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Organizational culture shapes what gets rewarded, how decisions are made and whether people can do their best work. Stellant’s organizational culture speakers help leaders see the connection between shared values, daily behavior and business performance. Their expertise covers culture change, trust, measurement, innovation and the role leaders play as visible culture carriers. For executive offsites, leadership programs and teams navigating transformation, these speakers offer practical ways to diagnose cultural challenges and align the employee experience with strategy.

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Michaela Kerrissey
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Michaela Kerrissey

Professor of Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Ashley Goodall
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Ashley Goodall

Former senior vice President of human resources, Cisco

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Linda A. Hill

Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

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Hal Gregersen
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Hal Gregersen

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management

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Speakers

Organizational Culture Speakers

Michaela Kerrissey

Michaela Kerrissey

Professor of Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthNamed to the Thinkers50 Radar list, 2023Author of 40-plus publications on teams and organizations

Ashley Goodall

Ashley Goodall

Former senior vice President of human resources, CiscoFormer chief learning officer, DeloitteAward-winning author of The Problem with Change

Linda A. Hill

Linda A. Hill

Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolCo-author of Collective Genius and Genius at ScaleThinkers50 #4 management thinker in the world

Hal Gregersen

Hal Gregersen

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor, Questions Are the Answer and The Innovator's DNAThinkers50 top 50 management thinker since 2015

Amy Edmondson

Amy Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor, The Fearless Organization and Right Kind of WrongTwice ranked No. 1 management thinker by Thinkers50

Alison Fragale

Alison Fragale

Organizational psychologist, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business SchoolNational bestselling author, Likeable BadassFormer McKinsey & Company consultant

Julie Battilana

Julie Battilana

Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolAlan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation, Harvard Kennedy SchoolCo-author, Power, for All

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School faculty chairAuthor, Building a Thriving Future and Diversity DividendCo-chair, United Nations ITU AI and Big Data initiatives

Peter Cappelli

Peter Cappelli

George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton SchoolAuthor, The Future of the OfficeFellow, National Academy of Human Resources

Natalie Monbiot

Natalie Monbiot

Founder, Virtual Human EconomyCo-Founder, Hour OneSpeaker, Web Summit, SXSW and Fortune Brainstorm AI

Heidi K. Gardner

Heidi K. Gardner

Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law SchoolAuthor of Smart Collaboration and Smarter CollaborationThinkers50 top 50 management thinker, 2023

Nicholas Bloom

Nicholas Bloom

William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford UniversityGlobal authority on remote and hybrid workNamed to the 2022 Bloomberg 50

Abigail Marsh

Abigail Marsh

Professor of Psychology, Georgetown UniversityDirector, Laboratory on Social and Affective NeuroscienceAuthor, The Fear Factor

Diya Khanna

Diya Khanna

Founder, Global IDEAFormer Global Diversity Equity Inclusion Program Manager, AmazonColumnist, Newsweek

Amy Gallo

Amy Gallo

Contributing editor, Harvard Business ReviewAuthor of Getting AlongContributing editor at Harvard Business Review

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Gianpiero Petriglieri

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEADINSEAD Alumni Professorship in Leadership and DevelopmentNamed Among Thinkers50 World's 50 Most Influential Management Thinkers

Debora Spar

Debora Spar

Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor, Harvard Business SchoolFormer president, Barnard CollegeNew York Times bestselling author, Work Mate Marry Love

Nelson Repenning

Nelson Repenning

School of Management Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of ManagementFaculty Director, MIT Leadership CenterCo-Author, There's Got to Be a Better Way

Renee Richardson Gosline

Renee Richardson Gosline

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor, In Praise of Friction (forthcoming)Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2020

David Fubini

David Fubini

Senior lecturer, Harvard Business SchoolFounder, McKinsey's Worldwide Merger Integration PracticeAuthor, Post-Merger Integration and Hidden Truths

Robert Kaplan

Robert Kaplan

Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, Harvard Business SchoolCo-developer, Balanced Scorecard and activity-based costingMember, Accounting Hall of Fame

Selina Neri

Selina Neri

CEO, Dean and Co-Founder, Future Readiness AcademySenior Fellow, Center for Governance, Public Investment FundThinkers50 Radar Class of 2025

Raffaella Sadun

Raffaella Sadun

Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Founder, World Management SurveyThinkers50 Radar, 2023

Ranjay Gulati

Ranjay Gulati

Paul R. Lawrence Professor, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor of Deep Purpose and How to Be BoldThinkers50 top ten management thinker, 2025

Stew Friedman

Stew Friedman

Emeritus Practice Professor of Management, the Wharton SchoolAuthor, Total Leadership and Parents Who LeadThinkers50 Hall of Fame Inductee (2023)

Morra Aarons-Mele

Morra Aarons-Mele

Harvard Kennedy School executive education instructorAuthor of The Anxious Achiever (2023)LinkedIn Top 10 Voice in Mental Health

Sandra Sucher

Sandra Sucher

MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Author, The Power of TrustAdvisory Board Member, Edelman Trust Institute

Lalin Anik

Lalin Anik

Associate Professor of Marketing, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDirector, MBA Program in International BusinessPoets and Quants 2019 MBA Professor of the Year

Connie Hadley

Connie Hadley

Founder and chief scientist, Institute for Life at WorkFellow, Institute for Leadership & Work, Boston University Questrom School of BusinessThinkers50 Radar honoree and Harvard Business Review cover author

Tammy Erickson

Tammy Erickson

Former Leadership Program Director, London Business SchoolAuthor, Retire Retirement and Co-author, Workforce CrisisFive-Time Thinkers50 Top 50 Management Thinker

