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CultureCon® believes that every individual, regardless of role, has the power to make work more meaningful for themselves and their organization. CultureCon® creates experiences and curate meaningful connections that empower individuals to become cultural change agents. You can join our our community of Culture Geeks and support the movement toward more uplifting, fulfilling, and healthier workplaces.

🎤 CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement 🎤We’re excited to welcom back Stephen Jolley, Director of Demand Generation at Mo...
06/24/2026

🎤 CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement 🎤

We’re excited to welcom back Stephen Jolley, Director of Demand Generation at Motivosity, as a speaker at CultureCon 2026!

His session is titled: “What’s My Enneagram?”

In this engaging and practical session, Stephen Jolley explores how personality and motivation influence the way we communicate, collaborate, lead, and recognize others. Drawing on his own experience and insights from the Enneagram framework, Stephen will help attendees better understand what drives them and the people around them.

Attendees will also explore how tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini can help uncover motivation styles, improve communication, and make recognition more meaningful and effective.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:
✅ Identify your own Enneagram tendencies and understand how different personality types are motivated.
✅ Adapt feedback, appreciation, and communication styles to better connect with others.
✅ Use AI tools to generate insights, reflection prompts, and practical strategies for understanding your team.

About the Speaker:
Stephen Jolley is Director of Demand Generation at Motivosity, where he helps organizations build stronger cultures through connection, recognition, and engagement. Passionate about understanding human motivation, Stephen translates complex ideas into practical strategies that improve both employee experience and organizational performance. When he is not exploring marketing, culture, or AI, he can often be found enjoying the mountains of Utah with his wife and three children.

🌟 CultureCon 2026
📅 August 4 to 6
📍 Madison, Wisconsin & Virtual

To learn more about Stephen and his presentation, visit: www.cultureconusa.org/stephen-jolley





🎧 New Podcast: Leaders Need To Be LedIn this episode, CEO Heather Haas and leadership consultant Brian BJ McKay of ADVIS...
06/23/2026

🎧 New Podcast: Leaders Need To Be Led

In this episode, CEO Heather Haas and leadership consultant Brian BJ McKay of ADVISA are joined by John D’addario , CEO of D’Addario & Company, Inc., for a conversation about leadership transition, culture clarity, and the value of outside perspective.

Listen Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-culturecon-podcast/id1826574869

🎤 CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement 🎤We’re excited to welcome back Emily Mabie, Senior AI Automation Engineer for HR/...
06/22/2026

🎤 CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement 🎤

We’re excited to welcome back Emily Mabie, Senior AI Automation Engineer for HR/People at Zapier, as a speaker at CultureCon 2026!

Her session is titled: “Making Time for the Human: Lightening the Load with Simplification, Automation, and AI”

People leaders today are being asked to do more than ever before.
More coaching. More communication. More change management. More problem solving. Often with less time and fewer resources.

In this interactive session, Emily Mabie will share a practical framework for reclaiming capacity through simplification, automation, and adaptive delegation. Rather than focusing on AI tools alone, she will explore the mindsets and behaviors that help leaders create clarity, reduce reactivity, and make more time for the work only humans can do.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:
✅ Audit and forecast your time using AI supported planning tools.
✅ Apply an adaptive delegation framework that balances autonomy and support.
✅ Clarify team priorities using structured reflection and intelligent search tools.
✅ Reclaim capacity for strategic work and human centered leadership.

About the Speaker:
Emily Mabie is a Senior AI Automation Engineer for HR/People at Zapier, where she develops future ready programs that help leaders thrive in increasingly automated workplaces. With experience spanning education, product enablement, and AI powered learning strategy, Emily creates systems that scale human connection rather than replace it. Her work helps managers reduce burnout, coach more effectively, and lead with greater clarity through practical and actionable approaches to automation and leadership development.

🌟 CultureCon 2026
📅 August 4 to 6
📍 Madison, Wisconsin & Virtual

06/18/2026

💡 Your People Drive Your Results

At CultureCon West in Las Vegas we sat down with Kashonda Geiger who shared: Your people are not separate from your success. They are the reason for it.

The strongest leaders know culture is not a side conversation. It shapes results.

Get feedback from your people, listen closely, and take action. That is where stronger culture and better outcomes begin.

We hope to see you this fall at CultureCon West 2026: https://www.cultureconusa.org/culturecon-west-2026

🎤CultureCon 2026 Speaker AnnouncementWe’re excited to welcome back Latesha Byrd, CEO of Perfeqta, as a speaker at Cultur...
06/17/2026

🎤CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement

We’re excited to welcome back Latesha Byrd, CEO of Perfeqta, as a speaker at CultureCon 2026!

