PSYCH SAFETY DAY

Jason Eisner is the co-founder of Aristotle Performance and the host of Psych Safety Day. He works with organizations worldwide to put psychological safety into practice, helping leaders build trust, unlock performance, and fuel innovation.

Joanna Miller is a coach, facilitator, and experience designer who creates learning experiences that spark connection and transformation. Formerly the Head of Learning & Development at Asana and a leader at Levi’s, she now partners with companies like Slack, Adobe, and Discord to design human-centered leadership and culture programs.

Romy Alexandra is a learning experience designer and facilitator on a mission to humanize workplaces and learning spaces. With over 15 years of international experience across 85 countries, Romy helps organizations cultivate cultures of high performance, psychological safety, and experiential learning. 

Elizabeth Solomon helps leaders and entrepreneurs align strategy with intuition to create trust-based, high-performing cultures. With dual Master’s degrees in Organizational Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy and certification from Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence program, she brings over a decade of experience shaping leadership and culture change worldwide.

Chad Littlefield is the co-founder and Chief Experience Officer of We and Me (www.weand.me)—an organization whose mission is to help leaders, educators, and events make connection easy. Forbes calls Chad a “global expert on asking questions that build team trust and connection.” He is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and creator of the Connection Toolkit™, which is now being used to create conversations that matter on campuses and companies in over 80 countries around the world.

Scott Shigeoka is an internationally recognized curiosity expert, TED speaker, and the award-winning author of Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World. His work focuses on how we can strengthen our well-being and relationships, including as a Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and as the Head of Curiosity Cultivation at the Eames Institute. He is also a playwright and artist.

Dr. Marcia Goddard is a neuroscientist and psychologist who specializes in translating brain-behavior science into practical strategies that boost performance and team dynamics in high-stakes environments. As the founder of Brain Matters, she works with organizations to diagnose cultural barriers and design evidence-based interventions that drive high performance.

Dr. Connie Hadley is an organizational psychologist and founder of the Institute for Life at Work. She is a research professor at Boston University and a former McKinsey consultant, known for her work on team dynamics, workplace loneliness, and the future of work.

Marina Capizzi is a management and organizational development consultant, executive coach, and author who has worked with CEOs and top teams across Europe. A partner at PRIMATE, she draws on neuroscience and innovative approaches like Agile, Teal, and Holocracy to help organizations evolve their culture, people, and structures.

Francisca Di Domenico is an international consultant, coach, and speaker known as a “relational architect.” She helps leaders and organizations design cultures of purpose, connection, and collaboration that foster both well-being and performance.

Marilyn Zakhour is the CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs, a flexible work consultancy that helps leaders implement new ways of working to improve collaboration, agility, performance, and happiness. She brings the agility of startups to large corporations, drawing on her experience as CMO of EMAAR, Head of Dubai Opera, and a decade in the startup world.

Dr. Anita Polite-Wilson is the Founder & CEO of Dr. Anita Enterprises, Inc. and a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders on building cultures of resilience, inclusion, and belonging. With over 20 years of experience, she helps organizations move beyond “check-the-box” initiatives to create authentic cultural change that improves collaboration and workforce sustainability.

Baha is a global leadership expert, Fulbright scholar, and author dedicated to building collaborative work cultures. He was one of the first employees of Facebook in Europe and has delivered training and talks in 28 countries across five continents. Fluent in four languages, Baha brings a truly international perspective to organizational leadership. His latest book, Creating Psychological Safety at Work (2024), was praised by Daniel Pink as “a timely book filled with fascinating case studies, robust research, and practical tools for driving change.”

Jennifer Cohen is a globally recognized leadership and organizational coach with over 30 years of experience helping executives thrive amid uncertainty and change. Her multidisciplinary approach integrates neuroscience, somatics, systems thinking, and psychology to create transformative learning experiences. Jen has designed and led programs for Harvard Business School, the Next Practice Institute, and Mobius Executive Leadership, and has coached leaders from organizations including Pfizer, BCG, Nike, Microsoft, and MIT. She is co-author of The 7 Laws of Enough and is known for bringing depth, presence, and humanity to the practice of leadership.

Jeff Harry helps individuals and organizations tap into their true selves and rediscover joy at work — all through the power of play. He’s worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, and more, showing teams how to use play to solve real workplace challenges.

An international speaker featured at INBOUND, SXSW, SHRM, and Pausefest, Jeff was named one of Engagedly’s Top 100 HR Influencers for his work addressing workplace toxicity. His insights have appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Mashable, and Wired. Jeff believes that when we drop the “serious grown-up” act and embrace our inner nerdy genius, we unlock the creativity and purpose needed to change the world.

Neil Pretty is the CEO of Aristotle Performance and author of the forthcoming Leading Beyond Fear, a field guide for leaders building psychological safety and high-performing cultures. A seasoned entrepreneur and sought-after speaker, he combines hard-won leadership experience with research-driven insights to deliver practical, inspiring guidance.

Ray Belton is a Senior Staff Analyst in the Office of Talent & Organizational Development for the City of Houston. Known as the “Culture Mechanic,” he draws on nearly two decades of leadership experience to create workplaces where people can thrive through values-driven decisions and a belief in the power of human potential.

Sara Lee San Jose is the Head of Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Prudential Assurance in Singapore. With a background spanning law and organizational psychology, she applies evidence-based practices to help leaders and teams build inclusive, high-performing, and future-ready workplaces.

Dr. Taylor Mauriello is an award-winning researcher, leadership strategist, and TEDx speaker recognized globally for her expertise in psychological safety, high-performance teams, and organizational transformation. She has guided change for leading institutions including Microsoft, Cisco, Merck, and Yale Medical School.

Eric Lundgren is Vice President of Global Operations at Blumont, overseeing technical, programmatic, and data analytics teams at HQ along with 1,200 staff worldwide. With more than 25 years of experience leading complex international development programs funded by MCC, World Bank, and USAID, he previously held senior roles at Social Impact, IMPAQ International, and Africare.

Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School and the world’s leading expert on psychological safety. She is the bestselling author of The Fearless Organization and Right Kind of Wrong, and was named the #1 management thinker by Thinkers50.

Sander Hoeken is the CEO of The Fearless Organization Scan, where he brings psychological safety research into a practical, research-based assessment tool. The Fearless Scan empowers organizations worldwide to measure and improve communication, risk-taking, and inclusion.

Joanna Miller is a coach, facilitator, and experience designer who creates learning experiences that spark connection and transformation. Formerly the Head of Learning & Development at Asana and a leader at Levi’s, she now partners with companies like Slack, Adobe, and Discord to design human-centered leadership and culture programs.