Linda "Elle" Yaven



Executive & PERSONHOOD COACH

Maybe it's because I'm from Brooklyn but "walking your talk" has always been a given. Integrity was inherent to designing my coach business from scratch.

My journey as an entrepreneur offered a rich understanding of navigating fast-moving worlds, where high-level strategy tied to tactical practice counts & collaboration has to be both creative and concrete.

This work has a studio cadence, an abundance mind-set & respects emotions as key.

Am honored to partner with talent from IDEO & Pixar to Autodesk & Stanford U. & successful start-ups like Strong Brew, Oru Kayak & Kreatives each up-leveling by bringing my "generative leadership" framework to their teams & lives.


I also teach in the MBA & Masters Interaction Design programs at California Collage of the Arts & have advised The Making Learning Visible Institute at Harvard & the U.S. Department of Defense on feedback-driven learning systems.

The schools of Reggio Children, Italy have been an inspiration.

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

Close enough.