About
Jon MacConnell is a behavioural scientist and engineer with over twenty years of experience across the energy, technology, and management consulting sectors, with research focused on unemployment, volunteerism, and approach and avoidance behaviour. He is the founder and CEO of Buoyancy Works, a technology company that applies behavioural insights to help people return to meaningful work, and the founder and Director of ABehave, a Calgary-based behavioural science consultancy serving private, public, and third-sector organizations in Alberta and Western Canada.
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Experience
- Buoyancy WorksFounder & CEOcurrent2021 — presentCanada
- ABehaveFounding Partner and Directorcurrent2020 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Bow Valley CollegeSessional Instructor2022 — 2024Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Pipestone Energy Corp.Manager, Budget, Planning, Operations Analysis2018 — 2020Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- 1927440 AB Inc.Senior Consultant, Strategy & Planning2015 — 2020Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Pengrowth CorporationManager, Strategic Planning, Budget & Evaluations2011 — 2015Calgary, Canada Area
- MOSAIC by Omnira SoftwareTeam Lead, Mosaic USA2006 — 2011Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- SchlumbergerSIS Infrastructure Services Manager2001 — 2006Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- goMagazine / GenerationGo.comKeeper of the Business (startup)1999 — 2000Calgary, Canada
- APA Petroleum EngineeringJunior Engineer1997 — 1999Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- SuperNOVA Science and EngineeringFounder, Director1995 — 1996Greater Halifax Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
Strategy37Strategic Planning14Analysis16Management20Leadership10People Management2Field OperationsService Line PlanningTechnical SalesBusiness Advisory ServicesBusiness StrategyPlanning Budgeting & Forecasting
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Behavioural ChangeManagement ConsultingSocial EntrepreneurshipExecutive ManagementEntrepreneurshipUniversity LecturingLesson PlanningStartupsCareer StrategistTeachingBehavioral InterventionBusiness Planning- Certified Individual Member of GAABS — GAABS (Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists)
- Impact Investment Readiness Program — Spring
- Product Management Trained | PdM-T — Tacit Edge
- Propel Pre-Accelerator — Edmonton Unlimited
- Rainforest Alberta Social Contract — Rainforest Alberta
- Member, The Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists — GAABS (Global Association of Applied Behavioural Scientists)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jon MacConnell?
- Jon MacConnell is a behavioural scientist and engineer with over twenty years of experience across the energy, technology, and management consulting sectors, with research focused on unemployment, volunteerism, and approach and avoidance behaviour. He is the founder and CEO of Buoyancy Works, a technology company that applies behavioural insights to help people return to meaningful work, and the founder and Director of ABehave, a Calgary-based behavioural science consultancy serving private, public, and third-sector organizations in Alberta and Western Canada.
- Where does Jon MacConnell work?
- Jon MacConnell is Founder of Buoyancy Works.
- What companies did Jon MacConnell found?
- Jon MacConnell founded Buoyancy Works.
- Where did Jon MacConnell go to school?
- Jon MacConnell studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Executive MSc Behavioral Science, Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science); Dalhousie University (Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Engineering).
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