Kim Barnes is President and CEO of Barnes & Conti Associates, Inc., of Berkeley, California, an independent learning and organization development firm.

She has had over 30 years of experience in the fields of management, leadership, and organization development. Working in both internal and external roles with organizations, Kim has experience in a broad range of industries including: high technology, research and development, e-commerce, biotechnology, telecommunications, aerospace, finance, distribution, public utilities, health care, manufacturing, insurance, and government. Kim has been a frequent speaker at national and international professional conferences and meetings; she has also published a number of articles in professional journals in the U.S. and abroad. She is the primary developer of Exercising Influence: Building Relationships and Getting Results, Constructive Negotiation: Building Agreements that Work, The Mastery of Change, Intelligent Risk-Taking, Creating a Culture for Risk and Innovation, C.O.A.C.H. for Peak Performance, The Art of Communication, and The World Class Team Series, all of which are copyrighted programs of Barnes & Conti. She also co-developed the program Managing Innovation, Optimizing the Power of New Ideas along with Dr. David Francis, the Deputy Director of CENTRIM, the University of Brighton’s Centre for Research in Innovation Management.