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Biography

Bob is a writer, designer, podcast host, children’s author and teacher. What unites all of his work is the desire to help others move up in life – just as others have helped him. As a writer, he is the author of the Moving Up Mondays newsletter and two books. The New York Times bestselling children's book ,Three Little Engines, is a modern retelling of the beloved The Little Engine That Could story. Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for A Better World. is an essay collection featuring contributions from former President Jimmy Carter, Queen Noor of Jordan, Rachael Ray, Jeffrey Sachs, Brian Greene, Mia Hamm, Dave Eggers and Geoffrey Canada among many others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Esquire, The Boston Globe, PBS, NPR, Fast Company and The Huffington Post among other outlets. He is the founder of the non-profit organization, The Moving Up Media Lab, whose mission is to inspire people to reflect on who and what has contributed to where they are today. Their first initiative “Your American Dream Score”, created with support from the Ford Foundation, helped over a half-million people discover what factors may have helped or hindered their own efforts in life and is now the basis of curriculum developed by PBS Learning. In late 2020, they launched the podcast, Attribution with Bob McKinnon, about success and gratitude, distributed by PBS Chasing the Dream. Recent guests include Nicholas Kristof, Maria Konnikova, Richard Reeves, Natasha Trethewey, Rachel Botsman and Aaron Sanchez. Finally, he is an adjunct professor at both the Parsons School of Design and the Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York, where he teaches courses on social mobility and the American Dream.

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Total articles 219

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  Stages

  By Bob McKinnon

  Apr. 14, 2025

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  Smiling

  By Bob McKinnon

  Apr. 07, 2025

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  Ho’oponopono

  By Bob McKinnon

  Mar. 31, 2025

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Moving Up Media Lab

The Truth About Getting Ahead in America