Joe Lasley, PhD

Joe’s vision is to foster environments in which people experiment with new ways of being that lead to collective transformation and a socially just future. His research investigates play, game-based leadership, and group experiences in developmental environments with applications for leadership development. He specializes in qualitative methods that adopt interpretivist and constructivist orientations including phenomenology, narrative inquiry, grounded theory, and action research. Joe has expertise in group relations, adult development, college student development, adaptive leadership, game studies, role-play, social change, and organizational learning theory.