Dan Burgess

Co-creating a more beautiful world - Earthling - Dad - Creative Strategist - Co-Designer - Creative Activist - Learning Guide - Speaker - Writer - Podcaster - Consultant

Summary

Dan Burgess is a seasoned professional with 25 years of experience in creative engagement, culture, brand, communications, insight, and human behavior.
His expertise extends to sustainability, eco-innovation, living systems, life-centered design, social innovation, creative activism, co-design, and collaboration culture.
He has worked with grassroots innovators, artists, social entrepreneurs, scientists, activists, global brands, NGOs, and communities to address complex ecological, climate, and social challenges.
Dan now partners with various organizations, including for-profit, non-profit, startups, NGOs, and foundations, to inspire regenerative cultures, brand activism, and civic creativity.
He serves as a strategist, designer, co-designer, writer, speaker, and podcaster, focusing on designing products, brand stories, communications, and collaboration spaces fit for a planetary context.
Dan is deeply interested in care, connection, responsibility, ethics, creativity, participation, and collaboration during these challenging times.
He advocates for practices rooted in care, love, empathy, responsibility, generosity, and co-creation as vital disruptive innovation practices.
Dan is dedicated to exploring courageous responses to ecological, climate, and social issues, aiming to redesign industrial growth systems and foster ecological cultures.
His vision emphasizes civic participation, social justice, human dignity, flourishing ecosystems, and regenerative cultures as cornerstones of success.
Dan's educational background includes a program in outdoor environmental education and a Master's in Sustainability and Responsibility.
He has held roles in various organizations, such as Founder/Consultant at The SpaceShip Earth, Co Pilot at Wildlabs.is, and more, showcasing a diverse and extensive professional journey.