Liz Dunn

Liz Dunn

Professor of Psychology, University of British ColumbiaCo-author, Happy Money and Leave the Lights On2019 TED Curator's Pick

Don Kieffer

Don Kieffer

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of ManagementCo-Author, There's Got to Be a Better WayFormer Vice President of Operational Excellence, Harley-Davidson

Mark Mortensen

Mark Mortensen

Associate Dean and Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEADAuthor, "The Overcommitted Organization," Harvard Business ReviewWinner, MIT Sloan Management Review 2022 Beckhard Prize

Heidi Brooks

Heidi Brooks

Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior, Yale School of ManagementDirector, Program for the Practice of Everyday LeadershipHost of the Learning Through Experience podcast

Manfred Kets de Vries

Manfred Kets de Vries

Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organizational Change, INSEADAuthor or editor of more than 50 booksInternational Leadership Association Lifetime Achievement Award

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf

Professor of Management, Warwick Business SchoolDirector, Artificial Intelligence Innovation Network, Warwick Business SchoolFaculty Affiliate, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

Nigel Travis

Nigel Travis

Chairperson, Abercrombie & FitchFormer CEO, Dunkin' Brands and Papa John'sBestselling Author, The Challenge Culture

Alex Budak

Alex Budak

Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessAuthor, Becoming a ChangemakerHonoree, Thinkers50 Radar 2026

Jeremy Heimans

Jeremy Heimans

Co-Founder and Chairman, PurposeCo-Author, New PowerRecipient, Ford Foundation 75th Anniversary Visionary Award

Tommy Amaker

Tommy Amaker

The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's BasketballWinningest head coach in Harvard men's basketball historyNCAA Champion of Diversity and Inclusion honoree (2021)

Shalene Gupta

Shalene Gupta

Former Research Associate, Harvard Business SchoolCo-Author, The Power of Trust and Author, The CycleThinkers50 Radar List (2022)

Mike Hayes

Mike Hayes

Navy SEAL commander and White House FellowManaging Director, Insight PartnersBestselling author of Never Enough and Mission Driven

Michèle Lamont

Michèle Lamont

Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard UniversityAuthor, Seeing Others and Getting RespectWinner, 2017 Erasmus Prize and 2024 Kohli Prize

Christa Gyori

Christa Gyori

Co-Founder and CEO, Leaders on PurposeFounding Member, Unilever North American FS Sustainability CouncilShortlisted, Thinkers50 Ideas into Practice Award (2023)

Lynn Perry Wooten

Lynn Perry Wooten

President, Simmons UniversityCo-Author, The Prepared Leader and Arrive and ThriveNamed "Next Generation Business Thinker" by Financial Times

Zeynep Ton

Zeynep Ton

Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of ManagementAuthor of The Case for Good JobsWinner, Thinkers50 Talent Award 2023

Jenny Chatman

Jenny Chatman

Bank of America Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California, BerkeleyCo-Author, Making Organizational Culture GreatAcademy of Management Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award

Tova Friedman

Tova Friedman

One of the youngest living survivors of AuschwitzNew York Times bestselling author, The Daughter of AuschwitzHolocaust educator with more than 500,000 TikTok followers

Elizabeth Bramson

Elizabeth Bramson

CEO and Publisher, MIT Technology ReviewFormer Global Managing Director, Economist Corporate NetworkChair, MIT Enterprise Forum

Tom Malone

Tom Malone

Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of ManagementFounding Director, MIT Center for Collective IntelligenceAuthor, Superminds and The Future of Work

Gary Pisano

Gary Pisano

Harry E. Figgie Professor, Harvard Business SchoolAuthor, Creative ConstructionWinner, McKinsey Award and Clayton M. Christensen Prize

Henry Timms

Henry Timms

Chief Executive Officer, Brunswick GroupCo-Author, New PowerCo-Founder, #GivingTuesday

Elaine Lin Hering

Elaine Lin Hering

Author of Unlearning Silence, USA Today bestsellerFormer Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law SchoolThinkers50 Radar 2025, Top 30 Global Management Thinkers

Books

Books on Organizational Culture

Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs cover

Jenny Chatman

Making Organizational Culture Great: Moving Beyond Popular Beliefs

Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series) cover

Amy Gallo, Heidi K. Gardner

Overcoming Ageism (HBR Women at Work Series)

Making Real Connections (HBR Women at Work Series) cover

Amy Gallo, Amy Edmondson

Making Real Connections (HBR Women at Work Series)

Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work cover

Heidi K. Gardner

Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) cover

Amy Gallo

Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Virtual EI (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) cover

Mark Mortensen, Heidi K. Gardner, Amy Edmondson

Virtual EI (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback cover

Nigel Travis

The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback

Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos cover

Heidi K. Gardner

Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos

HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict cover

Amy Gallo

HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict

Keynotes

Conversations on Organizational Culture

Ranjay Gulati

How Great Leaders Energize Their Organizations | Ranjay Gulati | TEDxBabsonCollege

  1. Ranjay GulatiHow Great Leaders Energize Their Organizations | Ranjay Gulati | TEDxBabsonCollege
  2. Jeremy HeimansNew Power | Jeremy Heimans | TEDxAmsterdam
  3. Manfred Kets de VriesFrom hero to zero - when leaders turn bad: Manfred Kets de Vries at TEDxAmsterdam
  4. Gianpiero PetriglieriOrganizational Culture with Gianpiero Petriglieri - Nordic Business Forum 2025
  5. Heidi BrooksLeadership & Moments that Shape Who We Become | Heidi Brooks
  6. Heidi K. GardnerHLS Library Book Talk | Smart Collaboration
  7. Hal GregersenHal Gregersen at the SAP Executive Summit
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