about Bill....

- privileged to have trained and coached 2,000 talents in identifying, prioritizing and executing Lean Six Sigma projects to deliver $1B+ in business value

 - provide individual and collective  coaching in over 100 businesses to deliver measurable improvment in leadership behaviors - - -  unleashing better collaboration and performance

- provide award winning sales and sales management development to unleash topline growth 

Our work begins with simple, highly time efficient assessments.

Curious to learn more about co-creating a brighter future for your business? 

Let's connect!  bill.zeeb@infinitas.coach   ++41 79 549 6380

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Mighty proud William to be part of this movement to enable the most successful leaders to measure and take to the next level their leadership effectiveness. 

Whether for the 50+ leaders I have been privileged to accompany or myself, this "MRI for leadership" opens the door for a better life, at work, with the family, or whereever you connect.

Curious to learn more? DM me for a powerful coaching conversation.  3 outcomes possible, all good.

1. Two fascinating people meet and get to know each other better.

or

2. Two fascinating people meet and share a contact, article, book, or video and help each other.

3. Two fascinating people meet and explore an even brighter future and choose to collaborate to co-create this brighter future.

All 3 options are good.

Will you be part of the 32,000+ in 2026?

Measurable Individual and Collective Leadership Growth and Business Performance

Last year, 32,000 leaders around the world took the Leadership Circle Profile (LCP). That’s 32,000 leaders shaping how their organizations impact the world.

In this first teaser from our interview with William A. (Bill) Adams, Leadership Circle co‑founder and co‑CEO, he reflects on what this scale means.

“Transforming Leadership: Unveiled Stories” with Bill Adams is coming soon-
Stay tuned, you won’t want to miss it. 

In the meantime, explore other powerful interviews from the series:
🔗 https://lnkd.in/dVztsWrw

#CreativeLeadership #ConsciousLeadership #LeadershipCircle #BillAdams #LCP #LeadershipCircleProfile

"AI (and world events) are rewriting the rules faster than we can absorb them."  

If this resonates with you, tune in to the brilliant Michael Koehler with Judit Teichert, Robert (Bob) J. Anderson and William A. (Bill) Adams for a rich conversation.

Beware!  Not for the faint of heart.  

We are each individually always our own biggest project.

Life is Good!

CEO at KONU ⁣· Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education · "On The Balcony" Podcast Host

I've been sitting with a question lately.

We're living through a moment of unprecedented complexity. Polarization is intensifying. Climate progress is stalling. Inequity is deepening. Democracy is under pressure. Geopolitical order is fracturing. And AI is rewriting the rules faster than we can absorb them.

And yet we keep reaching for the same answers: develop more skills, build more capacity, run more programs.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵?

In the latest episode of On the Balcony, I sat down with Robert (Bob) J. Anderson and William A. (Bill) Adams — founders of the Leadership Circle  — alongside my colleague Judit Teichert.

What unfolded wasn't a presentation of a model. It was something more honest than that.

What struck me most was how openly Bob and Bill are sitting with the edges of their own thinking — decades into this work, still asking what this moment is calling for.

Bob put it plainly: 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆.

And what's emerging next isn't just a higher order of individual capability.
It's something more relational. More collective. Grounded in what Bob calls 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀.

That's a big idea. But the conversation that gets us there is anything but abstract. 

Swipe through for the key ideas — then listen to the full episode via the link in comments.

Where are you feeling outmatched right now — and what does that tell you about your next developmental edge?

