Dewitt Jones

Biography

Dewitt Jones is one of the top professional photographers in America with a career stretching over twenty years. As a motion picture director, he had two films nominated for Academy Awards (Climb - Best Live Action Short Film and John Muir's High Sierra - Best Short Subject Documentary) before he was thirty.

Twenty years as a freelance photographer for National Geographic earned him a reputation as a world-class photojournalist.

Turning to advertising, Jones rose to the forefront of corporate creative marketing photographing national advertising campaigns for Dewar's Scotch, Canon, and United Airlines. He has published nine books, including California!, Visions of Wilderness, What The Road Passes By, Robert Frost; A Tribute To The Source, Canyon Country and John Muir's High Sierra. His most recent book, The Nature of Leadership was created in collaboration with Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People). Dewitt's column, "Basic Jones", appears monthly in Outdoor Photographer magazine.

He is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Drama and holds a Masters Degree in film making from UCLA.

Dewitt is recognized as a world-class lecturer. His knowledge of the creative process, his relaxed and genuine style and his ability to communicate make his presentations truly outstanding.

Publications

The Nature of Leadership
In The Nature of Leadership, respected leadership authorities Stephen R. Covey, Dewitt Jones and Roger Merrill articulate the essence of leadership in its greatest simplicity.

The Nature of Leadership is illuminated by examples from leaders of all walks of life and enhanced by the stories and images of award-winning photojournalist Dewitt Jones, of National Geographic renowns. It expresses and illustrates the principles taught by Franklin Covey Company that enable their clients to overcome the challenge many organizations face today of being over-managed and under-led.

The authors take you on an experiential journey and discovery of natural principles that revitalize the profound wisdom of principal-centered leadership. This simple natural perspective fosters the sustainable competency of vision that elevates leadership to a unique competitive advantage that will endure.

The Nature of Leadership is destined to follow The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as one of the most important business books ever published. It reinforces the great lesson of history that to the degree people, organizations and civilizations have operated in harmony with proven principles of leadership, in the long term, they have prospered. The authors promise a profound personal impact from this experience and invite you to begin your journey.

Titles

Clear Vision: Putting Creativity to Work!
Dewitt Jones explores the fundamentals of creativity, what they are, how they exist in each of us, and how to remove the blocks that keep us from accessing them.

Extraordinary Visions!
Where do we find the vision to take our lives to the next level? How can we make our life less of a struggle and more of a joy? For photographer and creativity expert, Dewitt Jones, the answers to these questions lie in the images we hold about ourselves, our future and the way in which we grow.

Dare To Dance
Dare to Dance is a version of Dewitts Extraordinary Visions program customized for meetings in Hawaii. The themes of Vision, Passion, Purpose and Creativity are interlaced with stories & images drawn from his time in the beautiful Pacific Isles.