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Culture Leaders

What separates the world's most iconic organizations from everyone else? From hyper-growth tech companies to legendary professional sports franchises, the answer keeps coming back to culture.Culture Leaders, hosted by Justin Angsuwat, Chief People Officer at Culture Amp, is an executive-level operating manual for building high-performance organizations. Each episode goes behind the scenes with the visionary leaders who treat culture not as a perk or a talking point, but as a disciplined, core operating system.We sit down with people from brands like e.l.f. Beauty, Patagonia, and Canva to unpack the leadership milestones, hard-won lessons, and high-stakes decisions...

A bold disruptor with a kind heart: Lessons from e.l.f. Beauty on values-led performance at scale

34 mins; March 31, 2026

Bob Sutton on building a workplace with healthy friction and no assholes

65 hours 53 mins; January 27, 2025

Fresia Jackson & Justin Angsuwat on the trends impacting the world of work in 2025

43 mins; January 14, 2025

Esther Perel on the power of relationally intelligent leaders

76 hours 51 mins; December 17, 2024

Dr. Marcus Collins on why culture is a cheat code for success

55 mins; December 03, 2024

NBA Champion Shane Battier on why data and culture are the secret to success

57 mins; November 19, 2024

Amy Gallo's Guide to working with difficult people

61 hours 2 mins; November 05, 2024

Patagonia's Vincent Stanley on creating a purpose-driven work culture

52 mins; October 22, 2024

Isabel Berwick on professional growth in uncertain times

52 mins; October 08, 2024

Seth Godin on building a culture of impact

40 mins; September 24, 2024

How people science and people analytics are changing how we work with Amy Lavoie

38 mins; August 06, 2024

The Surprising Long Term Impact of Layoffs on Company Performance & Employee Experience.

31 mins; July 17, 2024

The Immediate Impact of Layoffs on Employee Experience & Company Performance.

46 mins; June 19, 2024

Modern Managers as Performance Coaches: Secrets from Nascar, Detroit Lions, and Ben Crowe live from SXSW 2024

69 hours 54 mins; June 05, 2024

Airbnb's Hospitality Expert: The conditions required to do the best work of your life with Chip Conley

13 mins; April 17, 2024

Your invite to hear from Esther Perel, Megan Rapinoe & Ben Crowe at Culture First Global 2024

5 mins; April 10, 2024

Should Activism Enter the Workplace? Insights from DeRay McKesson

13 mins; April 03, 2024

Scott Shigeoka: Activating your curiosity will change the world around you

93 hours 31 mins; March 27, 2024

World renowned trust expert: How do we access confidence during uncertainty with Rachel Botsman

15 mins; March 20, 2024

Viral Poet Cleo Wade: How to Foster Community in the Workplace

9 mins; March 13, 2024

Achieving Gender Equality: Insights from Future Women's Jamila Rizvi

6 mins; March 06, 2024

Culture First in 2024: Keeping you & your team ahead of the game

2 mins; March 05, 2024

The 7 trends that will define HR in 2024

15 mins; January 24, 2024

Damon Klotz with the one thing we all need to hear right now…

4 mins; December 20, 2023

Fresia Jackson shares the six behaviors that define a great manager

52 mins; December 06, 2023

Sarah Walsh on creating the conditions for high performance at the Matildas

63 hours 55 mins; November 22, 2023

Susan David on why work feels harder than ever and how understanding emotional agility will help.

87 hours 41 mins; November 08, 2023

Adam Bryant on how to know if you're ready to become a leader.

84 hours 53 mins; October 26, 2023

What Succession taught us about toxic workplace culture, with Executive Producer and Writer Lucy Prebble - Part 2

44 mins; October 11, 2023

Lucy Prebble: How the Succession writer's room culture changed her life - Part I

48 mins; October 04, 2023

Garry Ridge: The stunning business impact of WD40’s Culture First strategy

24 mins; September 20, 2023

Jamila Rizvi: making work actually work for women

76 hours 14 mins; September 06, 2023

Simon Sinek on the power of putting culture first

34 mins; August 23, 2023

Oliver Burkeman on designing an employee experience for mortals

79 hours 46 mins; August 16, 2023

Esther Perel on building a relationally intelligent workplace

58 mins; August 09, 2023

Season Preview: Here's what to expect on the latest episodes of Culture First

1 min; August 02, 2023

Priya Parker and Gary Ware discuss the company culture showdown: Ted Lasso vs. Succession's Logan Roy.

