Olivia Fox Cabane

is one of the world’s leading authorities on the science of charisma. She is the former Director of Innovative Leadership for Stanford University’s startup accelerator, StartX, and now serves as executive coach and keynote speaker for Fortune 500 companies.

She has been featured in media such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and lectured on charisma, leadership, and innovation at Harvard, Yale, MIT and the United Nations. 

In her pro bono work as cofounder of the KindEarth.Tech Foundation, she supports foodtech’s most innovative companies for climate and environmental sustainability.

Olivia is fluent in four languages and was the youngest person ever to have been appointed Foreign Trade Advisor to the French government. Her books have been translated into 32 languages, including Mongolian.

B O O K S 

The Charisma Myth

What if charisma could be taught?

For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart,  figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people’s level of charisma as if they were turning a dial.

What you’ll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what charisma really is and how it works. You’ll get both the insights and the techniques you need to apply this knowledge. The world will become your lab, and every person you meet, a chance to experiment.

Supplemental materials from the book 

The Net and The Butterfly

The Neuroscience of Innovation

Thanks to recent neuroscience discoveries, we can now not only explain breakthrough moments, but also induce them through a series of specific practices.  

From Achimedes’ iconic discovery in the bathtub to designer Adam Cheyer’s idea for Siri, accidental breakthroughs throughout history share a common origin story. 

Drawing on their time on faculty at Stanford University’s startup accelerator, StartX, Cabane and Pollack provide a step-by-step process for accessing the part of the brain that produces breakthroughs and systematically removing internal blocks.


S E R V I C E S

Executive Coaching & Advisory Services 

Feed your hunger for continuous growth

Olivia takes only four coaching clients per year to ensure they have unlimited access to her.

The most often requested coaching topics are charisma, persuasion, power and influence.

Other topics include:

• Leadership Development
• Personal branding and global positioning
• Dealing with big egos & difficult people 
  
• Personal Development:
• Self-confidence, self-esteem and dismantling the impostor syndrome
• Handling change, navigating uncertainty

Each coaching program is crafted for each individual’s objectives and tailored to their specific needs, so fees vary accordingly, but start at $250K per person per year. 

Through her advisory services, Olivia also works with governmental, academic, and civic organizations, sometimes pro bono. 

Use the contact form to learn more.