Karla Starr

About Karla Starr

In my first book, Can You Learn to Be Lucky, I showed how adaptability and resilience fosters survival throughout unpredictable change—a theme I’ve carried into workshops, consulting, and organizational projects. This work earned me recognition as Stanford professor Chip Heath\'s exclusive writing and marketing protégé.Our collaboration on Making Numbers Count extended the Heath Brothers’ global brand into data visualization and storytelling, teaching me to turn complexity into clear, actionable frameworks. I researched, developed frameworks, designed workshops, and worked on a press strategy that turned it into a WSJ bestseller.I’ve coached 200+ director-level and C-suite executives on what I learned from Chip Heath: sticky frameworks. My thoughts on data have evolved with AI: there is no pure objectivity—only context—which can only be discerned by human judgment and systems thinking.My expertise spans:•Sticky Frameworks: Using research and frameworks to enhance thought leadership development that scale across industries and cultures•Soft Skills for the Apocalypse: “Learning to Learn” and resilience as the ultimate meta-skills•See the System: Teaching why metrics fail; how to connect the dots between industries; what holds people and organizations back

Experience

1. Director of Content

   Neurodiversion

   Aug 2025 — Present

Education

• New York University

  BA

Skills

• Creative Writing
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Public Speaking
• Publishing
• Editorial
• Editing
• Content Strategy
• Press Releases
• Crushing
• Reporting
• Storytelling
• Publications
• Interviews
• Research
• Writing
• Interviewing
• Social Media
• Blogging