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Dr. Karissa Thomas is an award-winning author and the creator of the Mosaic Intelligence Method™, a leadership operating system for people who lead under pressure.

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Dr. Karissa Thomas is an award-winning author and leadership researcher with an Ed.D. and an Executive MBA. Across two decades, from corporate boardrooms to disaster front lines to international classrooms, she has helped leaders stay steady under pressure. She is the creator of the Mosaic Intelligence Method™ and the author of Composed: The Mosaic Advantage.

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Dr. Karissa Thomas is an award-winning author and leadership researcher whose work sits where emotional depth meets high-pressure leadership. She holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, with a focus in International Education, and an Executive MBA, and has spent more than two decades alongside leaders in corporate boardrooms, on disaster front lines, and in international classrooms from Manhattan to the Middle East. A filmmaker and storyteller by training, she is the creator of the Mosaic Intelligence Method™, a leadership operating system built on Emotional Integrity, Cultural Flexibility, and Identity Agility. Her books include Composed: The Mosaic Advantage, a 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in Motivational, and Uncertainty to Confidence, a 2011 LIVING NOW Silver medalist in Personal Growth.

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Fast facts
  • Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, with a focus in International Education · American College of Education
  • Executive MBA · UT Arlington
  • B.A. · SUNY Purchase
  • 20+ published titles: leadership, plus practical tools
  • #1 New Release, four Amazon categories across insurance & leadership
  • LIVING NOW Book Award, Silver, Personal Growth, 2011 · Uncertainty to Confidence
  • Next Gen Indie Book Awards Finalist, Motivational, 2026 · Composed
  • Executive Citations · UAE Ministry of Education, Baltimore County
  • Based in Arlington, Texas
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Topics I go deep on
  • Leading under pressure without losing yourself
  • Emotional Integrity: leading with emotion, not around it
  • Identity Agility: leading across generations and cultures
  • Why human connection is the most underutilized leadership strategy
  • The long game: building a body of work over decades
Questions worth asking
  1. What does “composed” actually mean when everything is falling apart?
  2. You’ve led in boardrooms and on disaster front lines. What’s the same about both?
  3. What is Mosaic Intelligence, and why did you have to build it?
  4. What do most leadership books get wrong about emotional intelligence?
  5. You wrote for years before this recognition. What kept you going?
  6. What’s one thing a leader can change on Monday morning?