About Jordan
Imagination is the engine of adaptation.
I partner with change-seeking leaders who are transforming culture, strategic planning and change management for a world that won’t stand still.
The People Leader’s Transformation
01
Technical → Adaptive
For decades, business and society have developed analytical leaders who are excellent at finding solutions to technical problems. But today’s problems are adaptive, and pretending that they can be solved through analytical solutions only obscures the human side of the puzzle. Organizations need to develop both sides, technical and adaptive, but can’t do so solely through technical thinking.
02
Plan → Narrative
Nobody has ever changed because of a slide deck. But planning has been the primary function of executive teams when trying to develop culture. That’s why business is full of buzzwords, but lacking emotion, heart and soul. Change must be framed as a “productive struggle,” shifting the narrative to include people in the transformation, rather than “managing” them into it.
03
Solutions → Integration
Most people leaders are caring, thoughtful and want the best for their team, which is why culture has been at the forefront for decades. But the best intentions are hampered by a system that disincentives human goals by reducing everyone to a metric. It takes time to change, and without taking time to change, nothing will. The solutions are important; more important is the integration.
Core Values
Jordan’s ethos
Cross-Disciplinary
Both specialist and generalist, Jordan loves to work in the in-between: where systems and people interface, and where small shifts lead to massive impact.
Co-Creative
In evolving times, Jordan facilitate a collaborative approach that brings people together to create their own solutions that build their own skills as leaders.
Soulfully Human
Solving today's business challenges requires intelligence that goes beyond logic. Jordan works with both thinking and feeling to unlock full human potential.
Jordan Bower
Jordan’s professional career has been a practice in seeking in change. As a thought leader, entrepreneur and change-maker, he has helped 200+ organizations and 1000s of people connect to new ways of being.
After graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Jordan began his career as a project manager until he decided that traveling the world was a better way to spend his twenties. Through volunteer projects and self-guided exploration, Jordan backpacked through 50 countries, exposing himself to different perspectives and honing his skill as a storyteller.
When the money ran out, Jordan founded a learning & development business called Transformational Storytelling. Over the next ten years, Jordan acquired nearly 200 clients including Mozilla, Autodesk and Johnson & Johnson, helping leaders and functional teams develop their ability to communicate with creativity, emotion, and understanding of the humans on the other side.
During the pandemic lockdowns, when in-person trainings screeched to a halt, Jordan saw the opportunity to re-imagine himself again. He tore his business down to the studs and co-founded a new practice, called X-Stasis: a strategic advisor for a world of adaptability, uncertainty and change.
Jordan is a voracious reader and creative with a multi-faceted skillset including dance, writing, storytelling and global travel. He has won the silver medal at the World Championships of Ultimate Frisbee two times. Jordan lives in Vancouver, BC, with his wife and their too-adorable-for-words labradoodle.
Jordan Bower, Founding Artist
2003-2012
After graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business, I spent my twenties traveling the world, developing my creative thinking and cross-cultural perspective. I sustained myself through volunteer projects, blogging and Kickstarter projects that honed my skills as a storyteller. I visited 50+ countries and walked by myself across America.
Transformational Storytelling, Founder
2012-2025
In my early thirties, I founded a Learning & Development business that quickly acquired 200+ corporate clients, including Johnson & Johnson, Volvo, Mozilla, and Autodesk. In the process, I became a recognized thought leader in business storytelling and a trusted advisor to progressive leaders on the vanguard of technological change.
X-Stasis, Co-Founder
2026-
When pandemic lockdowns caused my revenues to fall 85%, I challenged myself to tear my business down to the studs in order to provide different and deeper value to my clients. Partnering with a trusted colleague, I co-founded X-Stasis to step even more soulfully towards integrating both the strategic and the human side of change.
Work with Jordan
Ready to change?
I work with organizations, functional teams, and individual leaders in the USA, Canada and globally, bringing a rare combination of analytical rigor and emotional depth to every engagement.