Kursten Faller is a leadership and project management advisor with more than twenty-five years of experience helping organizations navigate complexity, change, and transformation. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Regina and a Master's Certificate in Project Management from the Schulich School of Business at York University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and holds international credentials, including Project Management Professional from the Project Management Institute and Brain Based Coach from the NeuroLeadership Institute.

His career has spanned leadership of projects in healthcare, oil and gas, utilities, mining, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, government, and education. After a decade in corporate consulting with a global multinational firm, he founded his own consultancy in 2012. Since then, he has worked with executives and teams across sectors, offering executive coaching, leadership development, and advisory services.

Kursten's perspective is shaped by experience as a client, consultant, vendor, subject matter expert, and project manager, giving him a rare understanding of projects from every angle. He has also lectured in project management at the University of Saskatchewan. This combination of academic credentials, professional achievements, and practical leadership across hundreds of projects uniquely prepares him to write on the intersection of leadership, psychology, and performance explored in this book.