About Flip
The Path That Led Me Here
My hunger for knowledge and experience has led me through multiple certifications and training programs. I went back to college at the age of thirty-seven and completed a Bachelors and then a Masters degree. I’ve been a supervisor and I’ve been supervised. I’ve sat on both sides of the therapeutic relationship.
I’ve worked as a psychologist, nonprofit executive, international product manager, mobile crisis team clinician, retail salesperson, and wilderness workshop leader. I’ve also been a hardwood furniture craftsman, windsurfing instructor, gigging musician, cross-country ski instructor, a cappella singer, and rabid organic vegetable gardener. In short, I’ve had multiple careers and interests, and they continue! I weave this experience together to meet my clients where they are at.
Working in my father’s grocery store, starting at the age of twelve, I had a direct experience of how relationships matter in business. Providing customers with “above and beyond” service, setting high standards for employees yet treating them with empathy and compassion, and supporting your local community through donations and events were all values I saw first-hand.
Thus I had a positive experience of the world of work (in fact, more positive than family life at the time). I’m grateful that I have a good work ethic and a keen interest in how people show up at work to accomplish shared goals with a collaborative spirit. This is my life’s work – it’s what I’ll be doing until I leave the physical plane.
A Few Personal Notes
First, I am extremely blessed to have had a great many mentors, coaches, colleagues, and friends. So many people with greater or broader wisdom that I had at the time gave me truly useful reflections of my self so I could advance my own process of integration.
Second, I have a deep lifelong involvement in music. There is a magnet on my fridge that says, “I may be old but at least I got to see all the cool bands,” and it’s fairly true. I’ve been playing in and out of groups—rock ‘n’ roll, acoustic, Americana, and Grateful Dead covers—for over fifty years. I love singing in three-part harmony, and in addition to my main instrument of bass guitar, I also play acoustic and electric rhythm guitar and have recently taken up the pedal steel.
Third, I am humbly working to increase the depth of my spiritual practice. After having worked through growing up in a cult religion, I now cherish my connection to the Universal Life Force using the doorway of Buddhism, among others.
My core philosophy can be summed up in a lyric by John Lennon:
“Limitless, undying love which shines around me like a million suns, it calls me on and on across the universe.”
Hi, I’m Flip Brown.
Since founding Business Culture Consultants in 2000, I’ve worked with so many businesses and nonprofits that I’ve literally lost count—helping teams become more connected, more collaborative, and ultimately more successful. The work we do strengthens values, deepens self-awareness, and brings purpose into sharper focus.
Clients often say that I bring a steady presence and a grounded voice—one that helps surface the unspoken dynamics affecting their teams and culture. My approach is part coach, part consultant, and part partner in the real-time moments where transformation begins.
