Jia (Carol) Xu, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

https://www.presentofwork.com/We support leaders in unlocking the potential of their teams, organizations, and communities.

https://www.startercultures.us/ We are a village of practice — a nurturing space to learn, grow, and heal together.We are a mycelial network — a web of interdependent relationships that flow care and nourishment to where it’s needed.We are a sandbox — a collaborative play space to turn our ideas and gifts into meaningful and sustainable work projects.

I am working with a group of kindred spirits to cultivate a community where we can reimagine what livelihood means for individuals, organizations, and societies. We challenge our own assumptions behind existing business models which are often driven by greed, exploitation, and exhaustion. We experiment with new models of livelihood that are better aligned with a fuller sense of who we are in the workplace as well as our private lives.

Awake in Business brings you cutting-edge organizational development paradigms, design templates, and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training to anchor a collaborative culture and foster peak performance. The future of work is already here and we help you envision and establish workplace culture that retains the right talent.Our programs cultivate self-awareness, emotional intelligence, resilience, individual wellbeing, team cohesion, productive collaboration, and positive impact. We work closely with you to develop concrete game plans, experiment and iterate, provide long-term support, and focus on making measurable impacts in your organization. We offer organizational training / exploration and experience prototyping lab / program design / group facilitation / team offsites & retreats / keynote presentations / leadership coaching / communications strategy.

Los Altos, California, Us

We are realizing the principle of timebanking with a blockchain-based platform for connecting non-profits with volunteers around the world and scaling sharing communities, local or online. https://www.sevaexchange.com/My current role is to weave sharing economy/ecology principles, design research and business strategy together to mainstream timebanking among communities worldwide.

Fort Worth, Texas, Us

* Conducted and supervised research projects on using blockchain to empower local businesscommunities, rural banks, and government smart city initiatives.* Led the research team to build effective decision-making and project management processes with a focus on collaboration, accountability, and transparency * Collaborated with the organizational design and development team to design compensation and performance feedback systems that were aligned with Teal Organization and self-organizing principles*Advised projects on team-level dynamic equity allocation and internal learning & development initiatives.

* Aligned strategic business partners to collectively build a life-long, practice-based learning platform that centers on innovation and career development to students, professionals, and entrepreneurs* Created and conducted learning programs and workshops on topics such as design thinking and innovation

Podcast: Telling the untold stories of our work life. In the Work Stories Project Podcast series, we curate a broad spectrum of the human experience of work, from work burnout and depression to pursuing our life purpose, joy, and mastery at work. We strive to inspire organization leaders to experiment with new ways of organizing people and work. Community Building:* For individuals: We have an endless supply of ideas to help our listeners (and non-listeners) construct a more fulfilling work life and career trajectory. Stay tuned to our forthcoming activities!* For organizations: We are open to working directly with organization leaders to design and implement workplace innovations in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.Collectively, let us re-imagine what work can be!

Stanford, Ca, Us

• Studied sociology and psychology of work, and more specifically topics such as globally distributed work and intercultural knowledge transfer. • Conducted in-depth research projects in three Fortune 500 companies and generated actionable feedback that was well-received by the organization leaders• Hands-on research experience in conducting Ethnography and Network Analysis• Assisted award-winning professors in teaching management, strategy, and design thinking topics• Consulted for a high-tech startup on distributed-team management and helped transform employee collaboration model and accelerated a pilot project cycle by 34%

• Facilitated discussions on interdisciplinary topics.• Collaborated in designing an online course on social impact theory and social network dynamics.

• Secured funding for Business School’s graduate student groups • Active participation in public debates regarding graduate/professional student issues

• Founding manager of the International Program Office which aimed to support and develop educational collaborations between Lingnan College and institutions overseas, such as Yale and MIT. • Managed two exchange-student programs, partnering with colleges in Portugal and South Korea.• Recruited and trained student leaders in the International Program Office.• As a result, received Lingnan Trustees Encouragement Award (For Outstanding Social Service)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Management Science And Engineering

Phd Student, Organizational Behavior

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Finance And Accounting

Double Bachelor'S Degrees, Economics; Mathematics