About.
Hello, I’m Bridgette Penel — a researcher, writer, and well-being strategist exploring how we can shape modern life and work so people and potential are in better harmony.
For nearly two decades, my career lived inside fast-paced, high-growth tech across industries: SaaS and mobile, startups and scaling companies. I’ve sat in a lot of rooms — as a founder, executive leader, people leader, and customer and partner success enabler. Those years gave me a front-row seat to spaces and systems trying to converge a powerful trifecta: human potential, business outcomes, and customer and partner flourishing.
Along the way, my work has been recognized by NYC FinTech Women as one of the Inspiring FinTech Females (2021), and by Women We Admire among the Top 50 Women Chief Experience Officers (2024, 2025), as well as with a Most Promising Tech award and multiple Stevie Awards for new company and executive leadership.
I’ve spent years as a practitioner living and leading inside organizations that depend on sustained high performance, both from me and from the teams I led—experience that now shapes how I think about well-being and work design.
I worked alongside brilliant people making brilliance under extreme constraints, contorting their lives around work that didn’t replenish the same level of brilliance they were expected to produce. I’ve also witnessed — and experienced — what happens when leaders stand firm on pace and redefine what is valued in the work. When we shift what we measure and reward, performance doesn’t collapse; it changes shape. People become more honest, more sustainable, and often, more effective.
Somewhere along the way, my work shifted from “How do we get more out of people?” to :
"How do we shape ourselves, and our environments, where we can do our best work without losing ourselves?”
Today, I sit at the intersection of science and philosophy:
Science, because I care about how our brains, nervous systems, minds, and environments influence our lives, our decisions, and the way we show up in our work.
Philosophy, because I care what kind of lives and careers we’re building on top of that.
I research, write, design tools, and partner with individuals and organizations who are curious about more life-honoring ways to work — and more work-honoring ways to live.
What I am working on now.
Researching and writing on mind, systems, and well-being
I explore how our brains, nervous systems, and environments shape the way we live and work — and how we might design those spaces more intentionally. My essays blend psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy to question the default stories we’ve inherited about work, identity, success, and well-being.
Designing tools and experiences
I design tools, frameworks, and experiences that create space for self-connection and discovery—a deliberate pause to rethink how we see the world and how we show up in life and work.
Partnering with individuals and organizations
I collaborate with people and teams who are curious about creating more life-honoring ways to work — and more work-honoring ways to live.
Questions
Please email Bridgette
Where my work currently lives.
The Curiosity Company
Founder
The Curiosity Company is a studio for curiosity-based tools, visuals, and experiments that help people see themselves and their lives with more nuance. It’s where I play with models, infographics, and practices that make science and philosophy feel usable in everyday life and work.
IN+PLENTIFUL
Co-Founder
IN+PLENTIFUL is a career well-being ecosystem for women — blending coach-led spaces, tools, and community to help women protect their pace, recondition their potential, and build more life-honoring careers inside modern organizations.