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Josh Packard, Ph.D.
Consultant-Speaker-Sociologist
Gen Z is the most unique generation that has ever existed, and earning their trust requires that you do things differently than ever. I help organizations engage and connect with Gen Z to create belonging, build loyalty and discover purpose and meaning.
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About
I have 20 years of experience studying how new generations make meaning in their lives. First as a professor of sociology and most recently as the Executive Director of Springtide Research Institute where I helped to create the largest dataset in the country about young people and how they build meaning and purpose in their lives, I have learned the secrets of what drives Gen Z. I can help you and your organization navigate a world where trust is at a premium and engagement and loyalty look differently than they ever have.
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I'm an award winning speaker and trainer for religious, corporate and non-profit organizations, and I bring research based insights to practitioners in a way that is easy to understand and apply. Researchers often end up speaking a language that only they comprehend, but I believe that good and useful ideas should be able to be communicated simply and plainly.
Testimonials
“Josh has a gift for taking the complexity out of a complicated process.”
-Connie Dieken,
President, The Dieken Group
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“As a professional speaker, I get to see the gamut of speakers out there in the world. Only rarely do I happen across one as razor-sharp smart, wise and witty as Dr. Packard. I recently saw him on the mainstage of the National Speakers Association’s Influence conference and I was utterly blown away, as were 1500 participants in the audience. We were engaged, enlightened and in awe that an academic could leave us all abuzz with new thinking.”
-Scott Halford
Member National Speakers Hall of Fame
WSJ best-selling author of Activate Your Brain
"Josh’s research is an organizational game-changer. He identifies the forces behind the societal trend of intentional institutional disengagement. If you want to leverage this trend, instead of fall victim to it, you need to talk to him."
-Jeff Hurt
Executive Vice President, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting
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