Arthur Woods

Co-Founder, Imperative

Washington, D.C.

Arthur Woods is an entrepreneur, speaker and writer on the future of work in The Purpose Economy. He is the co-founder of Imperative, the first professional platform for people find and manage purpose at work. Before co-founding Imperative, Arthur led operations for YouTube EDU at Google where he oversaw operations of YouTube for Schools. He later managed the development of YouTube’s first guide for education and co-organized YouTube’s inaugural Education Summit. He previously co-founded the Compass Fellowship, a social enterprise training program in over 18 universities worldwide.

Arthur studied Operations and Information Management at Georgetown University and Project Management at Stanford University. His efforts have been featured in Fast Company, Huffington Post, Washington Post and ABC7’s Washington Business Tonight. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and sits on the Boards of the Sierra Institute, Georgetown Technology Alliance and Compass Partners.