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Email: nam@namnguyen.ca
Location: Montreal, Canada
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Author Bio (short)
Nam Nguyen is a Canadian author, strategic advisor, and board director writing about childhood, leadership, institutions, and civilization. Drawing on experience in psychology, neuroscience, governance, and strategy, he explores how families and societies shape the next generation. He is the author of KIN: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization.
Author Bio (long)
Nam Nguyen writes about one of the most important and overlooked forces in human history: the way societies raise their children.
Combining insights from psychology, neuroscience, history, leadership, governance, and strategy, his work explores how families, institutions, and cultures shape human development across generations. His books seek to bridge the gap between private family life and the broader forces that influence civilization.
Nam serves as a Senior Strategic Advisor at Desjardins, where he works on strategic initiatives, governance, performance, and organizational transformation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the CISSS de la Montérégie-Ouest, contributing to governance in healthcare and social services.
His books include Raising Future Leaders, Raising Genius: Mozart, Einstein, Jobs — The Price of Brilliance, Perfect Parents Don’t Exist, and KIN: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization.
He lives near Montréal, Quebec, with his family.
In the Press
The AI Journal — Contributor
Parenting the Machine: Leadership Lessons for the Age of AI
A provocative essay arguing that AI governance should mirror great parenting: values before rules, progressive trust, and cultures that model wisdom, not just speed or precision.
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Psychologist Brief — Expert Q&A
7 Longitudinal Study Findings That Changed How Professionals Work With Children and Families
Nam Nguyen contributed insights on how longitudinal research reshapes our understanding of child development, family systems, and long-term parenting outcomes.
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The Decision Lab — Contributor
The Sheep in the Stock Market: How Herd Behavior Shapes Investment Trends
Nam Nguyen explores how cognitive biases drive collective trends in finance, and what that reveals about leadership and decision-making.
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Featured Quotes
“We don’t build the future. We raise it.”
“Civilization is not inherited. It is raised.”
“The way we raise children is the way we build the world.”
“Childhood is intimate, but never only private.”
“Every society eventually becomes what it teaches its children to value, fear, believe, create, and become.”
“What kind of people are we raising—and what kind of world is raising them?”