Scott Comber

Background

About Scott Comber

Scott Comber gained over 30 years of leadership experience in the education, financial, IT, health care and consulting fields. He established and incorporated two of his own companies before assuming his role at Dalhousie University. Currently, Scott is a University Teaching Fellow at the Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University, in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Association - Physician Leadership Institute (Joule). Scott practices in the areas of teaching and learning, systems and complexity, conflict resolution, and change management. He is action oriented and practical. Scott works with students, teams and organizations to develop exceptional leaders, create conflict resolution systems, and facilitate teams and leaders through change. Scott’s primary research areas of foci are the scholarship of teaching and learning, applied complexity science approaches to healthcare systems (critical care), and leadership development (academic and physician). Scott is a keynote speaker, author and award winning teacher. He has been quoted in sources such as the Globe and Mail, Financial Post and Business Week. In addition, he holds an MBA (Finance) an MA (Human Development) and a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems. Scott is also certified as an executive coach, and is an editorial board member - Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership. He originates from Nova Scotia, and outside of work, he focuses on his family and raising twins, Mac and Ella.