Tom Fikes_PHX

Tom has his PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience, and taught university for over 20 years before moving to the corporate side of academia as a data scientist and director of a team of researchers studying student learning and engagement.

He currently works as a coach, consultant, and owner of Pranna Consulting. His passions include rock climbing, sea and surf kayaking, and fly fishing, as well as scholarly and practical work around mindfulness meditation and secular Buddhist practices. His Pranna Tenkara Retreats blend coaching for collaborative, high-performing leadership, meditation practices, and Japanese (tenkara) fly fishing to help leaders at all levels live more fully present, relational lives that reduce all forms of corporate and institutional suffering.