I have worked as a researcher, teacher, consultant and author for over thirty years. I graduated in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and hold a PhD in Psychology from the University of London.

In 1984, with my friend and colleague Binna Kandola, I founded Pearn Kandola Occupational Psychologists.  Based in Oxford, England and Dublin its work was global in reach.  My time there reinforced for me the importance of being values-driven in a way that enabled a small organisation to take on and compete successfully with consultancies many times its size. 

In 1999 I decided to leave Pearn Kandola to pursue diffferent interests.  

Since 2010 I have been living in San Francisco where I founded and run Pearn Consulting LLC.  

My latest venture in 2016 is Sequioa Transitions (web site coming soon)

Over the years I have produced eight books. More recent ones include

·         Building Resilience For Success HYPERLINK "http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=building+resilience+for+success)(link"HYPERLINK "http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=building+resilience+for+success)(link"(Palgrave Macmillan)

·         Tools for a Learning Organisation (McGraw-Hill)

·         Empowering Team Learning (IPD)

·         Ending the Blame Culture (Gower), also published in Mandarin and simplified Chinese 

·        The Handbook of Individual Differences and Development in Organisations (Wiley)