Joshua Albert Emily Wyner Netaly Ophir-Flint Carrie O'Neil Gentry Doane Gai Ben Dor

Wife & Mother of 7 | Venture Capital | Scientist | TOP 30 Patent Drafters | United States Patent Examiner | Violinist | Polyglot | STEM Children's Author | #1 LinkedIn Global Influencer in Innovation/IP Law

Kathryn Vatt is a scientist, former USPTO Examiner, and devoted wife and mother of seven, with over 25 years shaping the future of innovation. Recognized as one of the Top 30 Patent Drafters and Prosecutors and the #1 LinkedIn Global Influencer in Innovation/IP Law, Kathryn has built a career at the intersection of science, law, and business—helping inventors, startups, and global companies turn creativity into competitive advantage.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Biology) and Johns Hopkins University (M.S. Biotechnology), Kathryn is currently pursuing her Juris Doctor in Patent Law at the Franklin Pierce School of Law, one of the world’s leading IP programs. Her rare cross-disciplinary background gives her both the scientific insight and the legal strategy to protect ideas at the highest level.

At the USPTO, Kathryn examined thousands of patent applications, conducted exhaustive prior art searches, and made determinations that shaped industries and influenced global innovation. After leaving the Patent Office, she founded Vatt IP Management, where she develops bulletproof IP strategies, drafts airtight applications, and supports litigation teams in defending patents. She also mentors engineering and life science students through Arizona State University’s Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute and judges international startup competitions, nurturing the next generation of innovators.

Her entrepreneurial vision extends to her ventures:

My Startup Shield™, a founder-focused program that helps startups secure their innovations before they pitch. It protects ideas at the earliest, most vulnerable stage and positions founders to raise capital with confidence

My AI Examiner™, the world’s first proprietary patent search platform that combines examiner-trained AI Patent Examiners with Kathryn’s own human review. Unlike conventional tools, it doesn’t just search faster—it “thinks like an examiner,” offering inventors and startups clarity, precision, and strategy.

MyKidVentors™, a STEM-inspired children’s book series born from her seven children’s real “What if?” questions. Through these imaginative stories, she nurtures curiosity in the next generation, showing that every big invention begins with a single question.

For Kathryn, the same motherly instinct that guides her family fuels her professional mission: to protect, guide, and nurture startups with care, strategy, foresight, and integrity. She believes innovation doesn’t just start in labs or boardrooms—it starts in the curious minds of those brave enough to ask, “What if?”

Kathryn V.

OREOS FOR MOTHER’S DAY

At a small neighborhood shop, a man quietly changes lives.

He gives free food to kids who show him their grades...a reward not just for doing well in school, but for trying, for caring, for showing up.

In this video, one young boy steps up to the counter, offered the chance to choose anything he wants.

Today, he picks milk, bread, eggs...and cookies for Mother’s Day.
And the shop owner...touched by that choice...adds a bouquet of flowers for him to bring home.

Neither of them realizes that what just happened will be remembered for years.
Because kindness like that doesn’t end at the counter...it multiplies.

Every act of generosity plants a seed:
A child whose confidence blooms.
A parent who feels seen and loved.
A community reminded that humanity still shines bright.

So here’s to the everyday heroes: the ones who lift others quietly, who give without expecting anything in return.

You may never see the full impact of your kindness...but someone’s world is brighter because of you. 💛

BE A WING-GIVER

We don’t give people wings by fixing them.
We give them wings by believing in them.

By noticing their joy.
By saying yes when it would be easier to rush past.
By cheering softly, without conditions or expectations.
By helping when asked...and sometimes before the words are even spoken.

We give people wings by creating spaces
where they feel safe to shine,
safe to try,
safe to be exactly who they are.

Every one of us has this power.
To lift a child.
To encourage a friend.
To affirm a colleague.
To remind a stranger that they matter.

And there is nothing more beautiful
than knowing you played a small, quiet part
in someone seeing themselves
with a little more love,
a little more confidence,
a little more light.

May we all be wing-givers today, and every day. 💛

Three founders will leave my Arizona Tech Week event patent-pending!!

We’re getting closer…

My Patent Pending Party™ at Arizona Tech Week (April 6–12) is coming up, and I’ve already had the chance to speak with some truly impressive founders. 

