--- title: Inspire Blog | Thought Leadership | Jason Diamond Arnold description: Jason joined the Inspire team in 2015 to help integrate leadership philosophy into the Inspire software and introduce a new approach, Leadership as a Service, to the leadership development market. He comes to the Inspire product with 15 plus years of experience training and developing leadership concepts in the classroom and virtual learning platforms. He has been mentored by some of the most recognized leadership and business book authors in the leadership development industry and is an experience professional leadership facilitator and instructional designer in leadership theory and application. Jason’s passion for leadership began while working with best-selling business author, Ken Blanchard, as a literary assistant and media director of a small internal media team that served Blanchard’s clients. After graduating with a Masters of Arts and Science degree from California State University and a Professional Degree in Screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, he became the Director of New Media for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where he began to blend leadership concepts learned in traditional workshops, into a sustained an ongoing active learn-by-doing experience. He is a Certified Consulting Associate for The Ken Blanchard Companies and Consulting Partner for Inspire Leadership Genius. He is a co-author of Situational Self Leadership in Action, and asynchronous self-paced leadership model. 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He comes to the Inspire product with 15 plus years of experience training and developing leadership concepts in the classroom and virtual learning platforms. He has been mentored by some of the most recognized leadership and business book authors in the leadership development industry and is an experience professional leadership facilitator and instructional designer in leadership theory and application. Jason’s passion for leadership began while working with best-selling business author, Ken Blanchard, as a literary assistant and media director of a small internal media team that served Blanchard’s clients. After graduating with a Masters of Arts and Science degree from California State University and a Professional Degree in Screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles, he became the Director of New Media for The Ken Blanchard Companies, where he began to blend leadership concepts learned in traditional workshops, into a sustained an ongoing active learn-by-doing experience. He is a Certified Consulting Associate for The Ken Blanchard Companies and Consulting Partner for Inspire Leadership Genius. He is a co-author of Situational Self Leadership in Action, and asynchronous self-paced leadership model. He is CoFounder of HighWay Media in the Silicon Valley, and CoFounder of DiamondHawk Leadership in Boston, MA. Find me on: #### [How AI Helps Executive Leaders Visualize And Communicate Strategy](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/how-ai-helps-executive-leaders-visualize-and-communicate-strategy) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) May 26, 2026 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/how-ai-helps-executive-leaders-visualize-and-communicate-strategy) #### [How AI Helps Executive Leaders Develop a Winning Strategy](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/how-ai-helps-executive-leaders-develop-a-winning-strategy) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) April 27, 2026 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/how-ai-helps-executive-leaders-develop-a-winning-strategy) #### [Why Strategy Execution Fails & How To Turn Strategy Into Results](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/why-strategy-execution-fails-turn-strategy-into-results) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) March 30, 2026 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/why-strategy-execution-fails-turn-strategy-into-results) #### [Continuous Performance Management: Connect Strategy, Goals, & Results](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/continuous-performance-management-connect-strategy-goals-results) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) March 10, 2026 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/continuous-performance-management-connect-strategy-goals-results) #### [The Power of Leadership Coaching for Your Organization](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/power-of-leadership-coaching-for-your-organization) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) August 25, 2025 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/power-of-leadership-coaching-for-your-organization) #### [What Critical Strategy Data Are You Missing?](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/what-critical-strategy-data-are-you-missing) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) June 11, 2025 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/what-critical-strategy-data-are-you-missing) #### [Viva Goals is Ending—Make the Transition Before Your Company Suffers](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/make-the-transition-before-your-company-suffers) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) April 29, 2025 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/make-the-transition-before-your-company-suffers) #### [Unlocking the Power of Intangible Data](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/unlocking-power-of-intangible-data) ### [Jason Diamond Arnold](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/author/jason-arnold) February 13, 2025 [Read](https://blog.inspiresoftware.com/unlocking-power-of-intangible-data) #### [Microsoft Viva Goals Shutdown? 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