Jana Dawson

Head of Content & Learning

Jana’s passion is facilitating well-being through better awareness, relationships, engagement and meaning. Jana’s extensive travel, including having lived in multiple countries, enabled her to develop her cultural sensitivity, resilience and empathy – psychological capacities that support her passion and work.

Her multidisciplinary background in organisational and intercultural communication, positive psychology, coaching and mindfulness has fashioned her expertise in developing and delivering evidence-based, culturally applicable programmes in numerous organisational contexts.

As a positive psychology practitioner, she advocates a strengths-based approach in guiding individuals, teams and organisations to develop positive behaviours that cultivate resilient and flourishing organisations. Jana has worked with organisations of all sizes, including Standard Chartered, Meta (formerly Facebook), SingTel, PayPal, A*Star and National Heart Centre. Jana earned her Master of Science in Applied Positive Psychology at the Anglia Ruskin University (UK) with a focus on Positive Organisational Behaviour, specifically Psychological Capital (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism).

She holds a postgraduate diploma in Positive Organisational Psychology and Leadership from The School of Positive Psychology in Singapore, where she is currently the director of academic and training development. Jana is also certified in SPARK Resilience Training, Positive Psychology Coaching and NOVA – Community Crisis Training.