{"id":24302,"date":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:38:55","slug":"remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/fr\/blogs\/remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Ben Tregoe and John Zimmerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Kepner-Tregoe co-founder, Ben Tregoe in April. This past March, John Zimmerman \u201cZim,\u201d one of Kepner-Tregoe\u2019s first and longest employees also passed.\u00a0 Beginning in the mid-20th century, Ben and John \u201cZim\u201d along with other early KT trailblazers built a company whose services to this day continue to be timeless.<\/p>\n<p>They recognized the value of rational thought\u2014clear thinking\u2014and found new ways to describe it, teach it, and use it.\u00a0 Ben and Zim wrote books together, expanding KT process to develop the skills and capability for modern organizations in a way that transcended industries, technologies, languages and geographies. They focused on people and based their work on the proverb: \u201cIf you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While Ben and Zim continued to take leadership roles on the KT board after retirement, they also continued to look for alternative ways to help others benefit from the value of KT thinking. Ben brought rational process to the classroom in schools throughout the U.S. with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tregoe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TregoeED<\/a>. Zim spent a good deal of time mentoring others, contributing his time to Habitat for Humanity, Take Stock in Children, and the Boys and Girls Club.<\/p>\n<p>As we remember these two KT originals, we celebrate their vision and appreciate the ideas and work that continue to benefit others. Thanks Ben and Zim for providing a global platform of critical thinking for our ever more complex world.<\/p>\n<p>Video interview with Ben and John \u201cZim\u201d circa 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/tools\/videos\/the-thinking-organization\/the-origins-of-kt-rational-process-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part I <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/tools\/videos\/the-thinking-organization\/the-foundation-of-the-kepner-tregoe-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part II<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Kepner-Tregoe co-founder, Ben Tregoe in April. 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