Jessica Mastors

Among other things, Jessica Mastors is the founder & CEO of Bay-Area based Story Magic, where she partners with executives, founders, experts and thought leaders across North America, Europe and Asia to excavate the true stories – and build the narrative skills – that move decision-makers to say YES.

Blending business leadership with neuroscience, language, and social psychology, Jessica’s unique approach has been designated by clients as “extraordinary” and “game-changing;” and Jessica herself as a “guru in all things communication.”

Jessica teaches grad students an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco (Masters in Interaction Design program); advises M.B.A.’s and alumni as an adjunct career coach at U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business; and partners with a wide range of companies, universities and accelerators in the US and abroad to deliver one-of-kind trainings that emphasize the value of fun and creativity for learning new skills and building strong teams in a distributed age.

Jessica is also the creator of Own Your Story 2.0, a unique storytelling learning accelerator designed to show you step-by-step how to start telling simple, concise and effective personal stories that engage the imagination and inspire others to take the next step with YOU. Deemed “priceless” and “a huge gift” by participants, the live accelerator opens 2x/year in the Spring and Fall, but the committed can get started right now with Own Your Story 2.0 on demand.

In a modern business context characterized by increasing complexity, accelerating change and pervasive uncertainty, Jessica’s strong belief is that experts and specialists will not succeed in moving us into the future – until they invest the time and attention required to communicate in ways that get the rest of us to care. For that – no matter your message – you need analogy, metaphor, story, and narrative.

Outside of work, Jessica spends her free time in nature, hanging out with her husband and daughter, reading, writing, and pondering the possible future of education at the intersection of storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the environment.