Helping Good People Do Hard Things in Tough Times
Change is happening faster than we can keep up with.
Mounting constraints are making progress harder than ever.
And growing uncertainty is undermining our capacity to lead.
We need a new way to meet today’s realities.
A way that helps us reconnect with
the clarity, vitality, and capacity to make a difference.
Lisa Bennett
Author | Speaker | Coach |
Communications Advisor
Bringing the art of savoring the world to the work of saving it.
Lisa Bennett helps people strengthen the perspective, presence, and power needed to rise to today’s challenges.
Author of Savor the World: Why Wonder, Not Worry, Will Save Us (2026)
Co-author of Ecoliterate with EQ pioneer Daniel Goleman
Contributor to the Compassionate Instinct and other books.
Advisor to purpose-led leaders and organizations
Award-winning journalist
Former Harvard University fellow
Former Ashoka Changemakers Thought Leader
Ways to Work Together
Lisa Bennett’s programs meet leaders and teams where they are today while they work to create a better tomorrow.
Staying Power
For leaders and teams reckoning with setbacks and the art of bouncing back.
Ordinary Heroism in Extraordinary Times
For those committed to values-led work, who could benefit from exploring how other ordinary people rise to extraordinary challenges.
Savor the World
For those ready to flip the script and lead by savoring the world as a more sustainable, rewarding, and effective way to save it.
Testimonials Scroll
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"Powerful and persuasive."
SIR KEN ROBINSON, Creativity expert and #1-watched speaker on TED. (On Ecoliterate)
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"Lisa is a gifted speaker and writer."
ELIZABETH BIRCH, Former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign
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"Lisa is a great collaborator."
DANIEL GOLEMAN, NYT bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence
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Lisa has an incredible talent for guiding conversations in a positive, forward-looking direction while ensuring everyone feels heard.
ANACRON ALLEN, People and Culture, California Academy of Sciences
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“Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences such that they can listen, hear and then internalize.”
LISA RENSTROM, Cofounder of Values Advisor. Former Confluence Philanthropy board chair and Sierra Club president.
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“Highly recommended!”
JULIE SWEETLAND, Senior Advisor, the MacArthur Award-winning FrameWorks Institute
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“Facilitation is an art and science and Lisa has both elements in abundance.”
CHRIS SPENCE, Former Executive Vice President of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
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“Lisa understands that working with challenging topics requires meeting people where they are and helping them move forward in small, genuine steps.”
ANDREW LEIDER, Managing Director, Potrero Group
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She is a talent - and a delight to work with.
KAREN BRESLAU, Bloomberg News California Bureau Chief
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"Lisa combines a sharp, analytical mind with passionate commitment."
JEREMY SMITH, Editor, Greater Good Magazine at UC Berkeley
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"Lisa is an excellent public speaker. And she is a pleasure to work with."
KIM MILLS, Sr. Director, Strategic Communications & Public Affairs, American Psychological Association
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"Lisa's thoughtful perspectives about climate change and future generations is cutting-edge."
CAROLIE SLY, Executive Director at Refugee Education and Learning International
Partial List of Clients
The American Psychological Association, Brown University, California Academy of Sciences, Chambers for Clean Energy, Cornell University, Conferences for Women, Earth Knowledge, FrameWorks Institute, Human Rights Campaign, Institute at the Golden Gate, Packard Foundation, Protect Our Winters, San Francisco Zen Center, Southern Poverty Law Center, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Teleos Institute, Woodwell Climate Research Center, and more.
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