February 7, 2024 - Change Management & How to be Funny Pat Dwyer Was Taken dot Com and Human Edge Lisa Danels

Pat Dwyer – Professional Speaker and Comedian at PatDwyerWasTaken.com – How to be Funny 

As an outside speaker, what we know from HR is that I can say the exact
same thing as the company has been saying, but people hear me because
I am different, because I am not something they hear every day.

Pat Dwyer has captivated and motivated audiences worldwide. Pulling from his background in Improv and Sketch Comedy with legendary institutions The Second City, iO Theater, and ComedySportz, among others, Pat has merged these talents in training and performance with the strategic mindset he cultivated during the early days working at notable Chicago startups like Groupon and Ignite. As you could guess, Pat’s journey has since lent him an opportunity to help organizations all around the globe find their own unique blend of leadership and team enhancing effectiveness. Now, as a sought-after speaker at conferences, events, and association meetings, Pat brings his energetic, hilarious and wildly engaging approach to both personal and organizational resilience. He’s definitely a speaker you don’t want to miss. As Pat Dwyer is easily your most engaging route to people-driven Innovation and Change. Aside from Pat Dwyer being a professional speaker, comedian and writer, Pat has worked, toured, performed and taught with comedic institutions The Second City, iO Theater, and ComedySportz for over 20 years. He’s spearheaded leadership teams at a number of tech startups, including Groupon, and has been a key culture, creative and leadership consultant for multiple fortune 500 companies. Pat was a Junior Park Ranger at over 60 National Parks, Sites and Monuments around the United States. While Pat got all of his after he was 25, this is an honor which is traditionally reserved for 5-12 year olds.





Lisa Danels – Executive Director of Human Edge and Author of The Human Edge Advantage: Mastering the Art of Being All In

A key component of personal power is letting go of victimhood. If you are
authoring your life, that means you create the good and the bad. We have to
let go of blaming others. We love to take things for the credit things that go well,
but when things don’t go well in our life, it’s somebody else!

Lisa Danels is the founder and Executive Director of Human Edge. She is a senior executive, talent and leadership consultant and coach. Lisa holds a master’s degree in Organization Development and Human Resource Management from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Public Policy and Administration with a concentration in International Relations from the University of New York at Buffalo. She is a certified executive coach and a pioneer in the field of leadership and organizational development. She resides in Basel, Switzerland. Lisa Danels attacks this problem head on in her new book, The Human Edge Advantage: Mastering the Art of Being All In. Lisa has been advising executives across industries on their personal leadership issues for several decades, working with leaders at Thomson Reuters, Aztra Zeneca, VISA, Novartis, Allianz and many other well-known companies. The book explores issues surrounding courage, fear, intuition, psychological barriers, disconnection, personal power, energy, purpose, and many other topics challenging leaders today.