An accomplished professional speaker, author and business consultant Stephen has been consulting for over ten years in; health care, pharmaceuticals, non-profit, professional associations, education, and government. He is the founder and principle of Zenergy PD and acts as the resilience content expert for one of Canada’s largest health authorities. For over a quarter of a century Stephen has been researching the dynamics of change, problem resolution, group dynamics, and his greatest passion: collaborative intelligence. Extensively trained in NLP, facilitation, improv, and group dynamic techniques, Stephen engages his audiences in carefully customized and ‘one-off’ events that bring each participant deeply into the topic. His mantra for facilitating the learning experience is that ‘skill is only a rumor until it reaches a muscle’.

Despite his busy speaking schedule Stephen manages to stay ahead of the curve with ‘all things collaborative’. He is also the author of ‘Teaching an Anthill to Fetch: Developing the Collaborative Intelligence of Teams’ and numerous published articles on collective intelligence, communication and advanced adult learning techniques.

Just as importantly for Stephen is that he is a father and husband and an active participant in his community. Stephen serves on several boards associated with socio economic development and is a staunch advocate of the triple bottom line as a path towards a sustainable society.

Professional Affiliations:

• CSTD: Canadian Society for Training & Development (Vice President of Chapter)
• CFCW: Community Futures Center West (board member)
• CAPS: Calgary Association of Professional Speakers (Past board member)
• CANLP: Canadian Association of Neurolingistic Programming (past board member and editor of professional newsletter)
• UKSMA: UK Stress Management Association (past board member)

Little Know Facts about Stephen

A little known fact about Stephen is that at one point in his life he managed to run himself over with his own car. Not a great idea granted, but you must give him some points for sheer inventiveness.

When he was a child his best friend was a paraplegic pig called Herbie to whom he told all his darkest secrets, unfortunately Herbie was taken to market when Stephen was at school one day and was never seen again.

In 1982 while at university, Stephen held the UK ‘Guinness Book of Record’ record for the most live earth worms eaten in 6o seconds (this was way before the days of Fear Factor). Stephen claims he did it to raise money for charity and that he had the written permission of every last worm.