Caneel Joyce

About Caneel Joyce

Dr. Caneel Joyce is a CEO and executive coach, leadership developer, culture builder, speaker, wife, mother of two, and podcaster. Throughout her career, Caneel has worked with some of the world’s most transformative entrepreneurs and companies, including leaders at LinkedIn, Dropbox, Snap, Slack, Whole Foods, Amazon, and Disney, plus hundreds of CEOs, founders and leaders in technology and beyond.Caneel’s mission in life and work is to positively impact the world, challenging each of us to draw upon our unique gifts to take on the world’s most pressing issues. Her three impact priorities are addressing climate change, empowering women, and democratizing access to creative and entrepreneurial opportunities. With fierce intellect, rigor, and irresistible vulnerability, Caneel drives change by coaching, teaching, and inspiring leaders of all kinds - and igniting their desire to become proactive allies to all of humanity and the planet. Caneel has over 20 years of experience leading and advising innovative companies. She has a B.A. in Mass Communications from UCLA, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and she is a sought-after podcast guest and keynote speaker. She is a former Professor of Management at the London School of Economics and at Stanford University’s prestigious Institute of Design (known as “the d.school”). Her company, Kickass Enterprises Inc, is a member of the 1% for the Planet Foundation. Caneel has discovered it’s not just business leaders who benefit from connecting with their authentic selves, finding their Zones of Genius, and living in flow. Finding that peace within ourselves is the first step to creating a more peaceful human experience for everyone.Among many other programs she has initiated and spearheaded, Allowed is a podcast experience that Caneel designed to bring her formally elite, exclusive coaching to a much broader audience so that everyone can be a more conscious, inspired, and whole leader of their own life - and together, bring meaningful change to the world.

Experience

1. Executive Coach, Facilitator, and Culture Builder

   Evolution

   Sep 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Evolution is a boutique coaching, consulting, and investment firm that partners with start-up and high-growth companies to drive long-term, holistic success through leadership and culture. We work exclusively with companies that strive to be iconic, world-enriching, evolutionary businesses, such as Slack, Change.org, Collective Health and Nuna Health.

Education

• Stanford University

  n/a, Qualitative Research Methods

  2005 — 2005

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Business, Management, Organizational Behavior

  2003 — 2009

• University of California, Berkeley

  Extension, Graphic Design

  2002 — 2003

• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communications, Anthropology

  1996 — 2000

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mass Communication/Media Studies

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  2000

Skills

• Mobile Product Development
• Negotiation
• Idea Generation
• Marketing
• Mobile Applications
• Customer Insight
• Positioning
• Research Design
• User Generated Content
• Consumer Insight
• User-Centered Design
• Psychology
• Mobile Experiences
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Content Strategy
• Consumer
• Marketing Strategy
• Product
• Organizational Behavior
• Product Management
• Start-Ups
• Product Development
• Web Applications
• User Behavior
• Creativity
• Analytics
• Viral Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Growth
• A/B Testing
• Data Analysis
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Design Strategy
• User Research
• Teaching
• Brand Development
• Customer Acquisition
• Research