Carla’s Bio
Carla Rieger connects people to their creative purpose--leading the change they want to see in their lives, their organizations and their world. She is an author of four books and a regular writer for several publications.
She began her career in with one of the largest creative teambuilding organizations in the US in the mid 1980’s, Playfair, Inc.. Since then she has spoken to over 1500 groups internationally of up to 4000 people. In 1991 she became the director of The Artistry of Change, a Vancouver-based consulting firm that specializes in using creative thinking to manage and lead change.
Her work as a speaker, performer and author has been featured on radio, TV and in magazines. As a frequent presenter before all types of organizations internationally, Carla helps them stay on their creative edge.
In terms of formal education, Carla has an undergraduate in theatre and psychology and graduate work in organizational development. She also has extensive experience and training in marketing, adult education, fitness leadership and conflict resolution. She has been an Educational Kinesiology instructor, workplace mediator, reinvention advisor, and presentation skills coach. On the creative side she has performed in dozens of plays and musicals, written seven plays, a screenplay and a novel. Her specialty has been theatrical improvisation and Carla has founded three theatre troupes. In non-fiction she has written three books on change, conflict resolution and presentation skills, as well as over 100 articles that have appeared in a wide variety of journals and magazines.
On the personal front, her playful and creative approach to life is entirely self- taught. Carla came from a grim, workaholic family and subsequently led her life that way until she had a complete burnout. Soon after that her father died, and she discovered a hidden box of mementos that suggested he had changed his identity at least twice in his life. With the help of genealogical sources and researchers Carla uncovered amazing family secrets, heartbreaking stories and colourful people that she felt deserved a voice. The journey of uncovering these secrets fully transformed her whole approach to life. She has intricately woven her story and those of her family together into an award winning book entitled The Change Artist, whereby three generations of the same family explore the challenge of being an artist of your own life.
