CultureX Co-Founders Don and Charlie Sull interview CEOs of leading companies about how they cultivate agility: the ability to execute strategy in a time-competitive manner and effectively respond to turbulence that the AI era presents.
Goldman Sachs is a titan of finance but, for a giant, it is remarkably dynamic. Our MIT research has identified the company as a Culture Champion, recognized for its remarkable agility. Agility is a strategic dimension of culture that allows a firm to respond to changing market circumstances and nimbly seize emerging opportunities. In this discussion, Jacqueline Arthur, Goldman’s senior-most human capital management executive, walks through how Goldman has cultivated such a remarkable c...
13 Aug 2025
Kunal Kapoor, CEO, Morningstar
Kunal Kapoor is the CEO of Morningstar. In 1984, Morningstar was founded out of a Chicago apartment, named after a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. The company aimed to empower investors to make more successful decisions by providing them with high quality insights. Ten years later, Morningstar had about 200 employees, and around that time Kunal became one of them. Since then, the company has indeed transcended, albeit in a direction more NASDAQ than Walden Pond. In 2005, the company we...
4 Jun 2025
Craig Kliethermes, CEO, RLI Insurance Company
Craig Kliethermes, CEO of RLI Insurance Company, discusses how focusing on niche insurance markets and unmet customer needs drives the company's success in this interview.
20 Mar 2025
Adam Holton, CPO, GE HealthCare
Adam Holton is the Chief People Officer of GE HealthCare. General Electric entered the healthcare more than one hundred years ago. In January 2023, GE HealthCare was spun off from General Electric as a publicly traded company with more than 50,000 employees and 2024 revenue of nearly $20 billion. Especially since its spin-off, GE HealthCare has cultivated a best-in-industry culture, as measured by Glassdoor ratings. Employees speak two standard deviations more positively than peer...
11 Mar 2025
Steve Richman, CEO, Techtronic Industries
When Steve joined Milwaukee Tool as president in 2007, the company was 83 years old and sold a limited range of traditional power tools During his tenure as president, Steve led a remarkable transformation of the company’s strategy and culture that produced a steady stream of technical and product innovations. Today, Milwaukee Tool sells a wide range of cordless power tools for the building trades, and is the market share leader in North America and globally. This steady stream of new p...
9 Dec 2024
Loren Shuster, CPO, The LEGO Group
Loren Shuster, CPO of The LEGO Group, shares the secrets behind the company's cultural success and reveals how to build a high-performing organization.
24 Oct 2024
Sharon Macbeath, CHRO, Hermès
Hermès has a truly unique culture, and also boasts one of the most impressive financial records in its industry. Sharon reveals the secrets of Hermès' cultural success. Link to Hermès Universal Registration Document Link to excellent Acquired podcast on Hermès
22 Oct 2024
Manny Maceda, Worldwide Managing Partner, Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and employee satisfaction. Manny Maceda reveals the secrets of Bain's cultural success. Bain's operating principles link
19 Oct 2024
Katie Burke, CPO, Hubspot
Hubspot is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and the employee experience. Katie Burke reveals the secrets of Hubspot's cultural success. Link to Hubspot's culture code
19 Oct 2024
Marvin Boakye, CHRO, Cummins
Cummins is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and employee experience. Marvin Boakye reveals the secrets of Cummins' cultural success. Link to Cummins 2024 Human Capital Management Report
19 Oct 2024
Jim Whitehurst, Ex-CEO, Red Hat
Red Hat is a culture champion, measurably excelling on both financial value creation and the employee experience. Jim Whitehurst reveals the secrets of Red Hat's cultural success and also reflects on cultural lessons learned as COO of Delta, another Culture Champion, and as President of IBMLink to Jim's book, The Open Organization
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