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CAROLINE 
BERGLUND
by Kelly Parker
Q&A with
As founder and principal of Talk Talk, 
writer, speaker, workshop facilitator 
and storyteller, Caroline Berglund 
specializes in leadership, team 
development, executive coaching and 
public speaking. She’s been honing 
her skills in these areas for over 25 
years, working in both individual and 
team dynamics. That’s the professional 
side – her interests outside of those 
formal pursuits speak to the intrinsic 
parts of her personality that she brings 
to her clients. Berglund’s life is a 
continuous practice of creativity and 
connection via painting, calligraphy, 
writing and other hobbies, and she 
channels her artistry into new ways of 
seeing and understanding. In other 
words, her work is an extension of  
her personal interests, which also 
include a love of the great thinkers 
and philosophers.
CM&E: You cite the great 
thinkers of history, including Da 
Vinci, Aristotle and Socrates as 
intellectual inspirations. How so?
CB: I am an avid reader of all 
things philosophy, and I’m a big 
fan of the Greek philosopher and 
Renaissance folks in particular. What 
is so inspiring to me about Da Vinci 
is that he learned for the sake of 
learning. If you think about today’s 
day and age, people go to school to 
get their letters behind their name, 
but I’m most interested in people 
that are autodidacts – learning for 
the sake of learning. You know when 
you read something and then go 
down that rabbit hole, and then you 
find yourself in a flow, learning about 
some topic? That, to me, is interesting. 
I think society has kind of lost that 
in this on-demand world where it’s 
instant everything, and I think there’s 
something to be said for just kind of 
getting lost in your own thoughts and 
the thoughts of others like Da Vinci.
CM&E: Pinging off 
that, there’s an unmistakable 
philosophical thread running 
through your bio. You  
mentioned existentialism.
CB: Yeah. What is the meaning 
of life? Does it matter every time I 
do a workshop? I will ask a class, are 
you actually going to do something 
different as it relates to spending or 
spending some time together? Did it 
matter? Did you actually change any 
kind of behaviour at all, or was it just a 
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