I’ve even started getting requests to bring the party to other cities, including Miami, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, and Honolulu 😊 

We’ll be hosting:
• A founder panel featuring raw, honest conversations about the entrepreneurial journey: the highs, the lows, the mistakes, and what founders would do differently knowing what they know now.

• An “Ask the Examiner” AMA session,  where you'll get to ask questions about patents, intellectual property strategy, and how the system actually works from an investor who spent fifteen years inside the U.S. Patent Office deciding which innovations got approved and which ones didn't. 

• A live patent hackathon, where three pre-selected founders will leave the party officially patent-pending. On me.

We’ll also have investors in the room, and we’ll end the evening with time for networking with founders, investors, and builders from across the ecosystem.

If you want a chance to be one of those three founders, there is still time to apply.

There is only one Saturday left this month, and I’m using it to hold short 15-minute pitch sessions on Hubble.                                

The pitch session itself is the application process.

You get 15 minutes:
• 5 minutes to pitch what you’re building.
• 10 minutes for me to ask questions the way an investor with an IP strategist lens would.

From those conversations, I’ll select three founders to be invited to my Patent Pending Party™ during Arizona Tech Week.

And don’t worry...you don’t have to live in Arizona to apply.

If you’re selected, we’ll simply Zoom you in.

If you aren’t selected as one of the three, don’t worry.

You’ll either receive feedback on your pitch, or I may connect you with someone from my network of angels and VCs.

And you’re always welcome to come back and pitch again for the next party.

Ideas are everywhere.

Protected ideas are much more valuable.

If you want to pitch yours, you can book a slot here:
https://lnkd.in/g_jESdm3

Slots are limited.

Event details and RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gdZMJHB7


A special and heartfelt thank you to our sponsors Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University, Stearns Bank N.A., Orbit Capital, and 5 to 9 Society for helping bring the Patent Pending Party™ to life.🥳 

P.S.- If you’re a founder looking for real guidance and a community of experts who genuinely care about sharing their lived experience, I highly recommend checking out Hubble. It’s an incredible community where the support is real and the insights are invaluable. Built by founders, for founders. Kevin Jurovich Timo Gehrke

Open article: RSVP to A Patent-Pending Party #AZTechWeek | Partiful by partiful.com

RSVP to A Patent-Pending Party #AZTechWeek | Partiful

I’m honored to be returning for the second year in a row as a judge for Pitch the Pros® on April 10th in Greenville, SC.

As a former United States Patent Examiner I have spent more than 25 years helping founders and inventors protect what they build.

And I have seen how often founders focus on perfecting the pitch, raising capital, and gaining traction...only to think about protection later while losing ownership rights in the process. 

That is why this year, I am proud to personally offer a Protection Prize to the Top 3 presenters through moatly™.

Each of the top founders will receive dedicated intellectual property strategy support to help ensure what they are creating is properly protected. Not just celebrated. Not just visible. Protected.

Pitch the Pros® brings together a select group of founders, investors, and industry experts in an intentional setting. 

Ten founders will pitch live. The top three will also be invited to a private VIP evening featuring a Fireside Chat and networking experience with Daymond John of Shark Tank, along with dinner and live entertainment.

If you are building something meaningful and ready to step forward, I would love to see you there.

You can learn more here:
https://lnkd.in/eZyx78ge
Christopher Guerrera LSSMBB The Modern Inventor

Looking forward to supporting the founders who take the stage and helping them protect what they have worked so hard to create.

18 days...and counting...

I’m excited to share that Candace Pless, Founder & CEO of MTology Innovations, will be joining the Founder Panel at my Patent Pending Party™ during Arizona Tech Week.

Candace is building a medtech startup developing novel technology aimed at addressing one of the most significant unmet needs in global male reproductive health.

She has led MTology from early concept through intellectual property development, securing an issued U.S. patent with patents pending in 22 additional countries as the company advances toward regulatory strategy and commercialization.

