’s School
of Business in Berea, Ohio where she oversaw the undergraduate, MBA and
Professional Development programs and all administrative aspects of the School.
For over twenty years, Linda had a successful legal career as a business and real estate
transactional lawyer representing private and public companies, and entrepreneurs.
Shortly after beginning her legal career at a large Cleveland law firm, she formed a law
firm then known as Buckley, King & Bluso which grew to become one of the largest law
firms in Ohio. Noted to be the first woman attorney in Ohio to be a named and
founding partner of a large law firm in Ohio, she served in various leadership roles
including serving as an Executive Committee member and as the firm’s Administrative
Partner.
In 2002, she became a partner at Brouse, McDowell, Co., an Akron, Ohio headquartered
law firm, and in 2005, she became the firm’s first woman to be named Partner-In-
Charge of its Cleveland, Ohio office.
Active in the broader community, she is a past chair and board member of In Counsel
With Women, an organization of Northeast Ohio executive women who have achieved
success at the highest levels in their respective industries. Linda has served in many
board and community leadership roles in the Greater Cleveland civic and philanthropic
communities. She has received many awards and recognized for her contributions to
the community.
For more information on AKI you can go to www.adaptiveknowledgeinstitute.com
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Do you own or are you thinking about starting a family business? Then tune in as we talk to Linda Bluso the founder of Adaptive Knowledge Institue. Linda shares tips on how to successfully work together with siblings/family. As well as how to approach conversations about succession planning with the current generation.
Linda's career experience and transitions bring a unique
skill set to enterprises seeking transformative change.
She is a leader well-recognized as being innovative and
strategic. With vision, creativity and problem-solving
skills, Linda has led change in law firms and in higher
education. She integrates her expertise to support client
transformational change initiatives, leadership transition
planning for family businesses, leadership development,
strategic management and collaborations, and corporate
governance matters.
Linda founded Adaptive Knowledge Institute (AKI) to
assist family businesses with leadership transition
planning and leadership development. AKI’s mission is to be a catalyst providing
individuals and companies relevant knowledge to achieve personal, professional and
business success.
From 2011-2014 she served as the Chair (Dean) of Baldwin Wallace University’s School
of Business in Berea, Ohio where she oversaw the undergraduate, MBA and
Professional Development programs and all administrative aspects of the School.
For over twenty years, Linda had a successful legal career as a business and real estate
transactional lawyer representing private and public companies, and entrepreneurs.
Shortly after beginning her legal career at a large Cleveland law firm, she formed a law
firm then known as Buckley, King & Bluso which grew to become one of the largest law
firms in Ohio. Noted to be the first woman attorney in Ohio to be a named and
founding partner of a large law firm in Ohio, she served in various leadership roles
including serving as an Executive Committee member and as the firm’s Administrative
Partner.
In 2002, she became a partner at Brouse, McDowell, Co., an Akron, Ohio headquartered
law firm, and in 2005, she became the firm’s first woman to be named Partner-In-
Charge of its Cleveland, Ohio office.
Active in the broader community, she is a past chair and board member of In Counsel
With Women, an organization of Northeast Ohio executive women who have achieved
success at the highest levels in their respective industries. Linda has served in many
board and community leadership roles in the Greater Cleveland civic and philanthropic
communities. She has received many awards and recognized for her contributions to
the community.
For more information on AKI you can go to www.adaptiveknowledgeinstitute.com
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nextgenerationvisionaries/support
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