Arin Reeves

A leading researcher, author, and advisor in the fields of leadership and inclusion, Arin studied business at DePaul University’s College of Commerce, attended law school at University of Southern California and received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University.

Arin is a best-selling author of three books – “The Next IQ”,  “One Size Never Fits All’, and “Smarter Than A Lie” – and she is the Managing Director of the research and advisory firm, Nextions, a new way of doing leadership and inclusion.  Arin has designed and led several comprehensive research projects on leadership and inclusion in topics ranging from gender equity, generational diversity, LGBTQI diversity, racial/ethnic, diversity, cultural integration and implicit bias to transformational leadership and working through generational differences.

Before Nextions, Arin practiced law for several years and served as an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University where she taught classes on law and society.

Arin’s first book, The Next IQ: The Next Generation of Intelligence for 21st Century Leaders, her second book One Size Never Fits All: Business Development Strategies Tailored for Women (And Most Men) were both publisher best-sellers upon their release.  Her newly published book (August 2019), Smarter Than A Lie, features research on the neurology of lying and liars and how deception breaks down inclusive interactions and disrupts our abilities to gather and leverage collective intelligence.