Her work has earned recognition through programs including:
• NIH DEBUT Venture Prize
• VentureWell E-Teams Phase I & II
• NSF I-Corps
• Mayo Clinic & ASU Scorpion Tank
• ASU Lab to Launch eSeed Challenge
• ASU Venture Devils MedTech Venture

Candace holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA from Arizona State University, and is currently completing an M.S. in Industrial Engineering.

She represents a new generation of founders navigating the convergence of engineering innovation, intellectual property strategy, and the long journey of bringing breakthrough healthcare technologies to market.

Looking forward to a real conversation about what it actually takes to build a deep-tech company: the wins, the setbacks, and the lessons learned along the way.

A special and heartfelt thank you to our sponsors Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University, Stearns Bank N.A., Orbit Capital, and 5 to 9 Society for helping bring the Patent Pending Party™ to life.🥳 

RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gdZMJHB7

P.S.- If you’re a founder looking for real guidance and a community of experts who genuinely care about sharing their lived experience, I highly recommend checking out Hubble. It’s an incredible community where the support is real and the insights are invaluable. Built by founders, for founders. Kevin Jurovich Timo Gehrke

More than a thousand years ago, an army approached the gates of a Persian fortress.

Warriors gathered. Fear spread through the walls.

And then something unexpected happened.

A young woman rode out to meet them.

Her name was Gordafarid.

In the great Persian epic Shahnameh, written by poet Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi, Gordafarid sees her homeland under threat. 

Warriors gather. 
Fear spreads through the fortress.
So she does something no one expected.

She fastens her armor.
Mounts her horse.
And rides into the battlefield herself.

Even her enemies were astonished. They had never seen such bravery from someone so young.

But Gordafarid was not written as a fragile figure or a symbol of tragedy. 

Ferdowsi portrayed her as a strategist as well as a warrior. When she realized she could not defeat her opponent by strength alone, she relied on her wit, delaying the enemy long enough to protect her people.

For many Iranians, Gordafarid has become a symbol of something timeless:
the courage of women.

Today, on International Women’s Day, I find myself thinking about that courage. 

Not just in ancient stories, but in the lives of women all around us.

Women who stand up.
Women who speak out.
Women who lead.
Women who lift others even when the path is difficult.

Because women have always done this.

One woman opens a door.
Another holds it open.
Another widens the path so others can walk through it.

We all rise when we lift each other.

Today I want to honor women everywhere.

And I want to dedicate this day especially to the women of Iran whose courage continues to inspire the world.

Your courage has reminded the world that the strength of women is one of the most powerful forces on earth.

Across centuries, from Gordafarid’s battlefield to the voices we hear today, one truth remains:

The courage of women cannot be extinguished.

Happy International Women's Day to all of the amazing women in the world 💐

DOLPHINS IN THE DESERT 🐬🌵

Today is the day, Arizona!!

I am so excited to be serving as a panelist and workshop speaker for Dolphin Tank with Springboard Enterprises.

For more than two decades, Springboard has been accelerating women-led, high growth companies with an extraordinary track record:

850+ portfolio companies
$36.4B+ in value created
225+ exits
26 IPOs

And today, Dolphin Tank is happening at Grand Canyon University.

This is not your average pitch event.
It is a true launchpad. Women founders receive real time, thoughtful feedback from investors and operators who genuinely care about growth, strategy, and long term success.

I am honored to join an incredible panel and lead a special session during the Founder Workshop from 3-5 PM focused on protecting what you are building before you pitch, scale, or raise.

Joining me on the panel:
• Mitzi Krockover, MD, CEO, Founder, Investor at WomanCentered and Women’s Health Council Member at Springboard Enterprises
• Azin Radsan van Alebeek, Co founder and General Partner at Emmeline Ventures
• Rory Bidinger, Community Development Officer at Stearns Bank N.A.

If you are a founder, investor, operator, or supporter of women entrepreneurs, this is where you should be.

And Arizona…it is not too late.
🔗 Dolphin Tank RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eQDSywgq

🦾 Founder Workshop (3 to 5 PM): https://lnkd.in/ei4XZGSW

Come support the founders who are bravely stepping forward to pitch what they are building.

