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Christie Smith | Culturati Keynote
Christie Smith
Former C-Level Executive at Accenture, Deloitte and Apple, Leadership Thought Leader
- With over 35 years of experience advising top executives at Fortune 500 companies and holding leadership roles at Deloitte, Apple, and Accenture, Dr. Christie Smith brings unparalleled insights into leadership, talent management, organizational design, culture, and the impact of workforce technologies.
- Dr. Smith’s career has been dedicated to helping leaders put humans at the heart of their organizations and empowering them to navigate the vast cultural, geopolitical, and technological change they are facing in today's market.
- With profound experience as a practitioner, a doctorate in Clinical Social Work, and a passion for solving for humanity in the workplace, Dr. Smith's compelling presence and thought-provoking ideas about the way we work guarantee an engaging and transformative experience.
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Dr. Christie Smith has over 35 years of experience advising the C-Suite of Fortune 500 companies. She has held global leadership positions at Deloitte, Apple, and Accenture as a highly respected expert in leadership, talent management, organizational design, workforce management, change management, and executive team performance.
Christie led the Global Talent & Organization consulting practice at Accenture. As Managing Principle of Deloitte Consulting, she was responsible for the West Region Consulting practice and the development of the Deloitte University Centers for Inclusion and Community Impact. Her leadership in Inclusion and Diversity at Apple was integral to the growth, development, and representation of female and underrepresented groups internally as well as in product and retail solutions.
She is a highly sought-after speaker on business strategy, leadership and culture, DEI, people analytics, and the impact of workforce technologies and AI. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Forbes, and CNN. Christie has been recognized as a Top 50 Diversity Leader and in Fast Company’s Queer 50 list. She is the founder of The Humanity Studio™, a research and advisory institute dedicated to improving the way we live by revolutionizing the way we work. Christie received her doctorate in Clinical Social Work with a focus on leadership and culture from New York University.
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Christie Smith | What is the future of work?
Christie Smith Interview | Peacekeepers Live 2023
Leadership Reinvention for the 21st Century
- How the way we work is changing with the influence of technology, most notably AI
- Emerging socio- and macro-economic trends impacting the workplace now and in the future
- What humans require to thrive at work and why it’s good for business
- A new leadership imperative fit for the 21st century workforce
The Emotionally Mature Leader
- How did the idea of emotional intelligence enter the workplace and why it’s not enough to be a great leader
- Making a shift from emotional intelligence to emotional maturity, in which we suspend self-interest in order to best serve our organization’s people with compassion
- The cost of tolerating brilliant jerks in the workplace
- Psychological safety and its role in boosting productivity, collaboration, and innovation
Mental Health and the Impact of "Covering" in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
- The cost of declining mental health on the workplace and larger economy
- How covering has changed, and in some ways become worse, pre- to post-pandemic
- The disproportionate impact covering has on marginalized communities
- What leaders must do to build cultures of psychological safety for their employees and businesses to thrive
