Burst & Fleurish

the corporate poet | leadership coach | hr consulting | team building | speaking events burst & fleurish humbly began a few years ago, when its founder and ceo, michelle kaplan, would write poetry in the early mornings which became a daily self-inquiry practice. goal-oriented and action-packed, with a personality that looks like an over-caffeinated run-on sentence, michelle also began to understand the power of turning within and taking time to sow, grow, and know her more introspective side to realize her dreams. for years, michelle’s poems stayed private, but as life works in its serendipitous ways, michelle had the opportunity to read one of her poems in a corporate work setting. that sharing changed the whole meeting from one that started with divisiveness and ended with mutual understanding and a plan of action. this was michelle’s aha moment that poetry can access our intuition, which is key to better decision making. from here inspired action is born so we can accomplish o