There is only one sustainable competitive advantage in business today—company culture—and Josh Levine is on a mission to help organizations harness its power. His book, Great Mondays: How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love, presents the tools business leaders need to understand, design, and manage their own culture. As one of America’s leading voices championing culture as a business tool, Josh’s unique and energetic keynotes challenge audiences and organizations to embrace new ways of working to improve employees’ lives and companies’ bottom lines.

Josh leads Great Mondays, LLC, a culture design consultancy that partners with ambitious technology leaders ready to improve engagement, decrease turnover, and outperform competitors. For nearly two decades, he has helped build culture-driven brands for Silicon Valley heavy hitters, prominent nonprofits, and well-respected blue chip corporations like PagerDuty, IBM, the DC Public Library, UCSF Health, and Microsoft.

He has written for Forbes.com and Fast Company and has appeared on APM’s Marketplace as well as many business and leadership podcasts. BookAuthority listed his book Great Mondays as one of the best culture books of all time. Josh travels internationally for events and offers virtual keynotes, training, and workshops. He’s spoken at leading institutions and venues, including Stanford, Toyota, Humana, and SXSW. He is Adjunct Faculty at the California College of the Arts Design MBA program, where he teaches brand strategy and organizational culture. He was a founder of the international nonprofit culture LabX.

Josh holds a BS in Engineering Psychology from Tufts University and a BFA in design from the Academy of Art University. He lives in Portland with his wife, three children, and one dog.

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  • Not the personal computer. Not the internet. Not even email. Nothing has disrupted business with the same speed and scale as artificial intelligence. AI will shape your company’s future; the only question is whether you will be the architect or the artifact.

    In this talk, company culture expert Josh Levine equips executives with a four-part culture framework to build AI-ready teams and a future-proof culture. You’ll learn how to develop a clear AI point of view, drive engagement in non-stop change, and turn employees into AI adoption advocates so you can turn uncertainty into clarity and change into opportunity.

    Josh will share how to:

    • See your future first: Define your vision before the future defines you

    • Decide what you can and can’t E.A.T.: What AI practices will and won’t be encouraged, acceptable, or tolerated

    • Get down to de-risky business: Determine your level of exposure comfort

    • Why shy won’t fly when it comes to AI: Over-communicate in times of uncertainty 

    If you are ready to harness AI to create unprecedented value, you need to future-proof your organizational culture first—starting today.

  • In an era of rapid technological breakthroughs and constantly shifting processes, waves of sea change are battering business. Monthly dictates are replacing 18-month strategies, reorgs are always on the horizon, and executives ask interns for AI advice. So, how can leaders plan when change is constant? 

    To succeed, teams will need to be more resilient, innovative, and responsive. Join author, educator, and culture expert Josh Levine in exploring how to build high-trust teams so you can thrive in a world of constant change. Drawing on lessons from leading tech companies that thrive amid disruption, he reveals critical behaviors and structures that help teams stay the course—even in unpredictable environments 

    In this talk, audiences will learn (or Josh will share):

    • Why trust—not AI—will be the deciding factor in tomorrow’s most successful organizations

    • How to build resilience into your culture, so your teams can navigate change with confidence

    • The new leadership skillset required to build high-trust, high-performance teams in an AI-driven workplace

    We can’t control the future, but we can create teams with the resilience and strength to face it.

  • Although the workplace has evolved, many organizations still use outdated strategies to foster engagement and collaboration. Mandating in-office attendance will not rebuild culture, and neither will another virtual happy hour. So, what will work?

    Culture expert, author, and educator Josh Levine reveals what’s driving trust, connection, and innovation today in teams from start-ups to blue-chips—and where even top-performing organizations still struggle. Based on years of experience partnering with tech executives, Josh shares how forward-thinking leaders adapt to shifting workplace dynamics using emerging tools and insights.

    Backed by proven strategies, this workshop offers actionable ideas to keep your teams connected, inspired, and prepared for the future. Whether refining established practices or seeking new approaches, this is your opportunity to learn from leading organizations' successes and missteps when building high-performing teams. 

    Attendees will learn:

    • Why RTO mandates don’t solve productivity problems—and what actually drives engagement and innovation

    • The three tools every leader needs for fostering trust, relationships, and innovation 

    • What role culture plays in integrating and managing AI, and how to ensure it strengthens team dynamics

  • Looking for an engaging alternative to a traditional keynote? Culture expert and podcast host Josh Levine brings his signature interview style to your event stage—leading a dynamic, unscripted conversation with your executives, HR leaders, or industry experts. One-on-one or a panel of up to three, they’ll tackle pressing workplace challenges, culture shifts, or leadership insights, creating a high-energy, thought-provoking session. This interactive experience can also be recorded for company-wide or members-only access, ensuring the conversation sparks ongoing dialogue long after the event ends.

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