Full Event Schedule
Tuesday, April 6
Culturati House
April 6, 2021
Culturati House, a virtual community for corporate culture leaders, is the place where registrants must go each day to enter the Culturati Summit 2021. On Tuesday, March 30th, summit registrants will be sent an invitation via email with a link to log into Culturati House and set up a personal profile.
Once inside Culturati House, attendees will be able to connect with other attendees, access content, visit the bookstore & sponsor booths and add to the Culturati Summit community mural board. Culturati House is open to Culturati Summit registrants 24/7.
On April 6, 7 & 8, all registrants will be able to enter the 2021 Culturati Summit after logging into Culturati House and clicking this image.
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Welcome & Opening Keynote: Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace
April 6, 2021 10am
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- Arianna Huffington
Founder, The Huffington Post / Founder & CEO, Thrive, Author
- Moderator: Dr. Steven Tomlinson
Associate Professor of Leadership, Seminary of the Southwest in Austin
- Description:
- The pandemic has exposed and heightened employee vulnerability to stressors that inhibit productivity and happiness. According to the CDC, over 40% of Americans...
Building Innovative and Authentic Cultures During Turbulent Times
April 6, 2021 10:50am
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- Wendy Nice Barnes, Chief People Officer, Gitlab
- Jacqui Canney, Global Chief People Officer, WPP
- Jignasha Amin Grooms, Chief Human Resources Officer, Epicor
- Moderator: Margo Downs, Former Chief People Officer at Stitch Fix and lululemon
- Description:
- Learn from four of the leading Chief People Officers in the world as they address burning employee issues in the workplace.
Take-Aways:
• Actions that people leaders can take to have an authentic, thriving culture?
•...
Innovators Talk: Empowering Workforces to be Well and Productive
April 6, 2021 11:30am
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Joshua Templeton, Chief Growth Officer, Aduro
- Brad Lande-Shannon, Chief Marketing Officer, Spring Health
- Jennifer Sargent, Chief Commercial Officer, Vera Whole Health
- Moderator: Matthew Duncan, Strategic Advisor, Culturati
Take-Aways
- Technology can scale health and well-being resources
- Investments in employee well-being, resilience and care increases work productivity
- Personalized care and well-being can optimize the experience and outcomes
Leading With Mental Health: Strategies to Address the 2nd Pandemic at Work
April 6, 2021 12:30pm
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- Jen Porter
COO & Principal, Mind Share Partners
- Description:
- Using company case examples, this session explores concrete actions that leaders and managers can take to shift the culture of mental health at work. We provide a strategy framework and discuss how reversing stigma can unlock positive outcomes.
- Take-Aways
- • Mental health is not a benefit. Rather, mental health should be a strategic priority that will unlock a powerful culture.
- • Leaders need to share their story and lead with vulnerability to reduce the stigma and lower the barriers for people to talk about mental health.
- • Telling people to “take care of yourselves” is not sufficient....
Closing Keynote & Remarks: Community Driven Business
April 6, 2021 1:10pm
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- Morgan DeBaun
- Founder & CEO, Blavity
- Moderator: Emily Ramshaw
- Co-Founder & CEO, The 19th
- Session Description:
- Building a community from scratch that drives revenue and growth, creating a successful business. How cultivating culture internally and with customers can ensure a successful business.
- Take-Aways
- Want diversity? It’s simple. Add more chairs to the table.
- Build more diverse companies from the start. This will give you the competitive advantage to crush your competitors.
- Trust your convictions, not others’ assumptions. DEI isn’t a niche market - the...
Wednesday, April 7
Culturati House
April 7, 2021
Culturati House, a virtual community for corporate culture leaders, is the place where registrants must go each day to enter the Culturati Summit 2021. On Tuesday, March 30th, summit registrants will be sent an invitation via email with a link to log into Culturati House and set up a personal profile.
Once inside Culturati House, attendees will be able to connect with other attendees, access content, visit the bookstore & sponsor booths and add to the Culturati Summit community mural board. Culturati House is open to Culturati Summit registrants 24/7.
On April 6, 7 & 8, all registrants will be able to enter the 2021 Culturati Summit after logging into Culturati House and clicking this image.
Emcee
- Savannah Barker
- VP of Leadership Development, Notley
Savannah is a strategist and community builder passionate about helping social impact organizations and entrepreneurs scale their work. She is currently the Vice President of Leadership Development at Notley, where she works across multiple initiatives in a program management and strategic services capacity. She helped to relaunch and rebrand Beam (formerly Women@Austin), an organization dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs scale their companies, and currently oversees NotleyEDU, a digital learning platform that brings entrepreneurial business practices to the nonprofit community, and the Notley Fellowship, a two-year program the empowers young business and technology professionals to make an impact in their communities. Savannah also serves on the Board of Directors of the Young Women’s Alliance and GoodPolitics, and is a freelance writer who has been featured in Quartz, PopSugar and NowThis News. A native Californian and University of Southern California alum, Savannah...
Welcome & Opening Keynote: A Business Case for Diversity
April 7, 2021 10am
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- Tristan J Walker
Founder & CEO, Walker & Company Brands
- Co-Moderators:
- Janice Omadeke, CEO, The Mentor Method & 2021 Co-Chair, Culturati
- Albert Swantner, Co-Founder & CTO, Mobile Tech RX & 2021 Co-Chair, Culturati
- Take-Aways:
- • Values cement culture
- • Scale empathy across your organization
- • Understand how to serve consumers of color, or vanish
Surviving (and Thriving) as an Entrepreneur or Manager in a Post Pandemic World
April 7, 2021 10:50am
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Michael Smerklo
Entrepreneur, Investor and Author of Mr. Monkey & Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs
- Moderator: Dr. David Altounian
Associate Dean of Academic Programs and MBA Program Director, St. Edward's University
- Session Description:
- It’s a challenging business climate brought on by the pandemic, one in which managers and leaders need to survive and thrive in order to lead and execute successfully. In this Fireside Chat, business leader, mentor, and venture capitalist Mike Smerklo will discuss his broad range of...
