Jack Roberts

Jack is the Cherokee author and storyteller behind more than two dozen book titles, 11 of which have been bestsellers. His latest title Echo Designs Her Way Out of a Paper Bag: a book about how to change anything using design thinking (& storytelling!) is available wherever books are sold.

He is a published poet, and the award-winning author of more than 7 screenplays. He's also an award-winning actor, producer, and production designer in feature film and television with 11 international awards and 23 nominations to date.

Jack is a first-gen college graduate, a polyglot, an active tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation, a member of SAG/AFTRA & WGA and holds a degree in Creative Writing and Literature from the New School and a Global Executive Masters in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons School of Design in Paris. He teaches design, management, and storytelling during the summer at the Parsons School of Design in New York.

Conversational topics include but are not limited to: whatever lights you up, storytelling, indigenous tribal voices, the Cherokee Nation, wild mustang herds roaming Western America, sleeping on sailboats, the art and science of being present, the coming human evolution, the power of vulnerability, the creative takeover, why data will never answer our questions, & why raccoons are the a-holes of the animal kingdom.