Joe Burton Email Address

Speaker, Trainer and Board Advisor

Whil is the leader in digital wellbeing training.

I'm the Founder & CEO of Whil. Whil was sold to K1 / Rethink in January 2021. Following a successful earn-out period, I'm currently taking a career break. Upon my exit, Whil was the leading digital wellbeing training platform helping professionals with their Personal Wellbeing, Parental Success and Professional Resilience. I've been an entrepreneur in scientific wellbeing, the first President of Headspace (now Headspace Health, $3B valuation) and SocialChorus (now FirstUp, $100M valuation), and spent fifteen years as a global COO / intrapreneur in public companies. I'm an alumnus of Harvard Business School and regular contributor to Forbes, Business Insider and HuffPost. I've worked in over 50 countries and travel the world speaking on topics including disruption, culture, emotional intelligence and mindfulness as competitive advantage. I discovered mindfulness as a super stressed executive after dismissing it as “definitely not for me” and it changed my life. Find out more in my best-selling book, Creating Mindful Leaders (Wiley). Specialties: Healthcare, product development, cross-functional team leadership, behavioral health, software development life cycle, innovation, integration, keynote speaker, live-training expert, stress resilience, digital health & wellness, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, meditation, SaaS, public companies, business strategy, product monetization, P&L management, digital media, strategic planning, operations, traditional media, direct response marketing, M&A, startups, advertising, marketing, turnarounds, business development, broadcast, client management, TV, broadcast, print, out-of-home. Well versed in many client industries.