Yabome Gilpin-Jackson

Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD is an Human Development scholar-practitioner who is Principal at SLD Consulting, leader within the British Columbia Public Sector in Canada and is currently the first Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Faculty member at Simon Fraser University. She was the first Organization Development Network (ODN) Emerging Practitioner recipient, an award named in her honour. She has written over 30 peer-reviewed publications and is a prolific conference presenter and sought-after speaker in leadership, organization development and social change. Her article on practising in the grey area between diagnostic and dialogic OD  is featured in OD Review Essentials. Among other publications, she was contributor to the inaugural special issue journal and textbook on Dialogic OD and a past contributor here to Practising Social Change. She has also published and contributed to books including, Transformation After Trauma, The Power of Resonance, co-editor for the 2022 Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation, lead editor for the We Will Lead Africa book series. She also dabbles with creative writing and has self-published short story collections about global African experiences. She is past Chair of the ODN and a member of NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science.