Polly LaBarre
Keynote Speaker: Founding Member of the Fast Company Magazine, Co-Founder of the Management Lab & Co-Author of "Mavericks at Work"
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Polly LaBarre Biography
In a world awash in profound change and at a time when everything is on the table, Polly LaBarre helps leaders make sense of and creatively respond to the forces buffeting their organizations. A bestselling author, speaker, and thinker who’s advised top global organizations, LaBarre’s mission for the past 20 years has been to make every kind of organization fundamentally more resilient, innovative and inspiring. Her insights embolden and equip leaders at every level to make a meaningful impact. LaBarre is an inspiring and provocative voice on the big ideas and important questions that will shape the future of organizations, work, and collective progress.
LaBarre’s work is driven by three core questions: 1) How do we support human flourishing? 2) How do we cultivate the audacity of imagination required to tackle our most intractable problems? 3) And, how do organizations and individuals change how they change to become endlessly resilient?
To make genuine progress on those questions, LaBarre studies and works with progressive organizations, creates curriculum, and runs experiments for unleashing creativity, expanding collaboration, and accelerating change.
As cofounder of the Management Lab (with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini), LaBarre spent the last decade working to develop a methodology, platform and practical tools for building organizational capability and accelerating change. LaBarre and her colleagues deployed that pioneering approach to collaborative innovation in a range of large-scale experiments in “hacking management” inside leading companies and across a global community of some 35,000 management innovators.
LaBarre is the coauthor of the bestselling book "Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win" (which The Economist named a “Book of the Year” and called “a pivotal work in the tradition of In Search of Excellence and Good to Great”). She was a member of the original team of Fast Company magazine, where she played a central role in the remarkable success of a magazine that recast the conventional wisdom on working, leading, and winning.
A sought-after speaker, moderator, and interviewer, LaBarre has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses around the world and developed and hosted numerous events. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune.com, the McKinsey Quarterly, and The Huffington Post. In addition to frequent television appearances on CNBC, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, Good Morning America, and the Today Show, LaBarre has also been a business and innovation correspondent for CNN where she produced regular segments on big ideas and best practices from the world of business and beyond.
LaBarre is a passionate (and experimental) gardener, an ardent cook, and a devoted yogi. She serves on the board of CitySeed, a nonprofit working to build a just and healthy food system and economic opportunity in New Haven, CT. A graduate of Yale University, LaBarre lives with her family in New Haven.
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Polly LaBarre Speaking Topics
A monster wave of change has set off a vast reckoning with our taken-for-granted beliefs about every aspect of how and where work gets done. Every leader today must grapple with the inescapable imperative to create and embrace a comprehensive agenda for meaningful change on the design of work and the interconnected urgent challenges of our time—deep inequities, structural dehumanization, environmental calamity. Polly LaBarre takes leaders on a journey across this new landscape—inspiring them with fresh thinking on the work of leadership and equipping them with powerful new approaches for this new work order, including:
How to transcend the seemingly intractable tradeoffs between performance imperatives and responsibility for people and planet
How to cultivate an “audacity of imagination” and galvanize people around a shared sense of purpose
How to “leader-proof” your organization
How to design platforms for involving, equipping, and connecting people
How to build organizational respond-ability by enlarging individual responsibility
How to grow your own resilience in the face of daunting uncertainty
Who hasn’t been rocked by change in the last few years? While we’ve all been forced to rethink, adjust, and adjust again, the gravitational pull of the status quo remains a stealthy enemy of innovation. What does it take to wake up an organization’s inner insurgent to change ahead of change? These times demand every organization dramatically amp up its agility, inventiveness, and adaptability. Drawing on her research and work inside some of the world’s most innovative and progressive organizations, Polly LaBarre lays out actionable strategies for building a perpetual innovation engine:
What mindsets, practices and behaviors allow you to see the world differently and subvert the status quo
Where to look for the future—and how to generate a whole new map of possibility
How to embed innovation as a social process
What it takes to create a robust architecture of collaboration for a distributed, ever-evolving cohort of innovation peers and partners
How to build a resilient organizational microbiome by embedding the mindset and methods of experimentation into everything you do
Today’s whirlwind of challenges—pandemic, social turbulence, economic uncertainty, looming climate catastrophe—has revealed just how inhospitable our organizations are to the human beings who work inside them. It’s not enough to ask which is the right hybrid work policy. It’s past time to ask: what kinds of organizations would we design if we genuinely believed in the inherent value, fundamental goodness, and unlimited potential of every person? Short answer: they’d be very different. In this talk, Polly LaBarre unpacks design rules for unleashing your organization’s full human and creative capacity and lays out a path for humanizing work, including:
How to unleash, mobilize and amplify the often unruly, but essential human qualities—imagination, energy, resourcefulness, curiosity, intuition, empathy, artistry, eccentricity, passion, and more—without losing control
How to cultivate a culture of agency, activism, and ownership where every person makes it their job to change things for the better
How to equip and involve every person in the organization as a creator, strategist, and entrepreneur
How to build a community of peers that amplifies belonging, contribution, and voice
How to maximize engagement by investing in wellbeing and widening the circle of care
Change is an inside-out job. It’s not about reacting to external events or chasing trends, so much as it’s about developing your respond-ability—your elasticity, maturity, plasticity, openness, emotional dexterity, regulatory power, and more. Organizations that deliberately develop that capacity in every individual shore up their own resilience. In other words, “adult development” doesn’t just promote individual growth, it’s a cornerstone of organizational flourishing. Polly LaBarre takes the audience on a quick tour of the organizations and leaders investing in human flourishing in powerful new ways—and offers up a short course in “adult development,” including:
How to begin, again (and again)
How to change your mind—cultivating consciousness, mediating mindsets, biases, blinders
How to develop intuition—learning to tune into your inner knowing
How to train like an artist, a monk, and an athlete
How to design and run self-experiments to accelerate your growth loops
Principles for adult capacity building
Polly LaBarre Videos
How to book Polly LaBarre?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Polly LaBarre for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Polly LaBarre, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Polly LaBarre or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Polly LaBarre?
