Michael Bush

Michael C. Bush is the CEO of Great Place to Work, the global research and analytics firm behind the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on high-trust, high-performance workplace culture. He speaks on leadership, inclusion, culture transformation, and the business case for equity, drawing from data collected annually from more than ten million employees across dozens of countries. His research shows that great workplaces for all employees grow revenue three times faster than less-inclusive competitors.

CEO, Author & White House Advisor
Bush joined Great Place to Work in 2015, bringing more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, including his tenure as CEO of Tetra Tech Communications, which he grew from 40 million to 300 million dollars in revenue. He has served on President Obama’s White House Business Council, teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University, and serves on the board of Workday. He holds an M.S. in Management from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Author of A Great Place to Work for All
Bush is the author of A Great Place to Work for All: Better for Business, Better for People, Better for the World, endorsed by the CEOs of Intuit, Salesforce, Kaiser Permanente, PwC, and Marriott International. His TED Talk on employee happiness has been widely viewed, and his work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNBC. He speaks on workplace culture, DEI as a business driver, leadership effectiveness, employee engagement, and innovation culture.

A Great Place to Work for All

Better for Business, Better for People, Better for the World

What does the latest data show about organizations that prioritize a culture of inclusiveness? Based on his book by the same name, Bush shares these details, plus how the Best Workplaces outperform their peers in the stock market and in revenue growth. Attendees hear Bush’s inspiring stories about how creating a more equitable work environment pays off. Attendees also walk away with a new “For All” Leadership Model to help drive personal performance.

Innovation by All

How Creating a Culture of Inclusion Can Drive Innovation

Today’s most innovative organizations recognize that game-changing ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. Bush explains how to build an Innovation By All culture—one that maximizes your company’s human potential by tapping into the intelligence, skills, and passion of everyone in the organization. Companies that build an Innovation By All culture generate more high-quality ideas, realize greater speed in implementation, and achieve greater agility—resulting in 5.5 times the revenue growth of peers with a less inclusive approach to innovation.