Second Innocence: Rediscovering Joy and Wonder: A Guide to Renewal in Work, Relationships, and Daily Life

The author shares the secret of how to recover the innocence of childhood, offering a series of riveting stories designed to reveal how a person can recover feelings of faith, presence, curiosity, and enthusiasm associated with childhood. Original.

John Izzo has devoted the past 25 years of his life and career to facilitating deeper conversations about values. work, life, leadership and success. He has worked with thousands of leaders, professionals and front-line colleagues to foster workplaces of excellence, purpose, learning and renewal. His clients have ranged from high tech to high touch, hotels to hospitals, and from government agencies to entrepreneurial start-ups. Drawing on his early work in ministry and thousands of programs on creating "Spirited Workplaces," Dr. Izzo challenges people to strive to live their values, connect with each other and to humbly balance achievement with fulfillment.

Dr. Izzo is the author of three books Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work, Awakening Corporate Soul: the Companion Team Workbook and Values Shift: The New Work Ethic and What it Means for Business.

He has served on the faculties of The University of California –San Diego, and Kent State University.

He has published over 60 articles and has been interviewed for publications including, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, Nurseweek, Working Woman, Redbook, Healthcare Forum Journal, American Medical Journal and has appeared on CNN, Wisdom Network, Canada- AM and ABC World News.