Booking fees for Polly LaBarre, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Polly LaBarre, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Polly LaBarre?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Polly LaBarre for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Polly LaBarre for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Polly LaBarre or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Polly LaBarre or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Polly LaBarre is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Business Leadership and Innovation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Polly LaBarre for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Polly LaBarre generally travels from New Haven, CT, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Josh Linkner, Jenn Lim and Randi Zuckerberg. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Polly LaBarre for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Polly LaBarre Speaking Topics
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LEADING IN THE NEW WORK ORDER
A monster wave of change has set off a vast reckoning with our taken-for-granted beliefs about every aspect of how and where work gets done. Every leader today must grapple with the inescapable imperative to create and embrace a comprehensive agenda for meaningful change on the design of work and the interconnected urgent challenges of our time—deep inequities, structural dehumanization, environmental calamity. Polly LaBarre takes leaders on a journey across this new landscape—inspiring them with fresh thinking on the work of leadership and equipping them with powerful new approaches for this new work order, including:
How to transcend the seemingly intractable tradeoffs between performance imperatives and responsibility for people and planet
How to cultivate an “audacity of imagination” and galvanize people around a shared sense of purpose
How to “leader-proof” your organization
How to design platforms for involving, equipping, and connecting people
How to build organizational respond-ability by enlarging individual responsibility
How to grow your own resilience in the face of daunting uncertainty
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ROLL WITH CHANGE: RECIPES FOR REINVENTION & RESILIENCE
Who hasn’t been rocked by change in the last few years? While we’ve all been forced to rethink, adjust, and adjust again, the gravitational pull of the status quo remains a stealthy enemy of innovation. What does it take to wake up an organization’s inner insurgent to change ahead of change? These times demand every organization dramatically amp up its agility, inventiveness, and adaptability. Drawing on her research and work inside some of the world’s most innovative and progressive organizations, Polly LaBarre lays out actionable strategies for building a perpetual innovation engine:
What mindsets, practices and behaviors allow you to see the world differently and subvert the status quo
Where to look for the future—and how to generate a whole new map of possibility
How to embed innovation as a social process
What it takes to create a robust architecture of collaboration for a distributed, ever-evolving cohort of innovation peers and partners
How to build a resilient organizational microbiome by embedding the mindset and methods of experimentation into everything you do
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THE HUMAN EDGE: DESIGNING WORK TO CREATE A CULTURAL ADVANTAGE
Today’s whirlwind of challenges—pandemic, social turbulence, economic uncertainty, looming climate catastrophe—has revealed just how inhospitable our organizations are to the human beings who work inside them. It’s not enough to ask which is the right hybrid work policy. It’s past time to ask: what kinds of organizations would we design if we genuinely believed in the inherent value, fundamental goodness, and unlimited potential of every person? Short answer: they’d be very different. In this talk, Polly LaBarre unpacks design rules for unleashing your organization’s full human and creative capacity and lays out a path for humanizing work, including:
How to unleash, mobilize and amplify the often unruly, but essential human qualities—imagination, energy, resourcefulness, curiosity, intuition, empathy, artistry, eccentricity, passion, and more—without losing control
How to cultivate a culture of agency, activism, and ownership where every person makes it their job to change things for the better
How to equip and involve every person in the organization as a creator, strategist, and entrepreneur
How to build a community of peers that amplifies belonging, contribution, and voice
How to maximize engagement by investing in wellbeing and widening the circle of care
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DESIGNED TO FLOURISH: DEVELOP PEOPLE, DEFEAT DISRUPTION
Change is an inside-out job. It’s not about reacting to external events or chasing trends, so much as it’s about developing your respond-ability—your elasticity, maturity, plasticity, openness, emotional dexterity, regulatory power, and more. Organizations that deliberately develop that capacity in every individual shore up their own resilience. In other words, “adult development” doesn’t just promote individual growth, it’s a cornerstone of organizational flourishing. Polly LaBarre takes the audience on a quick tour of the organizations and leaders investing in human flourishing in powerful new ways—and offers up a short course in “adult development,” including:
How to begin, again (and again)
How to change your mind—cultivating consciousness, mediating mindsets, biases, blinders
How to develop intuition—learning to tune into your inner knowing
How to train like an artist, a monk, and an athlete
How to design and run self-experiments to accelerate your growth loops
Principles for adult capacity building
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Polly LaBarre Videos
REVIEWS
Polly LaBarre Reviews
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Intapp Inc - Aug 02 2022
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Polly was exceptional as was the support offered by the AAE team! I hope to work with you all again!
Southern New Hampshire University - Sep 17 2018 -
5 stars across the board. Thank you so much for helping me put on a great event. I found the support from All American to be timely, helpful and generally on point. Thank you!
Optimizely - Dec 13 2016
FAQ
How to book Polly LaBarre?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Polly LaBarre for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Polly LaBarre, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Polly LaBarre or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Polly LaBarre?
Booking fees for Polly LaBarre, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Polly LaBarre, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Polly LaBarre?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Polly LaBarre for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Polly LaBarre for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Polly LaBarre or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Polly LaBarre or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Polly LaBarre is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Business Leadership and Innovation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Polly LaBarre for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Polly LaBarre generally travels from New Haven, CT, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Josh Linkner, Jenn Lim and Randi Zuckerberg. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Polly LaBarre for an upcoming event.
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