Culturati Summit

Culturati Summit A community of CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and other C-Suite leaders who practice and study cultur Unpacking the future of workplace culture.

Culturati brings together the best minds in corporate culture to share playbooks and perspectives, learn, and discuss what it takes to build cultures that drive performance, help employees thrive, and contribute to our communities. The Entrepreneurs Foundation, along with our Knowledge Partners, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company, welcome you to our 2022 Virtual Summit. Building on the in-person Culturati Summit, an invitation-only event held April 3 & 4 in Austin, the open-invitation Virtual Summit on June 6 & 7 features recorded presentations from Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks; David Brooks, author and NYT's columnist; Andrea Alexander, Chief People Officer of Rent the Runway; Chris Hyams, CEO of Indeed; and more, plus additional content produced specifically for this event. The Virtual Summit focuses on tactical application. Our programming pillars are the pressures CEOs tell us they’re facing now, the context for our conversations. They are the Great Resignation, the Future of Work, and Civil Discourse. Through lines, including Social Capital; the CEO as Chief Communicator; Belonging in DE&I; and the Mental Health Crisis, bring fresh perspective and point to promising approaches to these challenges as well as emerging risks and opportunities. This is an interactive experience (through online, narrated chat) with live emcees. We look forward to seeing you soon! Many thanks to our Knowledge Partners, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company; underwriters: NI, DLA Piper, Indeed, JDI, NXP, and Atlassian; and sponsors: Google, SailPoint, Silicon Labs, Hagerty, Capital Factory, HEB, Total Men’s Health, and Remix Communications for making this event possible. Learn more about the in-person Cuturati 2.0 Summit here: https://www.culturatisummit2022.com/

Twenty-five years ago today, nearly 3,000 lives were lost in the September 11 attacks.We remember those who were killed,...
09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago today, nearly 3,000 lives were lost in the September 11 attacks.

We remember those who were killed, the families and communities forever changed, and the first responders and ordinary people who moved toward danger to help others.

A quarter century later, we honor the lives lost and the courage, service, and humanity shown in the hours and days that followed.

Everyone is rebuilding something: supply chains, org charts, entire theories of how work gets done.That rebuilding is br...
09/10/2026

Everyone is rebuilding something: supply chains, org charts, entire theories of how work gets done.

That rebuilding is bringing a deeper question into focus: who gets to shape the work? Agency keeps surfacing in nearly every conversation. As AI and autonomous agents absorb more ex*****on, the opportunity lies in creating more room for people to direct the work, make the calls, imagine new models, and own the outcomes.

Inside this week’s On Culture:
→ Microsoft WorkLab: AI agents expand human agency when organizations support reinvention
→ Fortune: Human-agent fluency requires people to lead agents, not just use them
→ Bush Center: Democratic citizenship depends on agency, participation, and responsibility

Read the full issue → https://www.culturatisummit.com/post/on-culture-human-agency-as-critical-to-our-companies-as-to-our-democracy

09/09/2026

Inflection points can create momentum or drain it quickly.

At NXP Semiconductors, Chris Jensen and Dana Larsen think about leadership transitions, strategic shifts, and cultural change as “realization points” where progress depends heavily on what leaders do next.

Their takeaway is practical: find where progress has stalled, then make one clear leadership move to unblock it.

Watch the full Culturati breakout session On Demand: https://www.culturatisummit.com/culturati-on-demand?wix-vod-video-id=6b137b776be14e5bbb89bb0a7a083c8e&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-mnrtoro6

09/08/2026

Can humanity keep pace with the technologies we are building?

As AI and other emerging technologies accelerate, leaders are being asked to make consequential decisions amid uncertainty, competing incentives, and very different visions of the future.
On September 17, Brett Hurt and Rev. Steven Tomlinson, PhD bring two distinct perspectives to the questions surrounding human agency, fear, abundance, and the choices that will shape our technological future.

Join us for Culturati: LIVE. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999110601624?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/04/2026

When analysis becomes abundant, the premium shifts to judgment.

AI can produce sophisticated work faster than ever. The leadership advantage increasingly lies in knowing whether the output is right, recognizing what it missed, determining what matters most, and owning the consequences of the decision.

Alexis Stokes, Dean of The Bill Munday School of Business at St. Edward’s University, on what becomes more valuable as AI changes the work of analysis.

