Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation

What We Do

Upcoming Events

Culture XChange Forum #1: Leveraging People Analytics for Better Workplaces

Join us virtually on October 3, 2023 at 12-1pm PT, where we’ll explore the powerful role of people analytics in shaping positive culture outcomes. This session features two prominent experts in the field, Jennifer Kurkoski, Director of People Analytics at Google and Jeff Polzer, UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management at the Harvard Business School.

Fireside Chat with Michael Lewis

Join us for an intimate conversation with Michael Lewis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Big Short, Moneyball, and Going Infinite on November 8th at Haas Business School.

Culture XChange Forum #2: Cultivating Psychological Safety in Workplaces

Join us virtually on November 13, 2023 at 1-2pm PT for our second forum of the year, featuring Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and Steve Brass, CEO of WD-40, on the topic of creating psychologically safe workplace cultures.

6th Annual Culture Connect Conference

This year, as in the past, we will convene industry leaders and accomplished academics in a joint exploration of the latest challenges and potential approaches to creating an inclusive, innovative, and high-performing organizational culture. Our theme this year is “Building Strong Organizations in the New Era of Work,” with a special focus on generative AI’s impact on the workplace; different hybrid workplace models; and thoughtful diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging strategies.

As the future of work continues to evolve—including fundamental questions on how, when, and where we work—it has become increasingly important for organizations to have meaningful conversations around workplace culture, and we look forward to having these conversations with you at this year’s conference.

Upcoming Speakers

Michael Lewis

Bestselling Author

Yamini Rangan

HubSpot CEO

Patrick Collison

Stripe Co-Founder and CEO

Partnership Opportunities

The Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation (BCC) is a generative convergence point for corporate and academic leaders concerned with organizational culture. We invite our corporate partners to join us in a year long, highly curated learning experience. As a BCC partner, your executives will have the opportunity to network and idea share with their peers, learn from industry leaders, and gain actionable insights from the latest, cutting edge research.

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Founders and Faculty Directors

Jennifer A. Chatman

Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, Haas School of Business

Chatman's research focuses on how a culture emphasizing innovation and adaptation buffers firms from economic volatility, how CEO personality influences organizational culture, and how diverse groups perform in high pressure situations. Click to learn more about Chatman's research.

Sameer B. Srivastava

Ewald T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy

Srivastava's research unpacks the complex interrelationships among the culture of social groups, the cognition of individuals within these groups, and the connections that people forge within and across groups. Click to learn more about Srivastava's research.