Christopher Flynn
Chris Flynn equips leaders to accelerate organizational change and deliver sustained results. An accomplished executive, educator, and public speaker with deep experience in technology and financial services, Flynn is known for transforming strategy into execution and developing high-performing teams that thrive in disruption-driven environments.
With deep expertise in business transformation, strategic planning, and post-merger integration, Flynn advises senior leaders on strengthening leadership effectiveness, accelerating time-to-value, and building scalable change capability. His practical, research-grounded approach empowers leaders and teams to deliver exceptional performance in dynamic and competitive markets.
In addition to teaching at Harvard Professional & Executive Development, Flynn serves as a Principal Change Advisor and Executive Instructor at Prosci, a global leader in change management, and is an adjunct professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where he has taught in the MBA program.
Prior to his advisory and teaching work, Flynn held global executive roles at IBM, where he led a Client Success organization of more than 850 professionals in IBM Watson Talent and managed the integration of a $1.3 billion acquisition to advance IBM’s cloud growth strategy. Before IBM, he spent more than a decade in financial services, including six years as a Vice President in Consumer and Small Business Banking. Flynn also served as Board Chair of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest U.S. civil rights organization advocating for LGBTQIA+ equality.
An avid traveler and adventurer, Flynn has explored all seven continents, survived thirteen bank robberies, and enjoys life at home with his husband and their two exceptionally calm greyhounds.
You may connect with him on LinkedIn.
