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Bruce Feiler
New York Times Best-Selling Author; Family, Contemporary Life, and Well-Being Expert
Bruce is a bestselling author of seven books, including Life Is in the Transitions and The Search. A sought-after speaker and TED Talk presenter with over four million views, he shares insights on work, family, transitions, and meaning. He also teaches TED's How to Master Life Transitions course.
Bio
BRUCE FEILER is one of America’s most popular voices on contemporary life. He is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers; the presenter of two primetime series on PBS; and the inspiration for the drama series COUNCIL OF DADS on NBC. Bruce’s two TED Talks have been viewed more than two million times.
Employing a firsthand approach to his work, Bruce is known for living the experiences he writes about. His work combines timeless wisdom with timely knowledge to allow people to live with more meaning, passion, and joy. His new book, LIFE IS IN THE TRANSITIONS: Mastering Change at Any Age, describes his journey across America, collecting hundreds of life stories, exploring how we can navigate the growing number of life transitions with great purpose and skill. “One of those books that’s so profoundly aligned with the zeitgeist that you end up underlining the whole book,” wrote Arianna Huffington in Thrive Global. “Bruce Feiler is the perfect person to lead us on this journey.” The book was a Top 10 New York Times bestseller.
For more than a decade, Bruce has explored the intersection of families, relationships, and well-being. THE SECRETS OF HAPPY FAMILIES collects best practices from the country’s most creative minds. The book was featured on World News, GMA, and TODAY and excerpted in the Wall Street Journal and Parade. COUNCIL OF DADS describes how faced with one of life’s greatest challenge, he asked six friends to support his daughters. The book was profiled in PEOPLE, USA Today, and Time and was the subject of a CNN documentary.
Since 2001, Bruce has been one of the country’s preeminent thinkers, writers, and speakers about religion. WALKING THE BIBLE describes his perilous, 10,000-mile journey retracing the Five Books of Moses through the desert. The book was hailed as an “instant classic” by the Washington Post, spent a year and a half on the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into fifteen languages. ABRAHAM recounts his personal search for the shared ancestor of the monotheistic religions. “Exquisitely written,” wrote the Boston Globe. WHERE GOD WAS BORN describes his trek visiting biblical sites throughout Israel, Iraq, and Iran. “Bruce Feiler is a real-life Indiana Jones,” wrote the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All were bestsellers.
Bruce is the host of two primetime series on PBS: WALKING THE BIBLE (“Beguiling,” Wall Street Journal) and SACRED JOURNEYS WITH BRUCE FEILER, in which he retraces pilgrimages in France, India, Japan, Israel, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. (“Feiler is the perfect guide,” Newsday).
Writer of the “This Life” column in the New York Times, Bruce Feiler has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Parade, and Gourmet, where he won three James Beard Awards. A former circus clown, he has been the subject of Jay Leno joke and a JEOPARDY! question, and his face appears on a postage stamp in the Grenadines.
A native of Savannah, Georgia, Bruce lives in Brooklyn with wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their identical twin daughters.
Keynotes
Featured Keynote
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Leading with purpose: How leaders can create a meaning agenda that serves a more purpose focused workplace
Drawing on insights from his most-recent book, THE SEARCH, his viral WSJ essay, “The New Rules of Success in a Post-Career World,” and his TED White Paper “The Meaning Moment: How a New Generation of Workers Is Changing the American Workplace,” Bruce Feiler discusses how leaders can adapt to the rapidly changing attitudes toward work and success a new generation of workers–younger, more female, and more diverse. Gone are the days when managers can simply issue top-down edicts and ignore the input of their workers. But what do workers want? Feiler’s talk first explores the changing values of today’s workforce, focused specifically on his proprietary data on the post-pandemic rise of job fluidity, work from anywhere, along with the importance of balance, flexibility, and well being. He then gives leaders a proven, three-pronged approach to create a more purpose-driven workplace: 1) How to conduct a “meaning audit” to identify your organizations strengths and weaknesses; 2) How to develop a “meaning agenda,” that introduces science-backed solutions; and 3) How to “communicate with meaning,” using language from the top of the organization to the bottom that is people-focused and inclusive, while also being inspiring and helpful to the bottom line. This timely, practical presentation offers a new framework for work in a post-Covid, post-career world and road map for leaders and workers to work together to create a more welcoming, more balanced, and ultimately more successful work culture.
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The Search: Finding meaningful work in a post-career world
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Mastering Life Transitions: Tools and takeaways for navigating uncertain times
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The Power of Story: Harnessing the art and science of storytelling to connect, persuade, and thrive
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The Secrets of Happy Families: How high-functioning families adapt, talk, play, and thrive
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12 Trends Reshaping The Family: How millennial parents, digital kids, overworked moms, and active dads are changing how families shop, spend, and connect
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The Power of Community: How to survive and thrive in difficult times
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