Keynotes, advisory, and immersive experiences for leaders and institutions ready to move from disruption to vision.
Rev. Dr. Shelley D. Best is the founder of TubmanWalker and creator of Creative Disruption®, helping organizations and audiences navigate change through visionary keynotes, strategic advisory, and transformative experiences.
Her work brings together leadership, art, and social innovation to help people move through disruption with greater clarity, courage, and imagination
How to work with Dr. Best
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Speaking
Book Dr. Best for keynotes, lectures, and residencies that invite audiences to reimagine leadership, belonging, resilience, and cultural change. Ideal for conferences, universities, foundations, and mission-driven gatherings seeking a grounded, visionary voice on what comes next.
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Advisory
TubmanWalker partners with institutions seeking culture change, innovation strategy, and creative leadership. Through strategic advisory, intensives, and long-term partnerships, Dr. Best helps organizations navigate change with greater clarity, courage, and imagination.
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Experiences
TubmanWalker creates retreats, leadership gatherings, and restorative experiences that help people move through burnout, reconnect with purpose, and return with greater clarity, resilience, and imagination.
What this work makes possible.
Across keynotes, advisory partnerships, and immersive experiences, TubmanWalker helps people and institutions:
Gain language and frameworks for leading through disruption.
Align values, strategy, and culture during times of transition.
Create more honest and courageous conversations about belonging, power, and renewal.
Meet Dr. Shelley Best
Rev. Dr. Shelley Best is a Yale-trained theologian, published author, and creative strategist who helps leaders and institutions move from disruption to vision. A gubernatorial appointee across multiple Connecticut administrations, she led the state's Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and represented Connecticut to the White House under two federal administrations. Her essays have appeared in Yale Divinity School's Reflections magazine, and her work has been featured by NBC Connecticut, Hartford Business Journal — which named her among Connecticut's innovators and included her on its Power 50 list — and Trinity College. She is the creator of Creative Disruption®, a registered leadership framework, and the founder of TubmanWalker.
Bring Dr. Best into your next room, retreat, or strategy moment. Whether you're planning a keynote, seeking an advisory partner, or exploring an immersive experience, TubmanWalker offers a clear pathway into meaningful transformation.
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Leave with clear next steps for leadership, culture, and community impact.
What is Creative Disruption?
Creative Disruption® is Rev. Dr. Shelley D. Best's signature framework for navigating change through imagination, resilience, and spiritual grounding.
Designed for leaders, organizations, and communities facing uncertainty and transformation, Creative Disruption® helps people see clearly in complex times, discern what is ending and emerging, and imagine bold new possibilities.
More than a methodology, it is both a language for reinvention and a practice for courageous leadership. Through keynote presentations, strategic advisory engagements, and immersive retreats, Dr. Best guides individuals and institutions to move beyond survival and toward coherence, creativity, belonging, and flourishing.