Culture Design: Defining Purpose | San Francisco
About this event
Zappos’ CEO Tony Hsieh founded Delivering Happiness (DH) as a grand experiment to bring more authentic happiness to the workplace. DH has grown into a cutting-edge culture architecture firm that partners with startups, large organizations and governments across the globe to create flourishing, sustainable cultures.
About the Speakers
Niki Lustig, Learning + Org Development, Twitter
Passionate about helping managers to lead teams and teams to become more effective, Niki relocated to San Francisco in 2012 to help build the Learning + Organizational Development team at Twitter. Niki leads management development at Twitter and consults internally to design and facilitate custom learning experiences for managers and teams. She leverages the principles of the Twitter platform (public, real-time, conversational, distributed) when designing any learning experience for employees. Among the many workshops Niki has designed, one of her favorites centers around helping teams clarify and define their purpose for existence. Prior to Twitter, Niki helped start up the Learning + Organization Development functions at two Los Angeles based companies: Activision Blizzard and Adconion Media Group. Her work included building and facilitating professional, management, and sales curriculum. Before pursuing her career in learning + development, Niki consulted for IBM Global Business Services. Specializing in learning technology, she designed and delivered training and support for large-scale data warehouse implementations. Follow her on Twitter @nikilustig “Can Higher Purpose Help Your Team Survive and Thrive?” Research shows it’s crucial to create purpose statements at different levels of the organization, not just at the top. Join Niki Lustig, Learning + Organizational Development at Twitter and a Delivering Happiness “Culture Champion,” along with Brad Wolfe, Culture Architect at Delivering Happiness, to help you craft your team’s purpose statement.
Brad Wolfe, Culture Architect, Delivering Happiness Brad Wolfe uses insights from the fields of positive psychology and creativity to drive change and spur innovation in organizations. Brad graduated with an M.A. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University and received his M.B.A. from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where he has served as coach/lecturer on the topics of creativity and innovation. He is a contributor to the Greater Good Science Center and is the author of Breakfast on Mars (Macmillan, 2014). Brad has held over 50 speaking engagements on the subject of subject of creativity, happiness, and meaning. As the Culture Architect at Delivering Happiness, Brad drives thought leadership, leads the development process for all workshops and culture coach-sulting materials, and hosts the original podcast Culture Champion Radio.
When he’s not Delivering Happiness, you might find him championing the Sunbeam Foundation for rare pediatric cancer research or on stage at the Fillmore with his band, Brad Wolfe and the Moon. Follow him @thebigbradwolfe.
Takeaways
In this interactive workshop you’ll learn:
How to define your team’s unique purpose
How to tie your teams’ objectives to the broader vision of the company
How to foster a sense of purpose within your team