Author: Jerry Spiegel

Dr. Jerry Spiegel, organizational development consultant and life-changes coach, is a pioneer in the applied behavioral science field. He brings over fifty years of experience in providing training, consulting, and coaching to individuals, groups, and organizations engaging in planned change. He specializes in transforming individuals and organizational cultures for enduring, long-term change. Dr. Spiegel is an expert on individual and small-group behavior and has designed and conducted a wide variety of workshops for diverse audiences. He is the co-author of Self Directed Work Teams: A Primer and Manager Guide to Team Working. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at universities in Chicago, San Diego, and Bangkok. In 1967, the summer of love, Jerry experienced a major life change. He moved to California, to follow the path of a spiritual seeker or, as it was called, the hippie lifestyle. Between 1967 and 1981, he lived in a number of communes and engaged in a twenty-one-day fast in the wilderness. He worked as a handyman, vegetarian cook, migrant farmer, furniture mover, and tarot card reader. During this period, he also co-authored a book entitled On Becoming High about finding a higher spiritual self. Dr. Spiegel lives in San Diego, California. He is constantly exploring and developing modalities for reaching higher states of consciousness. Above all, he remains dedicated to the idea that one’s journey in life is never over until it’s over. Jerry is a steersman on the stream of time. Through the Reinventing Ourselves Workshop, he guides individuals, groups, and organizations to discover, implement, and achieve their vision of perfection. With engaging stories and tales from the trenches, Jerry inspires creativity and the desire to live many lives in our time here on earth. It is never too late to reinvent ourselves.