A former French horn professional-turned Harvard Business School Professor is a sought-after speaker in the business and corporate world and has been featured in publications like Barron’s, Entrepreneur, Forbes, and writes regularly for The Atlantic. He’s a New York Times best-selling author, co-author with Oprah Winfrey, world traveler and friend to the Dalai Lama. He is Dr. Arthur Brooks and on Thursday, September 11, he’s coming to speak in Bellevue. Among today’s long list of politically-connected speakers, Brooks has become a bit of unicorn, an almost mythical figure in today’s political environment -- someone who appeals to and inspires both sides of the political aisle.
For some years, Brooks has been focused on studying the science of happiness and what gives people satisfaction and purpose in life. He has sought to understand how the brain works and processes information and gives us our feelings of contentment, satisfaction, purpose and happiness. In an era of extreme polarization, he stands out in offering insight applicable to all. His insights have helped people become more productive, better focused, and, yes, happier with their lives.
Brooks doesn’t offer greeting-card platitudes or empty slogans but relies on data to uncover the secrets of what brings people more satisfaction, fulfillment, and purpose in their personal and professional lives. (See his recent appearance on Special Report here.) His insights are helpful to everyone from front-line workers to CEOs and CFOs – as well as any company’s marketing team.
Brooks is the kind of speaker who so commands your attention that when he stops, you’re inevitably asking him for more. He’s insightful, witty, compelling, inspirational and shouldn’t be missed.
Dr. Arthur Brooks is the keynote speaker for Washington Policy Center’s Annual Policy Dinner in Bellevue coming up on Thursday, September 11th. Also featured is Brad Smith, President of Microsoft. Tickets and details are available at WPCdinner.com.