Ed Frauenheim
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Ed Frauenheim

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"Put the right letters together and make a better day.”

I quoted that Prince lyric in my college senior yearbook in 1989, and it describes what I’ve been trying to do for nearly three decades as a journalist, researcher, speaker and book author.

My main topics are masculinity and workplace culture, as well as the intersection between the two.

Most recently, I published Reinventing Masculinity: The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection. My co-author Dr. Ed Adams and I explore the hopeful shift under way from an outdated, unhealthy and “confined” masculinity to a "liberating" one that frees men and those around them to live fuller lives at home, at play, at work and in the world.

I have co-authored three other books.

A Great Place to Work For All, published in 2018, shows that today’s leaders have to meet a higher standard: they have to create a great workplace culture for everyone, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization.

I also co-authored Organized Innovation: A Blueprint for Renewing America's Prosperity, published in 2014. It argues that America's approach to technology development in recent decades has been disorganized to a fault, and that a new, more coordinated method is needed.

In 2011, I co-authored Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era. It documents the evolution of corporate social responsibility, making the case that companies increasingly must prove themselves worthy of their employees, customers and investors.

I currently serve as senior director of content at research and advisory firm Great Place to Work. I also co-founded the Teal Team, a group aiming to help organizations evolve into more democratic, purpose-driven, soulful places.

Earlier in my career, I spent roughly 20 years as a journalist, with stints at technology media firm CNET Networks, the Oakland Tribune chain of newspapers and Workforce magazine. I also have worked as a freelance writer for publications including Wired magazine, Salon.com and The Dallas Morning News.

I've made more than 75 speaking appearances to live and online audiences. I also have organized and hosted events.

I serve as a board member of the Berrett-Koehler Authors organization and as a board member of Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

I live in San Francisco with my teenage son and daughter and artist wife Rowena Richie. In my spare time you can find me doing Qi Gong with Rowena, dancing to Daft Punk and playing disc golf with a good friend.
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