Some people like formal biographies – so here they are. We are much more fun in person.
Ginger Grant, PhD
Dr. Grant is a our chief culture officer - a strategist and organizational designer whose work is grounded in story as a tool for transformation. One of her heroes is Joseph Campbell who helped found the graduate school where she obtained her PhD in mythological studies and depth psychology. Ginger’s industry background is the world of mergers and acquisitions and her research work resulted in a cultural due diligence system to measure and enhance corporate culture. Her passion and expertise lies in the development of creativity clusters that accelerate innovation. Ginger’s work is aimed at leveraging the ability of individuals, teams and organizations to uncover untapped potential using design-driven innovation. She is the only Canadian in the consulting group for the Stanford Creativity and Business program and is the Managing Partner for the Canadian Operations.
Author of Re-Visioning the Way We Work, her latest book, Finding Your Creative Core was published in April 2009. She is hard at work on her next book, Re-Visioning Retirement (she has no plans to retire – thus the book!).
Cheryl De Ciantis, PhD
Dr. De Ciantis is the Managing Partner of our US operations and is an experienced international consultant, program designer, facilitator and executive coach. Since 1985, Cheryl has been associated with the Center for Creative Leadership (a not-for-profit international research and educational institution based in the USA), with whom she remains an adjunct senior faculty member. Cheryl was a core designer and deliverer for two of the Center’s most innovative programs: Leading Creatively (which was a key intervention in a major technology company’s breakthrough R&D project selection process) and LeaderLab® (which won recognition as a model program from the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, founded by Daniel Goleman). Between 1998 and 2000, she served as Director of the Center’s Brussels, Belgium campus.
She is the co-author of the Values PerspectiveTM personal and group values survey. Cheryl obtained her doctorate in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, which houses the Joseph Campbell Library. A working artist, Cheryl draws on an exceptionally broad range of tools across the entire spectrum of learning preferences, both individual and organizational, to produce new observations and insights that lead to productive results.
Kenton Hyatt, PhD
Dr. Hyatt is an expert in human communication including organizational, interpersonal, small group, team and intercultural communication. He is an international facilitator, trainer, executive coach and program designer for personal and organizational development work. His particular areas of expertise include values assessment and development for individuals, teams and organizations; creativity assessment and development, and coaching managers to be coaches. He has published nationally and internationally, and is a co-author of the Values Perspective, an individual and group values assessment survey.
Kenton is experienced in the use of interactive learning methods based on psychological and behavioral assessment integrated with creative methodologies to produce active learning environments which are designed to achieve the results that are best suited for each person, group and organization. He is a trained and accomplished artist in painting, photography, drawing in various media and storytelling. Between 1997 and 2000, Dr. Hyatt was European Program Director for the Center for Creative Leadership’s Leadership Development Program (recently ranked no. 4 globally by Financial Times). Currently he is an independent consultant and works in partnership with several organizations and professionals. He also serves as an external reader for Pacifica Graduate Institute dissertations and has been a manuscript reviewer for Pfeiffer publishers.
Nora Weber - Global PR Specialist
Nora’s wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge of strategic marketing and public relations, enables her to tap into an extensive network of national and international media contacts including CNN, Chicago Tribune, Conde Nast Traveler, Destination, Los Angeles Times, NBC Morning Show, NBC Extra, National Geographic, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and numerous other publications and media. Her background in event creation, tours, news conferences, receptions and symposia – enable her to further extend a client’s leadership role.
As a leading public relations consultant, Nora has taken many clients from relative obscurity to international recognition by generating hundreds of media stories throughout the world. She has a multi-faceted background in media, having worked on the production end of video, radio and television, the latter including production manager of a syndicated talk show (The Hanes Report) and assistant story editor on the TV drama, Street Legal.