John Grinder Philosopher

John Thomas Grinder, Jr. (/ˈɡrɪndər/ GRIN-dər; born January 10, 1940) is an American linguist, author, management consultant, trainer and speaker. Grinder is credited with co-creating Neuro-linguistic programming, with Richard Bandler. He is co-director of Quantum Leap Inc., a management consulting firm founded by his partner Carmen Bostic St. Clair in 1987 (Grinder joined in 1989). Grinder and Bostic St. Clair also run workshops and seminars on NLP internationally.

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Birth date	January 10, 1940
Birth place	United States
Main interest	Epistemology Transformational grammar Neuro-linguistic programming

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Philosopher

influenced	Brief psychotherapy Milton H. Erickson Richard Bandler Robert Dilts Stephen Gilligan Kevin Hogan (writer)
influenced by	Alfred Korzybski Bertrand Russell Noam Chomsky George Armitage Miller Hans Vaihinger Fritz Perls Gregory Bateson Milton H. Erickson Virginia Satir Frank Farrelly Paul Watzlawick
notable idea	Neuro-linguistic programming
philosophical school	Neuro-linguistic programming

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