Writer, researcher, co-founder of Rebels at Work movement
Lifelong communications and marketing strategist, working with leaders in Fortune 500 companies to "forklift thinking" on marketing, communications and team development. (Thanks to my HP executive client for the forklift descriptor.)
Co-founded the Rebels at Work movement with Carmen Medina 12 years ago, the most rewarding labor of love in my professional life so far. (More of my views, research and writing can be found at https://www.rebelsatwork.com/.)
Author of several books and performance storyteller.
Certified in positive psychology.
Committed to growing wiser and wilder.
Top VIA Character Traits that guide my professional and personal life: Honesty, creativity, bravery, appreciation of excellence, and curiosity.
(A more traditional bio of can be found here on LinkedIn.)
My point of view: value of tapping into our wise souls, creative spirits
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Books
"Official" places of learning
University of New Hampshire
Harvard University
Wholebeing Institute: positive psychology certification
Center for Courage and Renewal: 18-month Courage To Lead program
Tribes
My two favorite professional tribes are Rebels at Work, which I co-founded with Carmen Medina to encourage and teach people to create positive change in the workplace, and Change Agents Worldwide, of which I am a charter member.
Origin Story: asking questions, finding good stories
I started interviewing and writing at 14 years-old, working for a suburban Boston newspaper. Here I am meeting the late Senator Ted Kennedy. The newspaper owners/editors were extraordinary mentors, teaching me to how to land an interview, ask good questions, write well and fast, pursue oft-beat story ideas, and keep going despite the inevitable obstacles.
Stomping grounds
I live in Rhode Island, the smallest and perhaps most creative state in the United States.
Why I call Rhode Island home: my backyard.