Karen Dawson, Ph.D.
Karen Dawson, Elephant Whisperer (Emeritus)* at Deeper Funner Change
Email: karendawson2021@gmail.com
Karen is a facilitator, consultant, and certified executive coach, focusing on organizational development. Karen has taken a big step away from full time practice, and is learning (slowly!) to play tennis and golf now that she lives in Mazatlán, México.
Karen likes to think of her background as eclectic, though some say it’s rather mixed up. As a Flight Commander in the Cadet Flying Program, Karen was responsible for training pilots from 1982 to 1988 with the Canadian Military Reserve – she has also served as a cocktail waitress, a jail matron, and a high school theatre teacher. Grounded in theatre training (University of Alberta) as an actor and director, Karen incorporates the fundamental principles of improvisation in her work with clients. She is particularly interested in the intersection of co-creative processes and organizational change.
Karen holds a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and a PhD degree through Tilburg University. Dabbling in new sports and a new language still leaves time to continue reading (and thinking) about how to help unleash group genius and support groups of people to get collaboratively smarter, together.
