GOODTHINK - Key Persons
Research Focus: Technology, Productivity, and Well-being
Amy Blankson is the only person to be named a Point of Light by two Presidents (President Bush and President Clinton). She received a Presidential appointment to serve a five-year term on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National Service, and was one of the youngest delegates to the Presidents' Summit for America's Future. Amy received her BA from Harvard and MBA from Yale School of Management. In 2007, Amy co-founded GoodThink to bring the science of happiness to life for organizations and individuals. Amy brings both passion and practicality to GoodThink. She is currently doing research in partnership with Google to determine how to make positive psychology strategies stick and create sustainable positive change. She serves as a Visioneer for the Xprize Foundation for Personal Health, and was a featured professor in Oprah's Happiness course. Amy is the author of two books: Ripple's Effect and The Future of Happiness: 5 Modern Strategies to Balance Productivity and Well-being in the Digital Era.
Job Titles:
- Doctor Bobo
- Happiness Coach
- ICF Certified Executive Coach
- Research
- Scientist at Brown University
Eric Karpinski, The Happiness Coach, integrates 20 years of business experience into his talks about implementing and sustaining positive change within organizations. His former roles as executive, management consultant, venture capitalist and Wharton MBA provide him insights into the workings of both large and small companies.
Eric also trained as a scientist at Brown University and spent his business career at the juncture of medical science and business, easily bridging both worlds and translating between them. This understanding of science and business allows him to efficiently implement findings from top neuroscience and positive psychology research to make positive change within a company.
Eric is an ICF certified executive coach and has almost 1000 hours of one-on-one coaching experience. This gives him deep insight into individual motivation. He weaves this knowledge into his talks, leaving his audiences with the drive to implement these simple and powerful tools to initiate positive change and maintain it over the long-term.