Before opening her own consulting practice, Brigitte Jordan held appointments as Principal Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and as Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning. A frequent speaker at international conferences and executive workshops, she is the author of more than 50 scholarly and technical publications. She is a recipient of the prestigious Margaret Mead Award of the American Anthropological Association and has recently received the Excellence in Science and Technology Award from the Xerox Corporation for innovative work in corporate settings.