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Jennifer Brown

Inclusive Leadership Expert, Bestselling Author & Founder of Jennifer Brown Speaks

Business & Management

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ABOUT JENNIFER BROWN

Jennifer Brown is a bestselling author, global speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership strategist advising organizations on culture, talent, and transformation in times of accelerating change. Over the past two decades, she has partnered with leading enterprises—including Google, LinkedIn, IBM, and Toyota—as well as top universities such as Columbia, Kellogg, and Vanderbilt.

Jennifer is the author of four books, including How to Be an Inclusive Leader and her 2026 release, The Shape of Change: On Leadership, Resilience, and the Urgent Art of Becoming More Human, Together. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company, she is also the host of The Will to Change podcast and a Founding Luminary for Coqual's Luminary Exchange. Learn more at www.jenniferbrownspeaks.com.

  • Jennifer Brown is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership thinker whose work explores how individuals, organizations, and institutions adapt in times of profound change. For more than two decades, she has advised executives at some of the world's most influential organizations on workplace culture, talent, inclusive leadership, and systemic transformation.

    She is the author of four influential books, including Inclusion, How to Be an Inclusive Leader (now in its second edition), Beyond Diversity, and her 2026 release, The Shape of Change: On Leadership, Resilience, and the Urgent Art of Becoming More Human, Together. Her writing and advisory work center on organizational resilience, workforce evolution, and the human dimensions of leadership in an era of accelerating disruption.

    As a sought-after keynote speaker and strategic advisor, Jennifer has partnered with global corporations including Google, LinkedIn, IBM, and Toyota, as well as leading academic institutions such as Columbia, Kellogg, and Vanderbilt. Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company, and she regularly addresses major global stages.

    Jennifer is also the host of The Will to Change podcast, a long-running conversation series featuring nearly 400 interviews with prominent thinkers, executives, researchers, and changemakers. Additionally, she serves as a Founding Luminary for Coqual's Luminary Exchange, a global community examining the future of work, leadership, technology, and society.

    To learn more about Jennifer and her work, visit www.jenniferbrownspeaks.com.

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TAGS & EXPERTISE

Leadership • Human Development• Thought Leadership • Future of Work • Change Management

SPEAKING TOPICS

  • Here's what I keep telling CHROs: your title hasn't caught up to your job. You're already the human strategy office, you just lack the language or the seat to prove it. I'll walk through how to name what you're already holding: identity, belonging, trust, even AI ethics — so the business stops treating it as a "nice to have."

  • Increasingly, someone's whole experience of your company (how they're screened, nudged, scored) happens before a human ever looks them in the eye. I'm not here to admire the technology. I'm here to ask: who stays human enough to lead inside that stack? We'll talk about reclaiming moral responsibility from "the system."

  • Lessons from the evolution of DEI into leadership agility.

  • Nobody has a five-year plan they actually believe right now, and I think it's time we admit that out loud. This is permission to stop faking certainty and a script for saying "I don't know" in a way that builds trust instead of eroding it.

  • What leaders can do to stay human in times of disruption.

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FEATURED BOOKS

Book cover titled 'The Shape of Change' by Jennifer Brown, featuring a cluster of colorful autumn leaves.
Book cover titled 'Inclusion' by Jennifer Brown, featuring colorful geometric shapes arranged in a curved pattern on a white background.
Book cover titled 'BEYOND' with colorful circles containing various patterns. The subtitle reads '12 Non-Obvious Ways to Build a More Inclusive World.' Authors are Rohit Bhargava and Jennifer Brown, with additional contributors listed below.
Book cover titled "How to Be an Inclusive Leader" by Jennifer Brown, emphasizing creating cultures of belonging and thriving for everyone, with colorful circular patterns on a blue background.
Book cover titled 'How to Be an Inclusive Leader' by Jennifer Brown, featuring a colorful dotted arc design and the subtitle 'Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive.'

FEATURED VIDEOS

Testimonials

  • “I never miss any presentations by Jennifer and her team- they are such a gift! She is a singular voice in our field, and a real treasure. “

    – Shavondalyn Givens

    Formally with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  • “Your talk today resonated with me so deeply that I had to reach out. I have been struggling to find where I fit in at work and, more importantly, how. You reminded me that choosing to be authentic is empowering and freeing and that the power of sharing our stories brings greater opportunity for acceptance and understanding by others. Thank you for living your truth, for being transparent and vulnerable, and for your passion in all that you do.”

    — Financial Services Manager

  • “Jennifer Brown is incredibly thought-provoking, especially around the concepts of fairness, equity, privilege, and what it means to be on the right side of social change.”

    — Erin Uritus

    CEO Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

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