Chief Research Officer

Angus Fletcher (PhD, Yale) is a Professor at Ohio State’s Project Narrative. His research with US Army Special Forces and Joint Special Operations University into up-training visionary leadership, psychological antifragility, and intuitive teamwork has been called “mind-blowing” by Malcolm Gladwell, “life-changing” by Brené Brown, and “revolutionary” by some of the world’s top neuroscientists.

His 2022 publications in Harvard Business Review and The New York Academy of Sciences earned him the 2022 Torrance award for “proving that humans are smarter than computers — and that effective CEOs can see the future.”

Chief Education Officer

Sarah Lagrotteria (MA, Stanford) is the head educator at Just Bloom School, where she empowers individuals and businesses with Dr. Angus Fletcher’s pioneering theory of creativity. She offers her narrative-based workshops privately through Just Bloom and in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art.

In 2019, Sarah was honored as one of 50 women nationwide as a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow for women in business. Known for bringing clarity and individual attention to her workshops, Sarah inspires industry leaders, school educators, and small business professionals to unearth and deploy the stories that make them resilient and uniquely able to drive change in their organization and themselves.

Chief Strategy Officer

Katy Scoggin brings her signature enthusiasm and listening skills to Just Bloom School’s client onboarding. She assists Sarah in tailoring workshop experiences to client’s specific challenges and opportunities.

She graduated from OSU with a degree in art history and began her career at The Butler Institute of American Art.

She then spent a several years back at her alma mater, designing and executing events, and supporting multiple high level roles within the dean’s office for graduate students and the advancement team in the OSU College of Pharmacy.