Bill Duane works at the intersection of individual resilience, organizational effectiveness and innovation. He works with leaders and organizations on the inner work needed to make change happen. As an engineering executive for Google earlier in his career, Bill was responsible for worldwide production engineering for Gmail, Apps and Websearch Infrastructure leading a team of 130 people across 5 countries. The experience (while wildly rewarding, interesting and exciting), led to burnout which drove Bill to figure out why. As he investigated burnout, Bill discovered a deep interest in the biological, psychological and interpersonal mechanisms of happiness, effectiveness and well-being which led him to create the role of Google’s Superintendent of Well-Being. At Google, he and his team created worldwide programs to demonstrably move the needle on well-being at the individual, team and organizational level, partnering with various teams in the Google ecosystem to make it part of the culture. After 12 years at Google and 25 years in corporate environments, he is taking his expertise to a more diverse set of individuals and organizations. He is currently the Principal of Bill Duane and Associates, Board Advisor to Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and Research Fellow at the Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute.Advisor to the Just Economy Institute and advisor to several for-profit and nonprofit startups. www.billduane.com
Areas of Expertise:
- Values as part of business strategy
- Career envisioning and implementation
- AI Ethics
- Managing audacious goals and burnout
- Effective teams and organizations
- Creating organizational culture
- Fostering innovation and social change