Joel Shapiro

About Joel Shapiro

Joel has educated 1000’s of leaders in his open enrolment programs and has designed and implemented dozens of customized LD & OD programs for notable companies. Joel helped save his third-generation family business in an extreme turnaround situation, transforming the company from a local, non-competitive, commodity supplier into a national, highly competitive, value added service provider. In three mergers and two acquisitions (all within 18 months), Joel led the post-merger integration, uniting the six cultures into one cohesive team, and realigning them all with the new vision, strategy, values, and market realities.

Joel's Unique Experience

• Founded Advanture Consulting in 2001
• Co-founded Spectral AgriVentures in 2016
• Pro-bono work for non-profits: gender, environmental, ethnic, gov’t employees
• Former Associate Faculty for the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy and Adjunct Assist. Professor, Master of Workplace Learning, University of Calgary
• Former member of the Canadian National Freestyle Ski Team
• Ph.D. with Distinction in Philosophy. Lived, worked and studied in Europe for eight years: speaks German and French (rusty)