Linda Yaven (call me Elle)

Talent Management & leadership Coach

Coming from creative studio practice, I've designed and lead an original playbook aligning creative drive & communication style advancing projects in well-being. It's a proven mash-up of evidence based & soft skill ways to create success -however you define it!

Clients include those at IDEO, Linked-In, Pixar, Allianz, Oru Kayak, Nature Conservancy, Teall Capital, OKCOIN, Kreatives, Strong Brew, Google, REVEL, Oakland Promise & Stanford U.


At California College of the Arts, I get to teach amazing students in the MBA & Masters Interaction Design Programs about communication, self-leadership & the collaborative advantage underscoring success.

I was honored to serve as advisor/documenter to The Making Learning Visible Institute at Project Zero, Harvard.

Some days you can find me coaching music bands on interpersonal dynamics in business.

In Star Wars, the rebel base is on the fourth moon of the planet "Yaven".