BruceFlye Bio

Bio
Bruce Flye is a graphic facilitator and process designer who works with a variety
of creative initiatives. In addition to being an independent consultant, he serves
as the Director of Institutional Planning at East Carolina University in Greenville,
NC and as a consulting associate with Eva Klein and Associates.

Since 2005, Flye has applied himself to the use of graphics in group facilitation,
problem-solving and leadership, and he has created opportunities to apply and
explore these technologies both within and outside of the university setting. He
has been trained by field leaders such as the Grove Consultants, the Institute for
Cultural Affairs and Roger Schwartz and Associates. Flye has also led workshops
in planning practices for the Society of College and University Planning (SCUP)
and for the National Association of College and University Food Service.

Recent clients include the Center for Creative Leadership, the Creative Education
Foundation and Purdue University Calumet. Flye maintains an active peer
network and holds memberships in the Society for Organizational Learning, the
International Forum of Visual Practitioners and the American Institute of
Architects.

A graduate of the N.C. State University School of Design, Flye served as
University Architect at East Carolina for ten years. In addition to oversight of a
major expansion program, he led the development of campus master plans for
both the main and medical campuses. During that time, he worked with the
University of North Carolina system and Eva Klein & Associates in the design and
development of the statewide Capital Equity/Adequacy Study and 10-Year Capital
Plan, which involved substantial elements of system-wide policy and legislative
strategy.

In 2002, Flye joined ECU's Office of Institutional Planning, Research and
Effectiveness, applying the lessons learned from Eva Klein and originating the
university's first formalized approach to space planning and management. Space
on a university campus is often entangled in politics and emotions, and it was
these challenges that prompted Flye to seek training in imagery in group
methods in 2005. Since that time, those practices have proven far more
engaging than the space issues they were brought on to help solve in the first
place.

Photo courtesy of Firehawk Hulin.