Alan Briskin
Alan is an author and co-author of multiple books on the workplace, health care, and collective wisdom, including “The Stirring of Soul in the Workplace”, “Daily Miracles”, and “The Power of Collective Wisdom”. He has been working with groups and organizations for 40 years specializing in coaching physician leaders and working with mission driven organizations. As a consultant and executive coach, Alan helps leaders apply practical wisdom and a learning orientation to complex issues of organizational change and transition. Co-founder of The Collective Wisdom Initiative, sponsored by the Fetzer Institute, Dr. Briskin’s long-term clients have included Kaiser Permanente, George Lucas Educational Foundation, and the Goi Peace Foundation in Tokyo. He has held positions as Executive Advisor at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Senior Advisor to the One Humanity Institute. His work has sought to integrate the interior experience of individuals and groups with the realities of external power, privilege, and institutional history. He is currently working on a forthcoming book with Mary Gelinas, “Space is Not Empty: Harnessing the Power of Relational Fields to Impact Our World”.