Meet Jordan Bower

Connecting soul with strategy.

A transformation consultant for leaders who know that a deeper way of navigating business (and life) has become mandatory — but haven't found anyone speaking your language.

the emotional operating system drives success

Inner intelligence is Business Intelligence.

Every leader, team and organization has an Emotional Operating System — the underlying expectations, attitudes, and narratives that actually determine how you perform, innovate, and adapt to change. But most leaders focus on processes and data analysis while writing off this emotional layer as soft or irrelevant… which leaves them stuck in confusion, isolation and burnout when the unexpected disrupts their linear thinking and planning.

My work shows leaders how to see and work with this underlying emotionality — not just so they can be happier and more fulfilled, but also so they can maintain the resilience, flexibility, and connection that is mandatory to the success of their business.

how jordan helps

Learn to integrate your thinking and feeling.

My work redirects your focus to include the Emotional Operating System. By combining data-driven decisions with human-centered insights, you can power better innovation, change, and communication outcomes — moving through emotional states strategically, while always returning to balance.

Start Here

Team Workshops

Inspire your team to change how you communicate, create and collaborate. Move beyond skills training to empower sustainable innovation — together.

Explore Workshops

Perfect for teams starting their transformation journey. Many clients begin here before moving into deeper individual and organizational work.

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1:1 Coaching

Coaching for leaders learning to work with the Emotional Operating System — leading from this place, not other people’s playbooks.

Explore Coaching

For executives, transformation and thought leaders who are ready to combine the personal and professional to unblock your creativity and EQ

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Rocket Science™

Starting with a 5-week sprint, the Rocket Science™ process optimizes the EOS to create mission-critical outcomes like resilience, agility and transformation.

Learn about Rocket Science

The culmination of this work — transformation for leadership teams ready to integrate soul and strategy in order to meet the Future of Work.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“We were facing a brick wall — until Jordan showed up with a stick of dynamite. Suddenly there was light at the end of the tunnel.”

— Chief Community Officer, Series C-funded Startup

96% of executives report dissatisfaction with their innovation outcomes.

Research shows that innovation success depends on leaders’ ability to work with their org’s Emotional Operating System, rather than on their technical skills alone. Here’s why:

  • Innovation is Emotionally Demanding
    Leaders universally report intense feelings of loneliness and being misunderstood

  • Systems Thinking Transforms Blame
    Understanding organizational/individual dynamics reduces demonization

  • Reflection Among Leaders is Rare
    Most have never systematically analyzed their innovation leadership experiences or motivations

  • Behavioral Analysis Reveals Patterns
    Emotional behavioral drivers illuminate the causes behind good vs. bad experiences

  • Dynamic Positioning Beats Static Skills
    Success comes from flexible emotional acumen, not fixed patterns or competencies

  • Human Language Accelerates Buy-In
    Accessible narratives and frameworks enable deeper self-reflection without complex jargon

Core Discovery:
Successful innovation leaders move through a variety of emotional positions as needed, but consistently return to centered balance.

a leadership evolution

The world has changed. Now leaders must too.

Leaders who are still looking at business challenges through frameworks and spreadsheets are working with an outdated mental model that no longer applies.

Time to Put Aside Performance

Everyone’s sick of the surface-level solutions, corporate theater, and social media conversations that dance around what we’re all actually feeling. People are yearning for leadership that can address the full human experience of navigating uncertainty in a jarring and volatile world. Authenticity doesn’t mean soft or weak. In truth, it’s a source of power.

Innovation Goes Beyond Control

What if we stopped pretending we have it all figured out? We would see the underlying fear that’s causing leaders to cling to the past, rather than turning to their creativity for solutions. The past no longer works — the breakthroughs we need must come from leaving the past behind and making creativity our motivation. This process is essential.

Business is Sacred. (For real.)

Beneath the metrics, frameworks, and strategies, business is fundamentally about humans creating something meaningful together by combining our gifts in service of something larger than ourselves. From this place, work can transform from something we endure into something that feeds your soul while you serve the world. This reality is possible.

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How Transformation Actually Happens

My work addresses the underlying feelings and narratives that drive performance, then introduces new tools and methodologies that can accelerate your leadership vision, communication, and impact.

Integrated Intelligence

Learn to integrate emotional insight with strategic thinking, making decisions from your full intelligence rather than just your analytical mind.

Embodied Presence

Build your natural capacity to stay connected and honest under pressure, leading from grounded confidence rather than overthinking and anxiety.

Pattern Recognition

Learn to identify and shift the emotional patterns that create dysfunction vs. those that generate creativity and innovation

Narrative Alchemy

Change the narratives behind your emotional operating system — moving from controlling to connective stories that can inspire hope and creativity.

Deeper Motivation

Learn to make decisions from your deeper knowing, trusting the wisdom that emerges when you create space for stillness and inner listening.

Let’s chat if this language resonates.

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Meet the guide behind the work

I’ve walked the journey of transformation myself

15 years ago, I spent a year walking alone across America. What I encountered along the way transformed me. My journey led me away from conventional success into a deeper exploration of what it means to live and lead authentically. I came to know the truth: business is spiritual practice, and the inner work is the real work.

Since then, I've helped 200+ organizations discover that there is more to communication than manipulation — and that change can actually be fun.


What I Bring to Our Work

  • Deep Listening: I hear what you're not saying and create space for deeper truth to emerge

  • Systems Wisdom: I see patterns others miss, helping you navigate complexity with grace

  • Sacred Irreverance: I honor the profound while keeping things real, grounded, and playful

  • Fierce Compassion: I hold space for growth with unwavering support and loving challenge

About Jordan Bower

My Clients Are:

  • Executive and leadership teams

  • Functional and cross-functional teams

  • Founders, entrepreneurs, creatives, and thought leaders

  • Real people like me and you, searching for new ways of being in a rapidly changing world.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“Jordan challenged our team perfectly.”

— Chief Marketing Officer, Global Chemical Company

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

— Charles Darwin

Let’s Connect

Schedule a call with Jordan Bower

I know that I’m not for everyone. But if you’re a leader who senses there's a deeper way to navigate business and life but haven't found anyone speaking that language… then maybe I’m for you.

Let’s have a call and explore what we might have in common.

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