Steven Kuhn is a decorated United States army combat veteran, speaker, author, and business turnaround consultant who helps leaders dramatically improve their quality life through the consistent, conscious application of Honesty, Integrity and Transparency.

Laurie Ruettimann is a CNN top-five career adviser and host of the top-100 management podcast “Punk Rock HR”. She is the author of the new book, Betting on You: How to Put Yourself First And (Finally) Take Control of Your Career Laurie is an executive and HR consultant for Fortune 500 companies and her book, Betting on You is a 21st century employee handbook.

If you're working with a difficult colleague? Plagued with the worst of office politics, silos and turf wars? Feeling isolated or disconnected from your team and organization? Listen up, Morag Barrett, the CEO and Founder of SkyeTeam she's supported the development of more than 15,000 leaders from 20 countries, and on 6 continents and shares insights into the critical skill we all need right now - relationship building.

Twenty years ago, Karen made a career change from theatre to HR and never looked back! She found her purpose in helping organizations build amazing cultures while guiding individuals to find fulfillment in their careers. Currently, Karen is the SVP of People at Ordergroove and was named one of the 2020 Notable Women in Talent by Crain’s New York Business.

Dr. Anthony Orsini is a practicing neonatologist and founder of The Orsini Way. Dr. Orsini took what he learned as an ICU physician who had to deliver difficult news to families and founded The Orsini Way, a communication training company that helps healthcare professionals and business leaders navigate difficult conversations and build strong relationships.

Dr. Laura Gallaher is an Organizational Psychologist, Speaker, and Leadership Coach.
She began her career at NASA Kennedy Space Center. After the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded upon re-entry in 2003, killing everybody aboard, Kennedy Space Center hired Laura and a team of organizational psychologists to change the cultural influences that were deemed to play a role in the tragedy.

Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a venture capital firm dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $12 million and invested in more than 150 startup companies led by underestimated founders. In 2018, they launched a four-city accelerator program in Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, and London.

Nik is the CEO of Sharma Brands, a strategic-initiatives firm working with a wide range of brands to help grow and scale revenue across digital platforms. Nik is one of AdWeek’s Young & Influential, Forbes 30 under 30, and an investor and advisor to some of the fastest-growing brands in commerce.

Toby Howell is a writer and social media lead at the Morning Brew, a business newsletter with over 2.5 million subscribers. He’s grown his personal Twitter account to over 16,000 followers in less than 8 months by talking about Twitter strategy, building an online audience, and giving a behind the scenes look into life at the Morning Brew.

It may be hard to believe that a company can rewrite the playbook on talent acquisition, company culture and communication. Fast does this on Twitter. We do not think of social media this way. But to start-ups out there, throw away your HR manual and take a look. Resumes, Linkedin Apply, algorithms may soon be a thing of the past. Peter Grassi is the Talent guru at Fast and because his training in this filled is traditional, it's exciting to hear of the way they've shifted to using Twitter from hiring to communicating as a team. Listen now on Culture Factor 2.0!

Bruce Daisley is one of Europe's most influential voices on fixing work. He is published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. And is a regular contributor to Wired.

Matteo Atti is the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Innovation for VistaJet. In this role he leads a global marketing team in charge of the entire customer journey. He began his career in Gucci during the Tom Ford tenure. He has led Nokia retail campaigns for over 30,000 shops as well as headed the business development team for Bottega Veneta, catering to the luxury fashion’s elite. In London, he worked alongside Sir Paul Smith to refocus the business around its core attributes, products and brand.

Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water, and the author of Undaunted. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries.

Yours Truly DC Hotel is a nimble team housed in a boutique hotel. They opened during Covid. The worst time in history, and yet, they are making aspects of the hotel work. What is the secret sauce? In Part 2 we meet Kristofer Carlson, the General Manager and Max Peña, the Manager of Mercy Me Café.

Yours Truly DC Hotel is a nimble team housed in a boutique hotel. They opened during Covid. The worst time in history, and yet, they are making aspects of the hotel work. What is the secret sauce? In Part 1 we meet Julia Quinn, Director of Sales and Marketing, Justin Weiss, Director of Mercy Me Café and Nick Allen, Director of Operations.

Rishad Tobaccowala has been the chief strategist and the chief growth officer at Publicis Groupe, an advertising and communications firm with 80,000 employees. Businessweek named him a top business leader and Time named him a top five marketing innovator.