Christina Blacken is a public speaker, performer, and founder of The New Quo, a leadership development and behavior change training company. She creates transformational learning experiences and services that redefine community and culture for mission-driven people within corporations, non-profits, and universities. As an expert in story as a tool for behavior change, she helps current and emerging leaders create story rituals and habits to better communicate change and navigate differences. She’s trained 14,000 leaders across 9 industries using her unique The New Quo Change Model, which uses neuroscience, equity principles, narrative intelligence, and irreverence, to help people overcome bias, deepen trust in their relationships, and achieve equitable, status-quo breaking goals. She’s been featured in the NY Times, Forbes, Business Insider, and Nasdaq.com among other outlets. As a Utah native and resident of NYC for the past 15 years, she knows far more uses for jello than she’d like to admit.
