Chris Marcell Murchison

Chris Marcell Murchison is a passionate advocate for positive workplace culture. In his broad career spanning the higher education, for-profit, not-for-profit, and foundation sectors, he has focused his energy on developing creative means to build community at work.

In 2014, Chris was named the first Visiting Leader at the Center for Positive Organizations at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business, where he worked closely with academics, students, CPO staff, and CPO Consortium members to share and explore practical applications of Positive Organizational Scholarship. In January of 2018, Chris was additionally appointed to the Advisory Board of the International Positive Psychology Association’s Work & Organizations Division where he served for 6 years.

He has held roles in student services, employee development, human resources, talent and organization development, and more. As a practitioner and consultant, his work is inspired by the research and frameworks of positive organization psychology, art, and movement, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, appreciative inquiry, and applied improvisation.

He is constantly learning and evolving his practice. He appreciates multi-disciplinary approaches, particularly ones that incorporate the arts and the unique expressions and solutions that can emerge from these methods.

Chris recently relocated to Portugal where he works as an artist and arts-based facilitator supporting individuals and organizations to reimagine what is possible. He is honored to continue to support the Center as an Executive in Residence.