Human-Centered Leadership: Transformation Through Creativity and Connection

Eric M. Bailey is the bestselling author of The Cure for Stupidity: Using Brain Science to Explain Irrational Behavior and President of Bailey Strategic Innovation Group, one of the fastest-growing human communication consulting firms in the United States. Honored as diversity leader of the year, Bailey is the Creator of the Principles of Human Understanding™, a leadership and communication methodology based in brain science and psychology. His unique style blends fact and emotion and finds ways to appeal to the analytical thinkers, the emotional feelers, and everyone in between.

Jeff Harry combines positive psychology and play to heal workplaces, help teams build psychological safety and assist individuals in addressing their biggest challenges by embracing a play-oriented approach to work. Harry was selected by BambooHR and Engagedly as one of the Top 100 HR Influencers and has been featured in the NY Times, Huffpost, Shondaland, NPR, and Forbes. Over the past 17 years of facilitation and speaking, his main goal has been to help work suck less by assisting leaders in building a playground workplace atmosphere that motivates their staff to do their most vibrant work.

Darcy Jacobsen is Senior Director, Thought Leadership and Brand Narrative at Workhuman. She is a longtime strategist and storyteller in the HR tech space, she partners with executives, researchers, and customers to turn recognition data and workforce insights into frameworks leaders can actually use – on stages, in reports, and in boardrooms. She helps to shape Workhuman’s point of view on the future of work, AI, and human-centered cultures. Jacobsen has spent more than two decades in thought-leadership, content marketing, and research, including authoring and ghost-writing numerous papers and guides on culture, recognition, skills, AI at work, performance, and employee experience.