52 mins; August 02, 2023

How to hold on to your high performing employees, with Fresia Jackson.

48 mins; November 30, 2022

The current state of mental health in the workplace, with Dr Nick Taylor

56 mins; November 02, 2022

Culture First Americas 2022 with Susan Cain, Valerie Jarrett, David Whyte, and Oliver Burkeman

8 mins; October 24, 2022

How Wilson Sporting Goods puts Culture First, with Director of Retail Erin Pelton, Part 3 of 3.

51 mins; October 19, 2022

How Wilson Sporting Goods puts Culture First, with Geoff Watts VP of HR, Part 2 of 3.

46 mins; October 12, 2022

How Wilson Sporting Goods puts Culture First, with CEO Joe Dudy, Part 1 of 3.

46 mins; October 05, 2022

Diving into Culture Amp's data lake - How we uncover insights from 34 million employee experience data points.

44 mins; August 17, 2022

How to talk about mental health in the workplace.

65 hours 44 mins; July 20, 2022

Designing Culture First Gatherings, with Priya Parker

58 mins; July 06, 2022

Special: Culture First is back for 2022

8 mins; June 30, 2022

Rethinking Trust at Work with Rachel Botsman

68 hours 3 mins; November 17, 2021

How Carman’s Kitchen achieved 96% employee engagement by focusing on the whole employee experience.

71 hours 9 mins; October 27, 2021

Scaling the employee experience at Asana, with Anna Binder

62 hours 3 mins; October 07, 2021

How the Major League Baseball connected the dots between the fan experience and the employee experience

24 mins; May 18, 2021

How Nasdaq built a transformative culture that is both empowering and accountable

19 mins; May 18, 2021

Increasing emotional agility in the workplace with Claude Silver and Susan David

21 mins; May 14, 2021

How to build an anti-racist organization, with Aubrey Blanche

37 mins; April 28, 2021

How to learn, unlearn & stay curious at work, with Chip Conley

43 mins; April 01, 2021

Special: What did Damon Klotz learn from hosting this podcast during a crisis?

41 mins; August 20, 2020

Special: How will COVID-19 change the world of work for good?

55 mins; August 04, 2020

Special: What is the future of performance management?

52 mins; July 28, 2020

Special: How does exclusion impact your ability to perform at work?

44 mins; July 21, 2020

Special: How to design experiences that increase connection

76 hours 19 mins; July 07, 2020

Special: Cleo Wade on connection, community and work culture

26 mins; July 07, 2020

Special: How to talk about grief and suffering at work.

64 hours 9 mins; June 23, 2020

Special: The new rules of emotions at work

59 mins; June 23, 2020

Special: How to talk about politics and race in the workplace.

45 mins; June 09, 2020

Special: How to use open source to respond to a crisis.

50 mins; June 09, 2020

Special: The false codes of leadership to deconstruct in turbulent times

33 mins; May 28, 2020

Special: Keeping momentum while leading through crisis

30 mins; May 28, 2020

Special: Navigating the unknown with resilience

36 mins; May 12, 2020

Special: What happens to our brain during a pandemic

28 mins; May 05, 2020

Special: Working Through It - A collective, seven-part journey through crisis.

1 min; April 28, 2020

A seat at the table, with Minda Harts

52 mins; April 22, 2020

Activism at work, with DeRay McKesson

52 mins; April 08, 2020

The resilience playbook for leaders, with Tania Luna

48 mins; March 25, 2020

Empathy, compassion, work: Part 2, with Taryn Hughes

51 mins; March 11, 2020

Empathy, compassion, work: Part 1, with Michael Ventura

40 mins; February 26, 2020

The death and rebirth of soft skills, with Claude Silver

50 mins; February 05, 2020

The infinite mindset organization, with Simon Sinek

48 mins; January 22, 2020

Designing for love and magic, with Oshoke Abalu & Chinedu Echuero

44 mins; January 08, 2020

Scaling Culture, with Ambrosia Vertesi

46 mins; December 17, 2019

Relationships at work, with Esther Perel

43 mins; December 03, 2019

Introducing the Culture First Podcast

2 mins; September 27, 2019

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