A leadership expert, speaker and author, Eric Martin’s quest to democratize leadership spans the globe—from the White House to the Himalayan foothills. After a brief stint as an engineer, Eric spent five transformative years in Japan as an international diplomatic liaison, eventually leading him to The Synergos Institute, a Rockefeller-affiliated nonprofit focused on leadership development and systems change.Eric founded Adaptive Change Advisors (ACA), the premier mission-based Adaptive Leadership organization worldwide. ACA puts leadership tools that drive change into the hands of anyone seeking meaningful outcomes, drawing from over 40 years of field-based learning at Harvard Kennedy School. His books, Your Leadership Moment (2020) and the Adaptive Leadership Facilitator Guide (2023), have expanded Adaptive Leadership into diverse geographical, political and cultural contexts. His impact has been felt globally by organizations like White House Executive Office of Presidential Personnel, Patagonia, Global Fund for Women, Johns Hopkins University, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Women’s World Banking, Open Government Partnership, UN Environment Program, Acumen, Rockefeller Foundation, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, US Business Council for Sustainable Development, United Nations Innovation Network, Democracy Fund, World Bank, Cornell University, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Sustainability Consortium, National Academy for Science Engineering & Medicine, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, USAID, The Aspen Institute, Royal Bank of Scotland, Harvard Medical School, U.S. Health and Human Services, National Academy for Science, Engineering and Medicine. He has served on the Boards of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute, MAVA Foundation, and the American Resilience Project, and Chair of the Democratizing Leadership Initiative.Published in Fast Company, Stanford Social Innovation Review and Environmental Leader, Eric also shares his expertise as a graduate faculty member at Milano School of Policy, Management and Environment graduate school in New York City. Holding an MS in Organizational Change Management from the Milano School of Management and a BSE in Systems Analysis and Operations Research from the University of Michigan, Eric's academic background complements his practical experience in leadership and change. Despite living away from his hometown of Detroit for years, Eric remains grounded in its grit and resilience, underscoring his belief that true leadership transcends identity, history and conventional access to power.