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Founder & President — The Table Group — Author, 'The Advantage'

One of the most widely read voices on team health and organizational clarity. Best known for reframing culture as a competitive advantage, not a soft asset.

LeadershipExecutive CoachingChange Management

Adam Grant Featured

Organizational Psychologist, Professor — The Wharton School — Author, 'Think Again'

Wharton's top-rated professor and one of the most cited voices on how people work at their best. Focuses on generosity, rethinking, and originality inside teams.

LeadershipEmployee Engagement

Keith C. Norris Featured

CEO — KPI Fire — Author, 'Fire Starter: How to Ignite Improvement'

Helps organizations turn improvement into a daily operating rhythm. Combines continuous-improvement systems with leadership discipline so culture becomes measurable.

LeadershipChange ManagementEmployee Engagement

Brené Brown Featured

Research Professor, Founder — University of Houston — Author, 'Dare to Lead'

Two decades of research on vulnerability, courage, and shame — translated into a leadership language that has landed inside thousands of organizations.

LeadershipExecutive Coaching

Amy Edmondson Featured

Professor of Leadership — Harvard Business School — Author, 'The Fearless Organization'

Coined the term 'psychological safety' and made it operational. Her research is the reason most modern culture playbooks even have that phrase in them.

LeadershipEmployee EngagementChange Management

Daniel Coyle Featured

Author, Speaker — 'The Culture Code'

Spent years embedded in high-performing groups — SEAL teams, Pixar, IDEO — to find the specific signals that build belonging. The result is one of the most quoted books on culture.

LeadershipEmployee Engagement

Darren Murph Featured

Workplace Design Advisor — Ex-Head of Remote — GitLab

Wrote the playbook the rest of the industry copied on how to actually run a distributed company. Turned 'remote' from a perk into an operating model.

Remote/Hybrid CultureChange ManagementHR Tech

Kim Scott

Author, Co-founder — Radical Candor — Ex-Google, Apple

Built the Radical Candor framework after leading teams at Google and Apple. A practical guide to caring personally while challenging directly.

LeadershipExecutive CoachingStartups

Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano

VP of Equitable Operations — Culture Amp — Ex-Atlassian

Rebuilds people processes so equity is baked in from day one, not bolted on. Focuses on the operating system underneath DEI, not the slogans on top.

DEIHR TechChange Management

Erica Keswin

Workplace Strategist, Author — 'Bring Your Human to Work'

Advises companies on the rituals and small moments that make work feel human. Practical, not preachy — everything comes back to what teams actually do.

Employee EngagementLeadership

Josh Bersin

Global Industry Analyst, Founder — The Josh Bersin Company

The most-followed analyst in HR and workforce tech. His research shapes how large employers think about culture measurement, tooling, and the future of work.

HR TechEmployee EngagementChange Management

Matt Yearsley

Continuous Improvement Leader — Featured on KPI Fireside — EP 70

Guest on KPI Fireside discussing Why Bad Systems Beat Good Employees. Practitioner, coach, or thought leader in continuous improvement and operational excellence.