Profile
Gavin attended Fairfield University and has a BA in religious studies and a minor in psychology
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In the family food manufacturing business Watson, Inc. Gavin moved up from maintenance to engineering and eventually vice president of operations, spearheading employee engagement. As a food manufacturer, Gavin emancipated teams to design and run continuous improvement based on Lean and Agile processes, self-organizing self-directed teams, and open space meetings from all levels of the organization. In 2019 his family company sold for $89 million. He is now on the board of several organizations, where he focuses on conscious culture and leadership development.
Gavin's book "Altruistic Business, Why Conscious Business Outperform the Competition" was released on January 25, 2023.
Along with several other members of the Conscious Business Collaborative Gavin helped design a Conscious Leadership Network program for business, non-profit, and business education professionals interested in co-learning about Conscious Business.