Cheri Torres

Cheri Torres, PhD , author and speaker, is CEO of Collaborative by Design. She partners with people to catalyze positive change in workplaces and communities. To support leadership and team excellence, she introduces two simple communication practices that give people the power to strengthen relationships, expand possibilities, and increase productivity and engagement through everyday conversation. These practices are grounded in neuroscience, positive psychology, and Appreciative Inquiry, one of the most widely used approaches for systems change. She’s worked with thousands of leaders and teams around the world to support high performance, engagement, strategic planning, culture transformation, and organizational success. Among numerous books and articles she written, the second edition of her Berrett Koehler bestseller, Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement is now available. It includes a new chapter and tips she and her co-author have developed during their trainings to support deliberate communication. She’s been featured in leading media sources including Fast Company, Forbes, HR Magazine, SmartBrief, Training Industry, and Training Magazine. Her keynote presentations reach a broad range of people, including HR Directors, organization development practitioners, women leaders, educators, and corporate management. A perpetual learner, she’s accumulated a PhD in Collaborative Learning, an MBA, a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology, Level II certification in the Barrett Values Cultural Assessment tools, and Level II certification in Spiral Dynamics Integral.