Watch the full Culturati: LIVE conversation, How Do We Develop Business Judgment for the Age of AI?: https://www.culturatisummit.com/culturati-on-demand?wix-vod-video-id=b1fb46bf0c6141d99e6aba06101ffec1&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-mgzhwgyt

This week’s On Culture is guest authored by Culturati member Brian Johnson, author of Areté and founder & CEO of Heroic....
09/03/2026

This week’s On Culture is guest authored by Culturati member Brian Johnson, author of Areté and founder & CEO of Heroic.

Brian builds on Eugene’s recent exploration of values with a practical distinction: values tell us what matters; virtues are the qualities we need to actually live those values. Wisdom, discipline, love, and courage become more than ideals when leaders practice them under pressure, in hard conversations, and in the daily choices that shape character.

Inside this week’s On Culture:
→ Greater Good Magazine: Character-based leadership strengthens trust, purpose, and performance
→ Harvard Business Review: Company values create value when aligned with behavior
→ Harvard Business Review: Meeting interruptions reveal whose ideas shape culture
→ Philosopher’s Notes: Areté as the practice of closing the intention-action gap

Read the full issue → https://www.culturatisummit.com/post/on-culture-virtues-how-they-relate-to-values

What happens when technological capability accelerates faster than our ability to decide what to do with it? Brett Hurt ...
09/03/2026

What happens when technological capability accelerates faster than our ability to decide what to do with it? Brett Hurt and Rev. Steven Tomlinson, PhD bring two distinct perspectives to that question, shaped by decades of experience across technology, entrepreneurship, economics, leadership, and human behavior.

Brett Hurt is a serial tech entrepreneur, investor, and USA TODAY best-selling author whose career includes founding Bazaarvoice, taking it public in a $1B IPO, founding Coremetrics, later acquired by IBM for $300M, and co-founding data.world, acquired by ServiceNow in 2025. His new book, Love Conquers Fear, explores the convergence of technology, consciousness, and human choice.
Rev. Steven Tomlinson, PhD is a Stanford-trained economist, professor, executive coach, playwright, and longtime advisor to Fortune 500 and startup leaders. He taught economics and finance at The University of Texas at Austin for 17 years and designed and directed its MBA professional development program.

On September 17, they’ll come together for a Culturati: LIVE conversation on fear, technology, abundance, and what it will take for humanity to keep pace with the tools we are building.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999110601624?aff=oddtdtcreator

Business judgment develops through experience, but experience alone isn't enough. Leaders need exposure to decisions bey...
09/02/2026

Business judgment develops through experience, but experience alone isn't enough. Leaders need exposure to decisions beyond their own function, guidance on what to pay attention to, and opportunities to make choices where the consequences are real but manageable.

In our recent Culturati: LIVE conversation, Kate Hogan described how that kind of apprenticeship shaped her own development at Hagerty. As organizations rethink leadership development for the age of AI, managers may have an increasingly important role as coaches and teachers in the flow of work.

Watch How Do We Develop Business Judgment for the Age of AI? On Demand: https://www.culturatisummit.com/culturati-on-demand?wix-vod-video-id=b1fb46bf0c6141d99e6aba06101ffec1&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-mgzhwgyt

AI conversations often default to two extremes: blind optimism or doom. In his new book, Love Conquers Fear, Brett Hurt ...
09/01/2026

AI conversations often default to two extremes: blind optimism or doom. In his new book, Love Conquers Fear, Brett Hurt offers a third path, arguing that the real frontier is human consciousness and choice.

Join Brett and Rev. Steven Tomlinson, PhD on September 17 for a Culturati: LIVE conversation on fear, technology, and what it will take to build a future rooted in abundance rather than scarcity.

REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999110601624?aff=oddtdtcreator

Brené Brown has asked 150 high-performing leaders to name their core values. Not one named more than two.The harder work...
08/28/2026

Brené Brown has asked 150 high-performing leaders to name their core values. Not one named more than two.

The harder work is turning those values into behavior. Stated values may guide motivation and decision-making, but they only become culture when leaders operationalize them: what gets rewarded, what gets corrected, what tradeoffs are made, and whether high performers are held accountable when their behavior violates the organization’s core.

Inside this week’s On Culture:
→ Dare to Lead: Brené Brown and Adam Grant on finding strong ground
→ Unlocking Us: Living values through observable, accountable behaviors
→ Behavioral Sciences: Human orientation as a driver of stronger performance
→ Asian Academic Research Journal: Values matter when management actions match words

Read the full issue → https://www.culturatisummit.com/post/on-culture-do-values-impact-performance

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