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Nature, Arts & Mind: A Leadership Vision for Sustainable Futures

Dana Klisanin is a psychologist, futurist, and thought leader. She is the founder of ReWilding: Lab.

Recognized in Forbes as one of the world's top female futurists, Dr. Klisanin's body of work, including over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, edited books, and peer-reviewed special issues exploring innovative research in antifragility, rewilding the human psyche, conscious media, and environmental advocacy.

Dana is passionate about supporting leaders of all ages. Her award-winning middle-grade series, Chronicles of G.A.I.A., champions environmental activism and eco-literacy for the next generation. In the series, the heroes are recruited by the Global Anticipatory Intelligence Agency (G.A.I.A.) to protect the planet. The first book, Future Hack, has won multiple awards, and the highly anticipated sequel, Norbu’s Secret, is now available for purchase.

Dana Klisanin

Explore ReWilding Leadership™

Unlock your leadership potential through ReWilding Leadership™, an approach that integrates nature’s wisdom, neuroscience, and innovative leadership theory to foster creativity, resilience, and sustainability. I work with executives and organizations to develop future-ready leaders equipped to navigate today’s complex challenges.

SPEAKER

speaking events

Dana speaks on popular topics including human tech relations and Digital Altruism to ReWilding.

AUTHOR

publications

Dana’s transdisciplinary research impacts fields as diverse as media, technology, heroism, psychology, and futures studies.

CONSULTANT

co-creating with nature

Enhance human-nature connections with Dana, rooted in transformative research and forward-thinking strategies.

  • "Dana is a person of initiative and deep passion for changing the world for the better. She is creative and looks for opportunities to enrich the world."

    Alexander Laszlo, Laszlo Institute for New Paradigm Research

  • "Dana is an unorthodox thinker—by questioning the impact of the networked society on humanity’s most exalted virtues, she has ventured into uncharted territory."

    Dr. Phillip Zimbardo, Heroic Imagination Project

  • "Dana is among the very top psychologists innovating new approaches to interdisciplinary research in media psychology and heroism science."

    Jerome C. Glenn, The Millennium Project

Bringing the natural world into focus.

Dana's latest venture, ReWilding: Lab, fosters healthy human-nature relationships and supports sustainable and regenerative cultures.

DANA’S CURRENT WORK

AUTHOR

NORBU’S SECRET, book two in the Chronicles of G.A.I.A. series, launches October 2024!

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THEORIST

Dana’s newest research finds that cascading global crises may impact the mental health of one-third of the world's population. Stanford Existential Risks Conference, 2023.

SPEAKER

Dana represents the World Futures Studies Federation at the United Nations and speaks at conferences and events worldwide.

FOUNDER

Dana founded ReWilding: Lab a venture focused on supporting wellbeing through deepening our relationships with the natural world.