Patricia Aburdene
Author
and Keynote Speaker at June 2006 Corporate Affiliates Workshop
Patricia Aburdene is a world-renown speaker, author, and advocate of corporate transformation. Having won global recognition as co-author of the Megatrends books, Patricia now inspires audiences with a concrete blueprint of how values and consciousness will transform business. Her new book, Megatrends 2010: the Rise of Conscious Capitalism, was published in 2005.
Co-author of the New York Times number one bestseller Megatrends 2000, Patricia co-wrote the bestselling Re-inventing the Corporation and Megatrends for Women. She was John Naisbitt's collaborator on the publishing phenomenon Megatrends, which topped bestseller charts in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.
She has lectured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Australia, and the Pacific Rim. Clients include the Management Club of Vienna, the Professional Coach and Mentor Association, the Management Institute of New Zealand, and the Consciousness in Business conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Her career in business journalism began at Forbes magazine in 1978. As a Public Policy Fellow at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1993 to 1996, she explored emerging leadership models.
Patricia holds a BA in philosophy from Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a BS in library science from Catholic University, and four honorary doctorates. In 1990, she was awarded the Medal of Italy for her interpretation of global trends. She lives in Telluride, Colorado and Cambridge, Massachusetts.