Bill Bridges, PhD, is a writer, motivational speaker, business consultant, and coach.
Bill’s early career teaching undergraduate and graduate history courses at the University of Nebraska, Towson University, and American Military University drove his curiosity about how adult learners process and retain information. From there, his work in identifying effective adult education delivery methods led to a focus on instructional design and developing education for Johns Hopkins University. His experience and leadership abilities led to positions as a senior leader delivering scientific educational content and professional certification programs for multiple non-profit organizations.
Even while at the peak of his professional career, Bill realized that although working in helping non-profits achieve their goals was rewarding, his work did not use his greatest strengths. He had long let his talent and passion for writing languish and devoted almost no time to his creative pursuits. He left his corporate role to join his wife in their business consulting practice, The Creative Gameplan™️, published his first novel Blood and Salvation, and began work on the 2nd book in the series.
During the course of his own struggle with career satisfaction, how he expressed his creativity, and search for his life purpose, he became increasingly aware of, and concerned with, the alarming global rise in the suicide rate among men in their 30s and beyond. He committed himself to helping those men (and those who love them) change the way they see themselves. He developed a unique approach to addressing the role of men in society and founded The Creative Man movement to reach at-risk men and give them hope that it is never too late to create a life full of meaningful connections and relevance.
