About
Bearing Witness Design was developed by Joe Powers and Paul Agostinelli
People
Joe Powers, PhD, MBA
is Founder and Principal at Bearing Witness Design and a serial entrepreneur, former corporate executive, inventor, and academic with more than two decades of experience focused on strategy and delivery of new and emerging technologies in healthcare. Dr. Powers has worked with Fortune 100 companies, elite academic institutions, and more than a dozen startups and nonprofits, where he has led strategic initiatives around the world. He is a pioneer and leader in the field of digital health, where he has designed a number of novel digital therapeutics along with introducing some of the first AI and extended reality applications to healthcare. Dr. Powers received his PhD in Exercise Psychology and three Masters degrees including a degree in Organizational Dynamics, where he developed an expertise in idealized design and systems thinking methodologies.
Paul Gyodo Agostinelli, Sensei
is a respected Zen Master, professor, and serial tech entrepreneur, who has successfully incorporated practices of Zen into multiple businesses. He has also served as an advisor and coach to numerous executives across industries who were seeking to bring mindfulness into their organizations and innovation practices. Over the past decade, Sensei Agostinelli has conducted and facilitated more than 300 lectures, workshops and retreats in the area of Zen meditation and philosophy applied to work and life. In 2022, as an expert advisor on a $100M corporate innovation initiative, Sensei Agostinelli co-developed the first Bearing Witness Design curriculum, and has since incorporated the learnings into his advisory practice.