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CULTURE FUTURIST®

(who still believes in WONDER)

I’m an Appalachian innovator living in the Rockies.
For thirty years, I have fused arts, science, and business to shape the future of American innovation.

I'm an award-winning future-of-work researcher and entrepreneur with unique skills in bridging creative industries, brain science, and innovation. I've built strategic, interdisciplinary partnerships across healthcare, academics, technology, and Fortune 100 corporations to unlock the human creative potential of organizational culture and strategy. >>Experience & CV

The science of how teams think, feel, and do is making big jumps. Creativity is currency in this next chapter of American exploration. While the mind conceives new ideas, the heart must believe to turn imagination into innovation. In an age of technology, the poet in me knows that we need a bigger language for innovation. Sustaining wonder, trust, freedom, and joy is essential. >>Culture Futurist Thought Leadership Articles

From the Aspen Ideas Festival and U.S. State Department's Cities Summit of the Americas to the United Nations General Assembly Science Week and Brain Capital Week in Silicon Valley, I've guided some of America's most innovative leaders and teams in building their Creative Brain Capital™—the skills needed to forge beyond old frontiers and be brave enough to engage in acts of courageous imagination. >>Learn How Creativity America Is Leading the Way

 
 

Decades of Prototyping

 

All Leading to One Big Play

The Wonder Economy is the human side of technology and the future of work. Check out this short AI-generated deep dive trying to make sense of who I am and what’s driving me— tune in for a fun take on what’s next in innovation.

 

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