Ben Callif dropped out of high school to homeschool himself and received his first B.S. in Psychology and Philosophy from Excelsior College at the age of 19. He then received a second B.S. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an M.S. in Neuroscience from Marquette University. After completing his graduate work, Callif left academia to develop his socioemotional skills in the nonprofit sector. As a Research & Mindset Director for the private family foundation Bader Philanthropies and a certified facilitator through the Arbinger Institute, he works with executive leaders and organizations around the world to enhance effectiveness, change mindsets, and improve lives.
Callif integrates his knowledge of epigenetics, evolution, and personal development to bring a unique perspective to the civic sector. With his conceptual framework of Organumics he braids together the biology of individual people, the culture of collective human groups, and the emergent properties of organizations. His current projects are focused on the implementation of heterarchical structures in corporate hierarchies and the creation of a scalable model for interorganizational cooperation called “Multicellular Economics.” By reframing personal and organizational development as evolutionary processes, Callif is designing new ways for humans to collaborate, compete, and progress as a species.
