As a speaker, Dr. J brings insight and humor to engage and inspire audiences
Dr. J is an internationally accomplished keynote speaker who challenges and inspires audiences with material that is engaging, current, and customized.
In her talks, Dr. J teaches audience members to by making connections between social science insights, positive social impact, and the great wide world of beer.
Innovation, Creativity, and Curiosity
Lessons from From the Brewhouse: Tapping into Millennia of Innovations
Beer is as old as civilization. More importantly, archeologists and historians have unearthed countless examples of how the art and science of brewing beer have inspired some of society’s greatest technological and social innovations. Learn how you can implement the tastiest lessons from more than 13,000 years of invention and inspiration.
Biomimicry and Regenerative Thinking
The Wisdom of Yeast
With age comes wisdom. Imagine, then, the wisdom that might be unlocked by looking to an organism that evolved hundreds of millions of years ago. These biochemical engines behind the process of fermentation are remarkable models of resilience, adaptability, and collaboration.
From Ego-systems to Ecosystems: Brewing Culturally Regenerative Organizations
Embrace the potential inherent in the people, places, and products that make up an organization. Rather than being primarily extractive forces, Culturally regenerative organizations add value, health, and wealth to the communities and environments that constitute the organization, the surrounding community, and the extended supply chain.
Pursuing Positive Social Impact
Why be Transactional When You Can be Transformational?
Beer is the product of countless transformations. And though the brewing process includes careful inputs and predictable outputs, brewers have provided a blueprint for building transformational relationships with team members, communities, and the environment.
Be the Alchemy: Fermentation as a Theory and Practice of Social Advocacy
As one of the most foundational processes in the natural world, fermentation provides a model for engineering change, building networks, stewarding resources, managing hardship, and much more. Join Dr. J for an open-hearted, hands-on exploration of the magic of fermentation—it will forever change how you think about being a change-maker.