Speakers
Learn from some of the most innovative, thoughtful leaders of the 21st century
Featured Sessions
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Cults vs. Good Company [Ellen Huet]
Journalist & Feature Writer, Bloomberg
Learn about cults – and what good companies can glean from cult behaviors. Ellen, who broke the stories about WeWork and is now writing a book on the alleged sex cult OneTaste, will share her findings.
This unrecorded session offers a unique opportunity to learn from these extreme examples how to foster healthy organizational cultures.
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Coherence as a Strategic Capability [Gayle Karen Young Whyte]
Consultant, Cultivating Leadership; Former Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Wikimedia
Explore how coherence within an organization serves as a strategic and competitive advantage.
Attendees will learn practical ways to develop and experience coherence within their own organizations, improving both their work product and overall work experience.
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Questioning "Truths" [Roy Bahat]
Head of Bloomberg Beta, Lecturer at the Haas School of Business
Known for his real talk approach, Roy will share practical insights on culture, transparency, and success. Through a dynamic conversation with Marie Szuts, Roy will discuss how we might explode outdated concepts and rebuild more effective, inclusive workplaces that meets the needs of today's workforce.
2025 Speakers
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Robin P. Zander
Founder, Zander Media
Executive Director, Responsive Conference
Author, Responsive -
Vivienne Ming, PhD
Professional Mad Scientist,
Chief Scientist at Dionysus Digital Health & The Human Trust -
Andrea Robb
CEO and Founder, ARCx
Former VP of Talent, Autodesk
Former Director of Talent, AirBNB -
Sam Spurlin
Partner, The Ready
Co-host, At Work with The Ready -
Adam Rosendahl
Founder & CEO,
Late Nite Art -
Eldra Jackson III
Executive Director, Inside Circle
Strategic Partner, The Trium Group -
Shelby Wolpa
Founder, Shelby Wolpa Consulting
Former VP of People Operations at InVision, Instacart, OneMedical and Palantir -
Simone Stolzoff
Author, Good Enough Job
TED Speaker -
Neel Doshi
Co-founder & CPO
Vega Factor -
Doug Kirkpatrick
CEO at D'Artagnan Advisors
Co-Founder at Vibrancy
Author of The No-Limits Enterprise -
Ashley Whillians
Harvard Business School
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Bobby Podesta
Pixar Animation Studios
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Jamie Woolf
Co-Founder, Creativity Partners
Former Director of Culture and Learning, Pixar Animation Studios -
Christopher Bell
President, Creativity Partners
Formerly, Skydance Animation Studios
Praise For Responsive
Some of our previous Speakers
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Cat Bohannon
Author of the New York Times bestseller, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
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Carole Robin
Co-founder, Leaders in Tech
Founder of the infamous Stanford Graduate School of Business course ”Touchy Feely” -
Gayle Karen Young Whyte
Consultant, Cultivating Leadership
Former Chief Talent and Culture Officer, Wikimedia -
Abby Davisson
Former President, Gap Foundation
Author, Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions -
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Author, Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Program Director, 4 Day Week Global -
Roy Bahat
Head of Bloomberg Beta
Lecturer at the Haas School of Business -
Reema Batnagar
VP People
Pixar Animation Studios -
Rebecca Port, PhD
CHRO
10x Genomics -
Joe Bengfort
Chief Information Officer
UCSF -
Pamela Larde, PhD
Professor of Leadership at AU
Author, Joyfully Single -
Robin P. Zander
Founder, Zander Media
Executive Director, Responsive Conference
Author, Responsive -
Ellen Huet
Journalist & Feature Writer
Bloomberg -
Tara Viswanathan
Co-founder & CEO
Rupa Health -
Samara Jaffe
Co-founder & GM
Transform -
Whitnie Narcisse
Partner, First Round Capital
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Carine Kanimba
Human rights activist
Daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, "Hotel Rwanda." -
Y-Vonne Hutchinson
Founder & CEO
ReadySet -
Sally Thornton
CEO & Founder
Forshay -
Stephanie Tran
CEO
Relating Between the Lines -
Norman Tran
Co-founder
Relating Between the Lines -
Jenny Sauer-Klein
Founder + CEO
Scaling Intimacy School of Experience Design -
Michael Melcher
CEO, M2Leaders
Author, Your Invisible Network -
Mirit Cohen
Global Workplace Experience Programs
Adobe -
Nazli Parvizi
President
Museum of Food and Drink -
Gillian Shaw
Owner, Black Jet Bakery
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Deanna Doan
Co-founder and Enabling Partner, Eleccion
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Kelli Dragovich
Former 4x CHRO
Host of HR Heretics podcast -
Melanie Naranjo
VP of People,
Ethena -
Nolan Church
Co-founder and CEO at FairComp
Host at HR Heretics podcast -
Adam Rosendahl
Founder & CEO, Late Nite Art
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Marie Szuts
Executive Coach
Co-director, Responsive Conference
Former VP of People, Figma -
Tim Mooney
Founder & Principal Advisor
The Maonach Group -
Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky
Author, Friendship in the Age of Loneliness
Keynote speaker -
Sam Lozzi
Transformation Coach
Genentech -
Robby Peters
Co-Founder at SemperVirens Venture Capital
Co-Founder at PeopleTech Partners -
Marcus Sawyerr
Founder & CEO
EQ App -
Anna Binder
Chief People Officer
Asana -
Liz Fosslien
Best selling author of Big Feelings and No Hard Feelings
Head of Storytelling, Team Anywhere Atlassian -
Mollie West Duffy
Best selling author of Big Feelings and No Hard Feelings
Head of Learning & Development, Lattice -
Amani Martin
Peaceful Warrior Productions
Media and Partnerships, FC Barcelona -
Christie Horvath
Co-founder & CEO
Wagmo -
Kris Wright
Vice President, Jordan Footwear, Product & Merchandising at Nike
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Donald (DK) Knight
Group VP People & Culture
Warner Bros. Discovery -
AJ Thomas
General Partner
Good Trouble Ventures
