PATTI DOBROWOLSKI is the founder of Up Your Creative Genius, a consulting firm that uses visuals and creative processes to help companies and individuals around the world accelerate growth and change.Patti is a critically acclaimed comic performer, writer, business consultant, and an internationally recognized keynote and three-time TEDx speaker. She has brought innovative visual practices to Fortune 100 companies, governments, not for profits, and small businesses.Patti holds a Masters in Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies.Her signature TEDx talk, Draw Your Future, has received close to 6 million views across all channels. She has since received thousands of comments and messages from people sharing their stories of how her talk helped them to change their business and their lives.In 2004, the Association for Women honored Patti with the “Woman of Achievement” award and in 2019 she was invited to speak at the UN in New York city for the Ideagen Globals 2030 – Empowering Women & Girls Summit. She is on the Advisory Board for Women in Cloud, an organization committed to expanding economic pathways for women through technology.Her large format strategic illustrations grace the walls of Microsoft Inc, Starbucks, Amazon, Pepsico, Turner Broadcasting, FritoLay North America, Genentech, Brooks Running, Providence Health Services, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USDA and The Seattle Space Needle.Patti lives with her wife Julie and three dogs in Tucson, AZ.

“Articulating goals in words is valuable but visualizing a desired state and how to get there has been a powerful unlock for our team at Brooks. Whether your aspirations are personal or shared, Dobrowolski’s Drawing Your Future will help you create clarity and tangible dimension for your world of possibility.”—DAN SHERIDAN, CEO, Brooks Running Co.“Patti Dobrowolski’s Drawing Your Future process helped me to transform my life. Over the past decade, I’ve manifested every aspect of my vision. This creative guidebook offers the tools to harness your visual thinking and make you the most powerful change agent in realizing your dreams.”—TIFFANY DUFU, Bestselling author, podcaster, inspirator, and president of the Tory Burch Foundation“For many people, making change can be incredibly scary. But when Patti Dobrowolski shows you how to use a picture to help you, you’ll become a change genie standing before a magic road map to your future. I’ve seen this process help countless entrepreneurs succeed—this book will truly change your life.”—CHAITRA VEDULLAPALLI, Cofounder and president, Women in Cloud“As the cofounder of Chief, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible impact that Dobrowolski’s work has on women leaders. Her experiential visioning process is a game-changer, empowering you to draw pictures to brainstorm and activate your future with confidence and bold steps. In Drawing Your Future her hands-on practical tools will enable anyone to harness the power of visual thinking, turning ideas into action and vision into reality.”—LINDSAY KAPLAN, Cofounder of Chief, investment partner at Next Wave, startup advisor, and Forbes columnist“Dobrowolski has written a short-cut guide to help you uplevel your ability to facilitate getting what you need or want by using pictures. Visualizing success is key to making it happen and this book is packed with visual solution strategies to help you brainstorm better, envision, and activate a powerful future and pitch any idea for your next venture. I do not have great drawing skills, but I have learned through this book that this doesn’t matter. Having personally practiced and experienced this unique visual process, I was able to clearly see my map to the future and then make it happen. No matter your drawing skill, this book will up your innovation game!”—GAVRIELLA SCHUSTER, Board director, global business executive, and TEDx speaker“In my early years of career navigation, I used Patti’s Draw Your Future process and was totally inspired by the results I got by attaching myself to my future using a picture. I immediately showed her TEDx talk to my managers and company to inspire others to ambition their career. Drawing Your Future has transformed my own ability to envision and helped my followers envision their success.”—JONATHAN JAVIER, CEO and founder, Wonsulting

PATTI DOBROWOLSKI is the founder of Up Your Creative Genius, a consulting firm that uses visuals and creative processes to help companies and individuals around the world accelerate growth and change.Patti is a critically acclaimed comic performer, writer, business consultant, and an internationally recognized keynote and three-time TEDx speaker. She has brought innovative visual practices to Fortune 100 companies, governments, not for profits, and small businesses.Patti holds a Masters in Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies.Her signature TEDx talk, Draw Your Future, has received close to 6 million views across all channels. She has since received thousands of comments and messages from people sharing their stories of how her talk helped them to change their business and their lives.In 2004, the Association for Women honored Patti with the “Woman of Achievement” award and in 2019 she was invited to speak at the UN in New York city for the Ideagen Globals 2030 – Empowering Women & Girls Summit. She is on the Advisory Board for Women in Cloud, an organization committed to expanding economic pathways for women through technology.Her large format strategic illustrations grace the walls of Microsoft Inc, Starbucks, Amazon, Pepsico, Turner Broadcasting, FritoLay North America, Genentech, Brooks Running, Providence Health Services, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USDA and The Seattle Space Needle.Patti lives with her wife Julie and three dogs in Tucson, AZ.

“Articulating goals in words is valuable but visualizing a desired state and how to get there has been a powerful unlock for our team at Brooks. Whether your aspirations are personal or shared, Dobrowolski’s Drawing Your Future will help you create clarity and tangible dimension for your world of possibility.”—DAN SHERIDAN, CEO, Brooks Running Co.“Patti Dobrowolski’s Drawing Your Future process helped me to transform my life. Over the past decade, I’ve manifested every aspect of my vision. This creative guidebook offers the tools to harness your visual thinking and make you the most powerful change agent in realizing your dreams.”—TIFFANY DUFU, Bestselling author, podcaster, inspirator, and president of the Tory Burch Foundation“For many people, making change can be incredibly scary. But when Patti Dobrowolski shows you how to use a picture to help you, you’ll become a change genie standing before a magic road map to your future. I’ve seen this process help countless entrepreneurs succeed—this book will truly change your life.”—CHAITRA VEDULLAPALLI, Cofounder and president, Women in Cloud“As the cofounder of Chief, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible impact that Dobrowolski’s work has on women leaders. Her experiential visioning process is a game-changer, empowering you to draw pictures to brainstorm and activate your future with confidence and bold steps. In Drawing Your Future her hands-on practical tools will enable anyone to harness the power of visual thinking, turning ideas into action and vision into reality.”—LINDSAY KAPLAN, Cofounder of Chief, investment partner at Next Wave, startup advisor, and Forbes columnist“Dobrowolski has written a short-cut guide to help you uplevel your ability to facilitate getting what you need or want by using pictures. Visualizing success is key to making it happen and this book is packed with visual solution strategies to help you brainstorm better, envision, and activate a powerful future and pitch any idea for your next venture. I do not have great drawing skills, but I have learned through this book that this doesn’t matter. Having personally practiced and experienced this unique visual process, I was able to clearly see my map to the future and then make it happen. No matter your drawing skill, this book will up your innovation game!”—GAVRIELLA SCHUSTER, Board director, global business executive, and TEDx speaker“In my early years of career navigation, I used Patti’s Draw Your Future process and was totally inspired by the results I got by attaching myself to my future using a picture. I immediately showed her TEDx talk to my managers and company to inspire others to ambition their career. Drawing Your Future has transformed my own ability to envision and helped my followers envision their success.”—JONATHAN JAVIER, CEO and founder, Wonsulting