Dr. Luke Barber
How often have you heard people complain that they have been "working like a dog?" In this laugh-filled and playful presentation, Dr. Luke Barber will discuss the ways in which our lives at work can become joyful, happy, and much more productive if we take seriously the lessons that our dogs can teach us about work. This presentation is based on his best-selling book Work Like Your Dog: Fifty Ways to Work Less, Play More, and Earn More which has been published in eight languages. Come hear what caused Margaret Mead, Anthropologist to comment "I never liked philosophers all that much until I met Luke."  [MORE on Dr. Luke Barber]

Luke Barber has been Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Richland College in Dallas, Texas for more than twenty-seven years. In addition to his work as a professor, he has served as the Special Assistant to the President and Dean of Community Development while at Richland. Dr. Barber is a philosopher, storyteller, author, lecturer, and consultant who writes and speaks on a variety of topics. His presentations to audiences everywhere - in corporate circles, conferences, convocations, churches, or clubs - are always invitations to laugh, to play, to question, to hope, to learn, and t grow. He is the author with Matt Weinstein of Work Like Your Dog: Fifty Ways to Work Less, Play More, and Earn More (Random House, Villard, 1999,) which has now been published in six languages. His most recent book is Dogs Don't Bite When A Growl Will Do: What Your Dog Can Teach You About Living A Happy Life (Penguin-Putnam, 2003).