Priya Parker

Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, a national bestseller that has sold more than half a million copies and sparked a global conversation about belonging, ritual, and connection. Her new book is The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict.

Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has worked on race relations on American college campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa, and India, and is sought after by Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, universities, and civic organizations to help groups come together more intentionally. She studied organizational design at MIT, public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and political and social thought at the University of Virginia.