Suneel Gupta

Suneel Gupta is the bestselling author of Backable, a Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, and the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company named App of the Year that partnered with then-First Lady Michelle Obama before being acquired by One Medical Group. He helps organizations achieve sustainable peak performance by bolstering their people’s emotional resilience and well-being.

Rethinking Performance in an Age of Burnout

Gupta challenges the conventional wisdom that grit and hustle drive high performance, drawing on his teaching and research at Harvard Medical School to show that they are also scientifically associated with exhaustion and burnout. His work asks a fundamental question: how can an organization excel on the outside if its people are exhausted on the inside? As host of Business Class, a podcast and docuseries created by American Express, he showcases leaders who embody struggle and resilience alongside guests like Martha Stewart and Jay Shetty.

An Investor and Entrepreneur Who Practices What He Teaches

Gupta has personally backed ventures including Impossible Foods, Airbnb, 23andMe, and SpaceX, and was one of the earliest investors in Calm. He serves as emissary for Gross National Happiness between the United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan. His keynotes deliver science-based strategies for beating burnout, building cultures of innovation and resilience, and helping leaders and teams reach breakthrough levels of productivity, creativity, and fulfillment.

Momentum: Boosting Resilience, Fulfillment, And Performance

In the face of an exhaustion epidemic, it’s time to rethink how we view high performance. Grit and hustle have their place but are also scientifically associated with burnout. As CEO of RISE, Suneel Gupta helped thousands of people overcome their challenges with physical and mental health. He now helps organizations increase performance, innovation, and creativity by showing why high-potential people and teams fizzle out. They don’t run out of time or talent, they run out of energy! This presentation is rooted in Suneel’s one-of-a-kind teaching at Harvard Medical School, as well as eight years of closely studying the habits of extraordinary leaders who reached breakthrough levels of productivity, resilience, fulfillment, and momentum.

Actionable Takeaways Tailored to Each Audience:

• Learn why managing energy is as important as managing time
• Build emotional runway and avoid burnout with science-based practices
• Discover habits from some of the happiest cultures on Earth
• Master everyday practices for boosting morale and engagement
• Reframe failure as a pathway to success
• Master the changing work landscape with less stress

Get Backable – Why Some Ideas Move Ahead While Others Get Ignored

The future belongs to organizations that fully engage their people in the effort to adapt swiftly to relentless change. But in the changing world of work, building community, collaboration, and connection has become harder than before. Creating a culture that spawns fresh ideas is only half the battle – showing people how to move their ideas forward is the other half that most leaders and organizations miss. When people understand how to get a new idea “backed” by colleagues, customers, and communities…big things happen. Breakthrough ideas rise to the surface, projects proceed faster and smarter, and organizations become magnets for top talent.

Actionable Takeaways Tailored to Each Audience:

• 7 ways to turn a new idea into an inspiring vision that captivates attention and inspires action
• How extraordinary leaders create a spirit of inclusion, collaboration, and community
• Learn the “Game of Now” and why extraordinary leaders don’t wait for the timing to be exactly right
• Embrace a new path to high performance that beats burnout and boosts innovation, creativity, and momentum