SYNTAX was formed in 1981 to address the communication skills training needs of technical professionals.

Syntax founder and President Lucy Freedman combined models from Neurolinguistic Programming, Transactional Analysis, and Action Communication into the SYNTAX: Common Language for Collaboration, which is the basis for our work.

SYNTAX has worked extensively with managers, engineers, consultants, and other technical professionals in computer and software companies, information systems departments of large corporations, internal consulting departments, technical consulting firms, and financial and actuarial firms.

Syntax repeat clients include:
Agilent Technologies
Cisco Systems
EDS
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Intel
Netscape
Oracle
Pearson Communications
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
US Postal Service

For client project descriptions visit the projects page.

SYNTAX headquarters are in Los Gatos, California. Our consultants live and work throughout the country. The core philosophy and approach of SYNTAX is presented in our book, Smart Work: The Syntax Guide for Mutual Understanding in the Workplace.

Madeleine Wyke,
Syntax Business Manager