David Riveness

The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester

Website: www.corporatejester.com

Today, more than ever, individuals are searching for ways to contribute positively to organizational leadership, culture and behavior.  They look for insight into organizational truth as well as an understanding of how to interact with others to bring about positive impact. 

David Riveness, in his insightful and entertaining book, The Secret Life of the Corporate Jester, reveals how to adopt and apply a "jester's perspective" to create those positive impacts.  True jestership is not about wearing colorful costumes and entertaining others with jokes, but is, instead, a unique perspective into organizational impact.  True jesters have the rare ability to uncover and address hidden blind spots in thinking and action that negatively effect companies, organizations, and individuals. 

The perspective and behaviors of a jester can be understood and adopted by anyone regardless of their organization, role or position.  Those who apply what they learn from this book can wield significant influence and bring about remarkable positive change.

David is also the founder and CEO of Corporate Jester, a company created to assist individuals and organizations learn and develop strategies for success.  As part of this role, he delivers personalized keynotes, learning sessions and coaching for companies, organizations, and individuals.

Prior to founding Corporate Jester, David served as the Director of Global Facilitations for Eagle’s Flight, a worldwide innovator in the development and delivery of practical training programs for organizations.  While at Eagle’s Flight, he facilitated and implemented hundreds of training programs with such industry leaders as Warner Bros., NIKE, ESPN, Pfizer, The American Heart Association and Citibankon a variety of topics relating to organizational and individual effectiveness. 

David has successfully hosted dynamic training workshops and speaking engagements ranging in scale from more intimate classroom-style engagements to large-scale, more formal venues with over 3,500 attendees.  Dave's experiences have been global in scope, facilitating and speaking across the world including such diverse locations as India, China and Brazil.

For additional information, please contact: 

Melissa Dragich-Cordero
Corporate Jester Public Relations
MDragich@corporatejester.com
408-454-6650
866-896-8948 (toll free)