The Rise of the Ensemble Hero
April 7, 2021 11:30am
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- Dr. Jeremy Hunter
Founding Director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute & Associate Professor of Practice, Peter F Drucker Graduate School of Management
- Moderator: Lori Knowlton
Advisor, Mentor, Board Member
- Session Description:
A fireside chat reflecting on the events of the last year and considering the future as a journey of heroes. Using Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey as a framework, we discuss global challenges faced by leaders, team members, families and communities and consider new agreements that may follow this transformative...
From Program to Process: Designing Equitable Organizations & Products
April 7, 2021 12:30pm
Aubrey Blanche
Designer of Equitable Orgs & Products, Culture Amp
- Session Description:
How many organizations, processes, and products are poorly designed or produce real-world harm because the right voices weren't let into the room where the building...happens? How much money has been spent on “diversity & inclusion” while companies remain homogenous and underrepresented employees struggle to thrive?
Funding external partnerships and PR don’t address daily microaggressions underrepresented employees face, while unconscious bias training has been shown to potentially increase bias in the workplace. An almost singular focus on women...
Closing Keynote & Remarks: The Lead from Anywhere Phenomenon
April 7, 2021 1:10pm
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- Mark McClain
CEO & Co-Founder, Sailpoint & Author of Joy & Success at Work
- Moderator: Eugene Sepulveda
Co-Founder & CEO, Culturati
- Session Description:
- You can't fake a good company culture—it’s either firmly engrained in the company from the start (and from the top down), or it’s not. And that becomes evident as soon as that culture and team is put to the test, as we’ve all been during this pandemic year. But...
Thursday, April 8
Culturati House
April 8, 2021
Culturati House, a virtual community for corporate culture leaders, is the place where registrants must go each day to enter the Culturati Summit 2021. On Tuesday, March 30th, summit registrants will be sent an invitation via email with a link to log into Culturati House and set up a personal profile.
Once inside Culturati House, attendees will be able to connect with other attendees, access content, visit the bookstore & sponsor booths and add to the Culturati Summit community mural board. Culturati House is open to Culturati Summit registrants 24/7.
On April 6, 7 & 8, all registrants will be able to enter the 2021 Culturati Summit after logging into Culturati House and clicking this image.
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Welcome & Opening Keynote: Shellye Archambeau
April 8, 2021 10am
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- Shellye Archambeau
Fortune 500 Board Member /Former CEO of MetricStream
- Moderator : Nicole Brennig
Partner, DLA Piper
Description:
- “Shellye's life story, and the lessons it carries, are powerful examples of focus and ambition that can shape your life for the better.” —...
After the Business Case – Fostering a Board Culture of Inclusion and Equity
April 8, 2021 10:50am
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- Marcel Bucsescu, Director of Credentialing and Strategic Content, NACD
- Bill Bock, Independent Board Director; Silicon Labs, SailPoint, and SolarWinds
- Matrice Ellis-Kirk, Senior Member, Board Recruiting and Chief Executive Officers Practices, RSR Partners
Description:
- The business case for diverse and inclusive boards of directors has been made. Pressure from investors, legislators and the public has only increased. Boards will need to respond differently than they have in the past. The question is how boards should approach board diversity and inclusion to most effectively engage new diverse board talent and to realize the full opportunity that diversity...
Diversity as a Superpower
April 8, 2021 11:30am
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- Maria Yap
Vice President of Digital Imaging, Adobe
- Moderator: Lisa Mae Brunson
Wonder Woman Tech
- Session Description:
- Being different can be empowering. Every one of us is unique and different from the next person; isn't that diversity what makes us human? Hear how Maria Yap, Vice President of Digital imaging at Adobe, overcame huge odds when she started her career. As a woman minority with a Bachelor’s degree in Design – not the expected Master’s degree or PhD in a technical field – she seems an unlikely lead of a predominantly male engineering team. But without Maria, the team might have been too narrowly focused...
A Monumental Year: Reflections on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s Role in Internal Corporate Structures and Social Justice
April 8, 2021 12:30pm
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- Caroline Wanga, CEO, Essence Communications
- Kimberly Strong, Founder of Strong Connexion, Former VP of Diversity & Inclusion, Target
- Cotter Cunningham, Founder & Former CEO, RetailMeNot
- Moderator: Janice Omadeke, CEO, The Mentor Method & 2021 Co-Chair, Culturati
- Session Description:
- Almost a year ago, the US began a nationwide shutdown due to...
Closing Keynote & Remarks: Making Your Company a Community is the New Business Imperative
April 8, 2021 1:10pm
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- Desiree Motamedi
Sr. Global Marketing Director, Workplace at Facebook
- Moderator: Matthew Duncan
- Culturati Steering Committee and Employee Experience Advocate
Description: In the new world of hybrid work, we need strategies that put people at the heart of our businesses. Join Desiree Motamedi, Sr. Director of Global Marketing - Workplace from Facebook, and Matthew Duncan, Culturati, for a conversation about the value of focusing on community, health and wellbeing in the (often remote) workplace.
- Take-Aways
- • Community and culture needs to happen in the flow of work - doing it better, more connected
- • Communities are a...