Jillian Reilly

I'm founder, writer, keynote speaker, and consultant, who's spent my 30-year career working in social, organizational, and individual change across Africa, Asia, and Central Europe. Throughout my career my focus is on helping people unlock their ability to navigate change and accelerate growth and learning.

Now I'm bringing all that experience to helping people navigate this beautifully chaotic world.

My upcoming book, The Ten Permissions, guides readers in permitting themselves to design lives that fully leverage the possibilities of our disruptive world. The Ten Permissions urges readers to allow themselves to update their approach to adult life for the chaotic abundance of the 21st century, offering ten direct ways to turn stuck-in-the past adulting strategies on their head.

I've been published on international affairs in the Washington Post, Newsweek and the LA Times. My memoir, Shame: Confessions of an Aid Worker in Africa - available here on Amazon - chronicles my early career in international development and everything it taught me about how and why people make change in their lives - or don't!

If you want to see my speaking in action, check out my TEDx talk, Vain Aid, which offers a snapshot of my work in international aid industry and what it taught me about the realities of social change.

You can also have a listen to my Courageous Conversations podcast series, funded by the Ford Foundation, in which I interview African activists, and explore what it takes for them to continually show and make change throughout their careers.

My whole life has been about helping people make change. I hope The Ten Permissions can do that for you!