Said E. Dawlabani

Said E. Dawlabani

Said Elias Dawlabani is a cultural economist, public speaker, trainer and writer specializing in the Gravesian approach to value systems and cultural change. He is the author of the 2013 book MEMEnomics, The Next-Generation Economic System. His writings in the field of finance have been compared to those of Peter Lynch, Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet. His work has been translated to several languages including Korean, Mandarin, German and Russian. He has given keynote speeches about the Gravesian approach to sustainability in many parts of the world.

Dawlabani is the founder of The Memenomics Group that frames organizational and cultural change issues through the Gravesian model. He works closely with renowned geopolitical adviser Dr. Don E. Beck, Graves’ successor and one of the architects behind South Africa’s transition from Apartheid and co-author of Spiral Dynamics, the most authoritative theory on value systems and change. Before teaming up with Beck, Dawlabani had a prominent career in the brokerage, development and investment counseling sectors of the real estate industry.

He is a prolific blogger and an active contributor to The Huffington Post, The Integral Leadership Review and other publications. His work is featured in the Leader to Leader Journal. He has been a guest on several radio programs including NPR, PRN, and Voice of America offering his value systems perspective on economics and politics. He’s been quoted by prominent print media like Newsweek, The Christian Science Monitor and others on his views on economic systems in the US, China, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East.

Dawlabani is past COO and member of the Board of Directors of The Center for Human Emergence Middle East, a think tank that frames political and economic issues facing the region through the prism of value systems. His past activities include being a guest speaker on the topic of transformational leadership at the Adizes Graduate School in Santa Barbara, and the University of Virginia. He can be reached at sdawlabani@gmail.com