
Focus: fast change with a creative application of well-being and innovative thinking
Work includes: conflict mediation in Belfast, Northern Ireland; consulting for President Clinton's Summit for America's Future; post-conflict entrepreneurship for women in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Clients: Barclays Bank, the California Institute of Technology, Conde Nast Publications, Free the Children, Jane Goodall, Johnson and Johnson, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Landmine Survivors Network, Maple Leaf Foods, Outward Bound, Seimans, Shell Oil, Staples, Subaru of America, Supreme Court of Delaware, Women for Women International, Philadelphia Flyers
Author: Lightning in a Bottle: Proven Lessons in Leading Change and The Randori Principles: The Path of Effortless Leadership
Education: doctorate in organizational psychology from Temple University and a second doctorate in divinity from Naropa University
Previously: clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey circus. Baum is one of the few people to teach at three of the top ten business schools in the world (Wharton, Cambridge and the Richard Ivey School) with a background in fire eating, juggling, and magic.
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Key collaborator/host, 2009 Annual conference
“I have never seen our physicians so rapt as when listening to David. Warm, witty, profound — he had them in the palms of his hands. He is a master at what he does." — Kathy Rice, COO, Cleveland Clinic
"David is entertaining, delightful, and deeply profound. He continues to receive the highest marks among our judges." — The Honorable John P. Flaherty, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania