Adobe’s Stacy Martinet on Adaptive Leadership, Brand Trust, and Showing Up with Empathy
This week, Jessica sat down with Stacy Martinet, Chief Communications Officer at Adobe, a global leader in digital experiences and creativity tools. In this conversation, Stacy reflects on her career journey from journalism to marketing leadership at some of the world’s most influential companies. She shares how her early newsroom experiences shaped her communication style […]
Measure What Matters: Looking Beyond Engagement
Culture’s Role in Driving Results as the Speed of Change Quickems
Eventbrite’s Julia Hartz on Building Resilient Culture, Leading with Empathy, and Redefining Connection in a Post-Pandemic World
This week, Jessica sat down with Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventbrite, a global self-service ticketing and event technology platform. In this conversation, Julia opens up about her leadership journey over two decades of building Eventbrite through economic downturns, digital transformation, and the existential crisis of COVID-19. She reflects on her personal “why,” rooted […]
Alorica’s Max Schwendner & Mike Clifton on Co-CEO Unity, Curiosity-Driven Growth, and Leading with Decisiveness
This week, Jessica sat down with Max Schwendner and Mike Clifton, co-CEOs of Alorica, a global customer-experience company with 100,000+ employees. In this conversation, they unpack their shared “why”—helping people get better every day—and how a single “one CEO box” model drives decisiveness, accountability, and speed. They break down the operating cadence (small S-curves and […]
Change Management in Action: Inspiring Buy-In, Beliefs, & Behavior
Culture’s Role in Driving Results as the Speed of Change Quickems
How King Fahad Medical City Went from Blame Game to Breakthrough — Cutting ER TAT by 30 Minutes
King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), founded in 2005, is a flagship quaternary care hospital in Riyadh and a crown jewel of the Health Holding Company and the Ministry of Health. With nearly 9,000 employees, 1,200 beds, and over 800,000 patients served annually, KFMC provides advanced, specialized care in cardiac services, neurosciences, pediatrics, women’s health, and […]
Aflac’s Matthew Owenby on Hiring for Life, Leadership Legacy, and Prioritizing Customers in Crisis
This week, Jessica sat down with Matthew Owenby, Chief Strategy Officer at Aflac, an American insurance company and the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. In this conversation, Matthew shares his insights on leadership, family, and the mission of Aflac. He emphasizes the importance of having a purpose beyond oneself, the commitment […]
Powering Culture With AI: 3 Strategies to Accelerate Workplace Transformation
Culture’s Role in Driving Results as the Speed of Change Quickems
Humancore’s Mike Dolen on Leadership, Technology, and the Human Side of Change
This week, Jessica sat down with Mike Dolen, the founder and CEO of Humancore, an AI powered platform designed to help managers lead better in real time. Having spent his career at the intersection of people, science, and performance, Mike has seen a common pattern: we know what makes great leadership, but rarely embed it […]
Skillibrium’s Bart Fanelli on Truth, Accountability, and Objectivity in Leadership
This week, Jessica sat down with Bart Fanelli, founder of Skillibrium and a longtime operator with deep experience leading revenue teams inside high-growth companies. Bart is on a mission to bring skill back into the conversation—especially in leadership. In this episode, he shares how clarity, consistency, and accountability became the foundation of his approach to […]
The Leadership Playbook: Drive Results through Culture, Change & Performance
Culture’s Role in Driving Results as the Speed of Change Quickems
Kyndryl’s Victoria Pelletier on Navigating Change and Being Unstoppable
This week, Jessica sat down with Victoria Pelletier, a bold and boundary-breaking executive who became a Fortune 500 COO at just 24 and has been unstoppable ever since. Victoria leads transformation, change, and culture at scale. In this conversation, she shares how she balances clarity and conviction in complex matrixed organizations, how she helps clients […]