ABOUT

Poet, Entrepreneur, and Keynote Speaker

MY STORY

I get it – poetry and business don’t have the most obvious connection in the world

At least, that’s how I felt when I started writing as a teenager. 

So when I graduated high school and headed to Stanford University, where I fell in love with writing, the connection between poetry and business was the last thing that was on my mind.

When I graduated, I entered the corporate world with the belief that I’d need to lock up my love for words in order to thrive in a professional setting. I mean, they’re such different ways of thinking, right? Surely you’ve gotta commit to one or the other to succeed.

So for a couple of years,
I stopped writing.

But at Google, I came to realize how many of the directives handed down from our leadership – directives to experiment, to ask tough questions, to do stuff that feels uncomfortable in the name of innovation – were all things I’d been best prepared for by my creative rather than my corporate education.

I also recognized that a poet can be methodical in making those things happen; poetry isn’t just about looking towards the sky and waiting for a bolt of inspiration.

That’s when I started to map the connections between the poetic and the professional on a mission to help leaders and executives get in touch with the posture poets tap into every day to stay innovative.

I can’t wait to share what I’ve learned with you.

Ways for us to team up

  • 01. Keynotes

     I’ll create an experience for your event that provides your audience with tools to get them applying an attitude of creative innovation to the areas of their work that matter.

  • 02. Workshops

    Want to dig in on a specific business challenge? These longer engagements will lead your team through creative innovation exercises to help them examine and manipulate a challenge, walking a way with an expanded set of possibilities for how to tackle it.

  • 03. COACHING

    For those looking for support developing their speaking skill and businesses or exploring a creative career change strategically.