Innovation Begins With An Eye
PERSONAL Breakthroughs Begin With an “I”
Every innovation begins with having a new perspective on the world. Meaningful breakthroughs come from a change in the mindset of the person doing the creative work.
I help leaders and organizations shift their mindset and use their unique creative capabilities to see and act in ways that bring good to the world.
I've been a pilot, cognitive psychologist, NASA researcher, design consultant, and executive coach. Along the way, I've helped organizations and leaders navigate uncertainty, discover new possibilities, and cultivate the conditions in which creativity can flourish. My innovation work has spanned healthcare, education, technology, automotive, and consumer products. I’ve had opportunities to collaborate with some of the world's most exciting companies and outstanding professionals.
I've also spent three decades exploring creativity turned inward. I've worked with leaders searching for ways to break through mental limitations, as well as individuals and groups exploring the frontiers of consciousness through the use of entheogens. This has lead me to do deep meaningful work with survivors of trauma and PTSD, parents grieving the loss of a child, and partners wanting to deepen trust and connection.
Creative endeavors of the highest order are processes of personal growth, transformation, and healing.
Each chapter of my professional and personal journey has been my way of exploring two fundamental questions:
How can we see, learn, and act creatively?
and
In what ways can our creative output do good in the world?
As an elder in the fields of innovation and personal transformation, I continue to ask these questions as I turn my professional attention towards the many challenges of our time: personal, local, and global.
Helping people discover how their unique creative gifts can make a positive difference in the world is what I love doing.
today is a prototype for tomorrow
Whether you're leading an organization or team, navigating a significant personal transition, or simply sensing that something important is ready to emerge, the only way to create something new in the world is by doing, learning, then doing again.
If you’re ready to shift your mindset and do good in the world, I look forward to hearing your vision, understanding your challenges, discovering what’s possible, and exploring what your next steps might be.
Let’s stoke that creative fire and find ways to do something good in the world.