Her session is titled: “Five Ways People Teams Are Amplifying Their Impact with AI”

AI is rapidly reshaping People Operations. But with so much noise surrounding AI, many HR and People leaders are left asking the same question:

Where should we actually start?

In this practical and forward looking session, Latesha Byrd cuts through the hype and highlights five real world ways People teams are already using AI to increase their impact, streamline operations, and create more space for meaningful, human centered work.

Rather than focusing on theory, this session is designed to help attendees confidently integrate AI into their people practices and position their teams as strategic drivers of organizational change.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:
- Identify high impact opportunities for AI within People Operations today.
- Apply five practical strategies to amplify your team’s impact while maintaining a human centered approach.
- Lead informed conversations about AI adoption and organizational transformation.

For more information about Latesha and her presentation, visit: www.cultureconusa.org/latesha-byrd

🎧 New Podcast: Pausing for Empathy and EquityLive from CultureCon, Jasmine Bellamy sits down with Bryetta Calloway for a...
06/16/2026

🎧 New Podcast: Pausing for Empathy and Equity

Live from CultureCon, Jasmine Bellamy sits down with Bryetta Calloway for a powerful conversation about meritocracy, marginalization, and the invisible barriers that keep people on the fringes at work. Bryetta unpacks how leaders can confuse sameness with safety, why inclusion has to come before diversity and equity efforts can truly work, and how workplace harm does not stay neatly contained inside the office.

Listen to the full episode on The CultureCon Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-from-culturecon-pausing-for-empathy-and-equity/id1826574869?i=1000772938841

06/15/2026

💡AI today is the worst you’ll ever see.

At CultureCon’s AI Summit, Julie Williamson of Karrikins Group made a point that completely reframes how leaders should think about AI:

The problem isn’t the technology.
The problem is whether people are willing to actually use it.

Because the AI you’re using today?
It’s the worst AI you’ll ever use again.

It’s improving every single day at an almost unimaginable pace.

That’s why leaders can’t afford to sit on the sidelines waiting for “perfect.” The real learning happens when people get their hands on the keyboard and start experimenting.

Grab a ticket to our AI Summit 2027: https://www.cultureconusa.org/ai-summit-2027

06/12/2026

💡 AI Solutions: Solve Business Problems, Not Just New Tech

At CultureCon’s AI Summit, Katie Grillaert of Assessed Intelligence shared one of the most grounded takes on AI adoption:

Don’t start with the latest AI model.
Start with your actual business problem.

Where are the bottlenecks?
What processes are broken?
What would genuinely improve the business?

Sometimes the answer is AI.
Sometimes the answer is a conversation with the person in the next department.

The organizations getting AI right aren’t chasing hype. They’re focused on solving real problems intentionally.

Grab your early bird tickets to AI Summit 2027: https://www.cultureconusa.org/ai-summit-2027

CultureCon 2026 Speaker AnnouncementWe’re excited to welcome Dr. Kyle Elliot as a speaker at CultureCon 2026!His session...
06/12/2026

CultureCon 2026 Speaker Announcement

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Kyle Elliot as a speaker at CultureCon 2026!

His session is titled: “From Burnout to Boundaries: Protecting Your Peace as a Workplace Culture Leader”

Culture leaders are often the ones holding space for everyone else.
They guide change. Support teams. Navigate conflict. Carry emotional weight. And yet the people responsible for sustaining culture are often the most vulnerable to burnout.

In this highly interactive workshop, Dr. Elliott will help attendees rethink what well being actually means in high responsibility roles. Through guided exercises, peer dialogue, and practical reflection, participants will explore how professional identity shapes boundaries and learn how to protect their energy without sacrificing their impact.

In this session, you’ll explore how to:
- Challenge common myths about productivity, availability, and leadership that contribute to burnout.
- Define boundaries that support greater focus, resilience, and effectiveness.
-A pply practical, trauma informed tools to protect energy and navigate high pressure environments.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Kyle Elliott is an executive coach who helps leaders navigate major career transitions and demanding professional environments with clarity and confidence. Known for his trauma informed approach, he supports senior managers and executives in building fulfilling careers while protecting their well being and sense of purpose. His clients have landed roles at organizations including Meta, Amazon, and Google, and his work blends psychological insight with practical strategies for thriving in today’s workplace.

CultureCon 2026
- August 4 to 6
- Madison, Wisconsin & Virtual

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