There is something powerful about watching vision meet opportunity in real time.

Proud to support this right here in Arizona. 🌵🐬

There is something defining about walking into a room and realizing you may be the only woman there and deciding that you belong anyway.

I have felt that in government spaces. In investor meetings. In high level technical discussions. In rooms where expertise is tested before it is trusted.

What I have learned is this. Leadership is not about blending in. It is about standing grounded in who you are, even when the room was not designed with you in mind.

My path began internationally, where at 21 I cofounded a company in Pakistan and learned firsthand that leadership is rarely about position and always about responsibility, requiring conviction, cultural awareness, and resilience. I later served as a United States Patent Examiner, and went on to found and lead my own firm, invest in innovation, mentor founders, and raise seven children. 

Each chapter has shaped how I understand leadership, not as authority, but as stewardship.

As Women’s History Month begins, I am honored to join a panel at The New York Public Library on March 4th for a conversation on growth and leadership alongside remarkable women whose journeys are equally layered and powerful.

We will be speaking candidly about what it truly takes to build influence, the pivots, the pressure, the persistence, and the quiet strength behind the scenes that rarely gets highlighted.

If you are building something, a company, a career, a life, while trying to remain fully yourself, this conversation is for you.

Grateful to James Corry for creating space for this meaningful dialogue and for bringing together such an inspiring group of women. I look forward to sitting alongside Christina Mitine, Laura Kavanagh, Olga Alcaraz, and Rechelle Balanzat for this important conversation.

👉🏼 Join us this Wednesday: https://lnkd.in/gtz_23Eu

Sr. GTM Leader at AWS | Head of GTM at Women in AI | Agentic AI Strategy & Digital Transformation | Industry Speaker

I know what it feels like to be the only woman in the room. If you’ve ever navigated climbing the leadership ladder while authentically showing up, this conversation is for you.

As Women’s History Month begins, I’m honored to be a panelist for “Five Powerful Women: Their Journeys of Growth and Leadership” on March 4th hosted by The New York Public Library.   

I’m joining four resilient women to share our career journeys and dive into the real grit required to build influence in both the corporate and government sectors.

Huge thank you to James Corry for hosting this important conversation! See you soon, Kathryn V., Laura Kavanagh, Olga Alcaraz, Rechelle Balanzat. 

👉🏼 Join us this Wednesday: https://lnkd.in/gtz_23Eu

#WHM2026 #WomensHistoryMonth #LeadingTheChange #IWD2026 #GiveToGain #WomenInTech #NYPL #Leadership

Open article: Five Powerful Women: Their Journeys of Growth and Leadership by nypl.org

Five Powerful Women: Their Journeys of Growth and Leadership

Founders: if you are fundraising, you do not want to miss this event.

And if you can, make sure you are in Bettina’s room.

I am not just saying that because she is one of my dearest friends. Bettina is truly one of the most thoughtful, caring, and brilliant investors I know.

The level of care and intention she brings to every founder conversation is rare. 

She listens deeply, asks the questions that actually matter, and shows up for founders long before there is ever a deal on the table.

That kind of stewardship is something special in venture. 💛

Silicon Valley Angel Investor (Pre-Seed) + LP | AI + FinTech + DeepTech + B2B SaaS + Sports Media + CPG | Ex-GoPro + Semiconductors | Hubble Advisor + Boardy Deal Partner + Incubator Mentor | Skiing + BucketHat Lover

Are you #FundRaising?  Come join me, along with 100+ other VCs, Angels, FO's

I'm hosting a networking room at the VC Virtual Conf on March 31 hosted by Max Pog.    There will be 40+ breakout rooms & 6 hours of VC networking & insights.

If you’re interested in joining the discussion
Register here:   https://vcconf.com?172

See you on the 31st... 
I'll probably be the only one in a #BucketHat

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