Dr. Hammond is a founding partner and CSO with Flourishing Life Technologies in Calgary, Alberta and holds an adjunct status with Ambrose University and the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Over the past twenty-five years, he has worked extensively with complex youth and their families and is considered a leading expert on the concepts of resilience, strengths-based practice and positive psychology. He has served in clinical supervisory capacities, worked in a comprehensive residential treatment centre and has provided clinical services in an inpatient/outpatient forensic setting as well as an adolescent comorbidity program based in a hospital setting. As part of his professional practice, he has published several scientific articles, developed an innovative framework for evaluating and assessing resilience and potential for human flourishing. He has also been an active lecturer with regards to understanding the role of human flourishing and its implications for embracing a strengths-based approach to nurturing human potential and positive well-being as critical for supporting individuals and organizations to thrive.