Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

Keynote Speaker  -  Corporate Culture Designer  -  Executive Coach & Advisor  -  The Biology of Bias, Belonging & Power

Mill Valley, California

Cascadance is a San Francisco Bay Area firm supporting cutting-edge leaders in building brain-friendly organizations.  Over the past decade, we have applied neuroscience principles to coaching leaders and designing organizational transformation programs to• champion health practices which support optimal brain function• create conversations that make strategic thinking the organizational norm• deepen emotional literacy to enhance influence, decision-making and collaboration, and • cultivate rich environments for  innovation, learning and lasting change.

Cascadance, Inc.

CEO and Founder

The Women and Innovation Lab is a one-day design lab to explore implicit bias and other hidden barriers to full feminine participation in the innovation ecosystem, from entrepreneurship, funding, education and media, to leadership and decision-making in business and government. Using cutting edge participatory design methodologies, it is an incubator for the generation of insights, solutions and collaborative action. Who: A diverse mix of 70 visionaries, catalysts, and change agents. While the event focuses on the experiences of women, we welcome participation by men.More Information: <a href="http://www.womenandinnovation.com">http://www.womenandinnovation.com</a>

The Women & Innovation Lab

Founder & Host

T2VC is an expert team that has helped design innovation projects on every continent except Antarctica. We have developed a body of fresh ideas on innovation ecosystems, drawing from the latest research in biology, psychology, design, sociology, law, business, and economics. We have published numerous writings, including the award-winning book The Rainforest on how innovation ecosystems work and how to grow them, plus frequent columns in media like Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur. We launched a Silicon Valley conference, the Global Innovation Summit, that attracted major development institutions and participants from 49 countries. We started training workshops for leaders and innovators. And we continue to build startups.

T2 Venture Creation

Advisor and Co-Creator of the Rainforest Architects Program

Emergent Solutions Organization Design Labs

Consultant

Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Coach Certification Program. This program, which is no longer available due to budgetary constraints at the University, was one of the only interdisciplinary ICF criteria-based graduate level certifications available. I developed curricula for the program, as well as teaching several of the course offerings.

John F. Kennedy University

Adjunct Faculty

Mariposa is a premier provider of Leadership Coaching for Managers and Executives.  A 15-person San Francisco-based firm, Mariposa provides leadership coaching and consulting to the high-tech, bio-tech, and financial services industries. I was a founding member of the firm at its inception in 1996, and have been integral to the development of its cutting edge approach to growing wise and effective leaders over the past 12 years.

Mariposa Leadership

Senior Leadership Coach

Syntax offers NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) based communication training for the business community.  The trainings are both experiential and designed for real time application to individual business concerns. During my tenure at Syntax, I facilitated workshops and over-time learning programs for a diverse set of clients, including Stanford University, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, and Netscape.

Syntax Communication Modeling Corporation

Chief, Environmental Assessment, 12/90 – 6/91National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air PollutantsRegion 9 Program Coordinator, 1/87 – 11/90Case Development Officer, 9/85 – 12/86

Janet Crawford, (she/her)

Janet Crawford, (she/her)