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Scribe of human flourishing.
Diane is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and certified culture transformation consultant, sharing insights from over two decades of civic leadership, including her award-winning tenure as city manager. She is the founder of Kalen Academy, an online civic leadership institute.
Diane’s published works include Save Your City and Civic Resilience, as well as regular columns in Municipal World and Public Sector Digest. She is a political philosophy graduate of University of Toronto’s Trinity College and earned a master’s degree in political science from York University.
Her most popular book, Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community and What to Do About It calls for a revival of civic values and civic education as key to fostering the type of culture that can sustain us, our democracy and our planet.
She also spearheaded and hosted the inaugural Global Civility Summit 2024: "Tackling Toxicity, Cultivating Civility" which brought together 450 of civic leaders from hundreds of cities to share strategies to bridge divides, enhance civil discourse & renew civic culture. The insights and collective wisdom from this groundbreaking event will be featured in her upcoming book, Lead with Civility: A Practical Guide for Uncivil Times, available for pre-order here.
Join Diane, host of the Cultivating Civility podcast, as she engages in insightful conversations with civic leaders and sages who are spearheading efforts to bridge divides, enhance civil discourse, and renew civic culture. Tune in on your favorite platform.
Save Your City
5th Anniversary Edition
Toxic culture is eroding our sense of belonging, community and well-being. Our capacity to collaborate and innovate together is also being undermined by the rising incivility and divisiveness. We need each other to address the complex challenges facing our cities and communities -- from the infrastructure deficit to climate change, homelessness, mental health and addiction issues. In order to thrive, our local democracies depend on our ability to revive the art of living and working well together.
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The ideal community is one in which an injustice to one is an injustice to all.
SOLON
Athenian lawmaker, c. 638 BC - c. 558 BC
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