David holds a degree in marine zoology, honorary degrees from Newman University in Pennsylvania and Royal Roads University in Victoria British Columbia and is an Associate Fellow of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
He travels and lectures throughout the world, bringing his own and other’s poetry to large audiences. Internationally acclaimed poet, David Whyte, makes his home in the Pacific Northwest where rain and changeable skies remind him of the other more distant homes from which he comes, Yorkshire, Wales, and Ireland. Jones: From the studios of KPFK Los Angeles Pacifica Radio, this is host Lois P.
He brings a unique and important contribution to our understanding of the nature of individual and organizational change, particularly through his unique perspectives on Conversational Leadership. In organizational settings, using poetry and thoughtful commentary, he illustrates how we can foster qualities of courage and engagement qualities needed if we are to respond to today’s call for increased creativity and adaptability in the workplace. His life as a poet has created a readership and listenership in three normally mutually exclusive areas: the literate world of readings that most poets inhabit, the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical enquiry and the world of vocation, work and organizational leadership.Īn Associate Fellow at Said Business School at the University of Oxford, he is one of the few poets to take his perspectives on creativity into the field of organizational development, where he works with many European, American and international companies. He brings this wealth of experience to his poetry, lectures and workshops. The author of nine books of poetry and four books of prose, David Whyte holds a degree in Marine Zoology, honorary degrees from Neumann College and Royal Roads University, and has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading anthropological and natural history expeditions in the Andes, Amazon and Himalaya. He now makes his home in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Poet David Whyte grew up with a strong, imaginative influence from his Irish mother among the hills and valleys of his father’s Yorkshire. Jones originally aired on KPFK Los Angeles (reproduced with permission). The following interview of David Whyte by Lois P.
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