Geoff Powter has 35+ years of experience as an organizational development and change consultant. Trained as a psychologist, Geoff blends his clinical experience of the processes and challenges of change with years of experience of leaders, teams and organizations. Geoff has developed a strong reputation as a provocative and supportive facilitator who is willing to dive into difficult and complicated issues in the life of a team. He has a deep passion for and curiosity about the process of change and development, as well as a capacity for engaging clients in those passions.
Geoff has worked with clients across North America and internationally, in all streams of business and all sizes of enterprise, including recently Enbridge, Suncor, Essential Energy, BluEarth Renewables, TerraCon Géotechnique, Brookfield Residential, Alberta Treasury Branch, Government of Alberta, Environment Canada, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Farm Credit Canada, Pason Systems, Alberta School Employees Benefits Plan, and IATSE 891.
Geoff completed post-graduate training in clinical psychology at McGill University and The University of Calgary, and began his organizational work soon after, joining the faculties of The Banff Centre and Pacific Center for Leadership in the 1980s.
From an early age Geoff has had a strong interest in the outdoors and the world of adventure, and has built this interest into his life and work. He has participated in thirteen Himalayan expeditions, and has written extensively about adventure, in particular, the psychology of adventure. His book Strange and Dangerous Dreams: The Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness won the 2006 Jury Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival. He also authored the books We Cannot Fail: The Dark Psychology of Heroic Adventure and Inner Ranges: An Anthology of Mountain Thoughts and Mountain People.
