INNOVATION STRATEGIST

CULTURAL PHILOSOPHER

CREATOR         SPEAKER

I connect the dots from personal development to societal change

We build culture as culture builds us. Seems to me we could use some help on both sides.

I write and create experiences for people connect to themselves, others, and the world around them so they can lead more meaningful lives.

I consult with institutions to innovate their offerings/experiences and define their role in helping us live more connected, meaningful lives.

My work is all culture innovation, just at different font sizes.

Founder + Chief Strategist at New Laureate

New Laureate, innovation consultancy, provides category-shifting vision, strategy, and experience design for:

  • Foundations reinventing systems

  • Places reimagining connection and tourism

  • Institutions redefining their place in culture

  • Brands looking to become institutions

InNovatiOn
ConsultiNg

SpeaKing and WorkShoPs

Unexpected experiences that are more than ‘talks’

I lead inspiring interactive sessions that connect personal mindsets to their wider cultural significance. Some talks include:

  • Zen and the Future of Ambition

  • Innovation for Humans: An Act of Love

  • Leadership Level-up

  • Full Stack Self: What happens when you’re not your full self?

Reach out for speaking or media engagements

Upcoming Book - When I Rule the World

When I Rule the World: A guide to building win-win-win futures for the leaders of tomorrow (and today).

This book is an invitation for young people to rethink systems and interactions across society. Through digestible culture breakdowns and fun design challenges, readers will challenge their assumptions across city planning, government, relationships, art, school, industry and more. Readers will be able to:

  • strengthen critical thinking, empathy and strategic skills

  • design public spaces, experiences, products, policies and more

  • consider impact to individuals, businesses/organizations, and society as a whole

WritiNg and Creative DoiNgs

BacKGrOunD

CULTURAL TRANSLATION: My youth gave me a keen appreciation for how cultures collide and overlap.

Creole-Vietnamese private-school kid in a public-school neighborhood within a deeply diverse San Francisco Bay Area community

STORYTELLING & SPECTACLE: My obsession with film and world-building took me from USC film school to running my own production company.

Select Achievements: Sundance Film Festival Audience Award

DESIGN STRATEGY: I moved from reflecting culture to shaping it at award-winning human centered design agencies, working across experience design, innovation and brand strategy.

Clients include: Coca-Cola, Sony PlayStation, Carnival Cruise Corp., Walmart, Banner Health, San Francisco Symphony

MINDSET & MOTIVATION: In culture transformation consulting, I helped c-suite leaders inspire shifts in mindsets and behaviors at scale: developing vision, coaching leadership skills and choreographing moments that create meaning.

Clients include: Starbucks, JP Morgan Chase, Mars Inc., Twitter, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Hyatt, AARP Foundation

Now, I’m PuttiNg it aLl toGeTher

HomE BaSe:

Home is San Francisco. Work is global.

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