Awakening Creative Intelligence
Niloufar Talebi is an author, speaker, and educator who transforms potential into visionary expression, helping leaders, teams, and audiences elevate beyond the ordinary.
Elevating human potential and joy through the power of creativity and imagination.
Work with Me
Consulting & Workshops
Niloufar creates transformative workshops for organizations and teams seeking to elevate their impact. Her programs awaken creative intelligence, expand problem-solving capacity, and cultivate authentic communication, equipping leaders and teams with the clarity and imagination to thrive.
Speaking Engagements
Niloufar delivers keynotes and talks that inspire audiences to embrace creativity as the essential skill of our time. Her speaking ignites awe, vision, and connection, leaving leaders, communities, and institutions energized to see new possibilities and act with purpose.
Coaching & Facilitation
Niloufar offers one-on-one coaching and small group facilitation for individuals ready to step into their next chapter. Her guidance awakens creative voice and inner freedom, creating space for profound transformation and the realization of untapped potential.
Books
-
![Ahmad Shamlou Poetry Translated by Niloufar Talebi]()
Selected Poems by Ahmad Shamlou, Edited & Translated by Niloufar Talebi
-
![]()
Book Tour: See me in person in 2025. 2026 events will be posted soon
-
![Self-Portrait in Bloom memoir & literary biography of Ahmad Shamlou]()
Self-Portrait in Bloom Memoir & Literary Biography of Ahmad Shamlou
-
![Contemporary Iranian poetry in translation]()
Belonging, a bilingual anthology Edited & Translated by Niloufar Talebi
Testimonials
-
Niloufar Talebi is a master instructor and multidisciplinary artist. I am filled with new guidance, and inspiration. She is professional, punctual, warm, and thoughtful. Her feedback is constructive and leaves you ready to take the next step. She is exceptionally talented at elevating writers.
Stanford Course Evaluations
-
The "Creativity for Legal Minds" workshop introduced a more creative approach to legal writing, encouraging us to be more concise and intentional with our language. It challenged my assumption that legal writing must always be rigid and impersonal.
Legal intern, Leading National Law Firm
-
Niloufar is a treasure—a dynamic, inspiring presence whose creativity and insight left a lasting impact on our dental team and students at the University of the Pacific. Her workshops energized the room, elevated our practice, and reminded us of the human connection at the heart of healthcare. We can’t wait to work with her again!
Stanford Course Evaluations
-
Niloufar is a treasure—a dynamic, inspiring presence whose creativity and insight left a lasting impact on our dental team and students at the University of the Pacific. Her workshops energized the room, elevated our practice, and reminded us of the human connection at the heart of healthcare. We can’t wait to work with her again!
Dr. Daniel Nam, DDS
-
Before this Creativity course, I didn’t even know I had a creative process—now I not only understand it, I’ve built one that reflects who I am. It’s changed how I study, how I write, how I think. This class didn’t just teach creativity—it taught me how to understand myself.
Undergraduate Students
-
I didn’t think I was creative. But through this process, I realized creativity is how I’ve survived, solved problems, changed careers, raised kids, and started over—again and again. I just never had a name for it. This course helped me claim it.
Undergraduate Students
Honors & Press Highlights
-
Teaching lecturer and acclaimed writer, translator, librettist, creator, director, curator, performer, and producer Niloufar Talebi recently returned to the U.S. after…[Read the press release]
-
“Translating from the Persian (AKA Farsi) is a double feat of activism: one is bridging a language and culture over to another, and the other is doing so without substantial support structures dedicated to its literature. This National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship marks a milestone in my journey to bring the poetic gifts of Ahmad Shamlou to a wider audience with Elegies of the Earth.” [Read the statement]
-
Niloufar Talebi Projects and Merola Opera are awarded a Creative Work Fund award for Abraham in Flames opera inspired by Ahmad Shamlou [Read the announcement]