Philip Mirvis

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About Philip Mirvis

Philip Mirvis is an organizational psychologist whose studies and private practice concern large-scale organizational change, the workforce and workplace, and business leadership in society. An advisor to companies and NGOs on five continents, he has authored or edited sixteen books including The Cynical Americans (social trends), Building the Competitive Workforce (human capital investments), Joining Forces (human dynamics of mergers), To the Desert and Back (business transformation), and Beyond Good Company (social responsibility). His latest are How to Do Relevant Research: From the Ivory Tower to the Real World and Sustainability to Social Change: Lead Your Company from Managing Risks to Creating Social Value. Mirvis is a fellow of the Academy of Management where he received a career achievement award as “Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner”. He is a research fellow at the Babson social innovation lab and teaches Exec-Ed in business schools and firms globally. In areas of leadership development, Mirvis has designed corporate “consciousness raising” experiences involving theater and the arts, orchestrated rituals for merging companies, and done outdoor team building in the Rockies, Pyrenees, Alps, and Himalayas. He has led corporate journeys and community service efforts in the urban U.S, Paris, London, Dubai, and Sao Paulo, in India, China, Greenland, Tanzania, and Vietnam, and among aboriginal peoples in Borneo, Paraguay, and Australia, plus multistakeholder dialogues on environmental and socio-economic issues. Phil lives in Ranchos des Taos, New Mexico and travels globally, connects with family and friends, and on good days strives to make the world a better place.