Steve Chaparro

Corporate Culture Speaker & Design Strategist

Steve Chaparro is an organizational culture expert and self-described ‘frustrated visionary’ who speaks worldwide about how companies can transform their workplace culture through intentional co-creation and communication. He is the founder and principal at Culture Design Studio, an organizational design agency and he has traveled the world as an international keynote speaker, facilitator, and the host of the podcast, Culture Design Show.

  • Steve Chaparro Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Steve Chaparro Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $10,001 - $20,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

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The Dilemma of the Frustrated Visionary

How Vision-Driven Leaders Fuel a Movement without Causing Burnout The audience will leave with: o An awareness that the passion and vision of a leader can both fuel and burn people out. o Ways to implement listening and testing out ...

How Vision-Driven Leaders Fuel a Movement without Causing Burnout

The audience will leave with:

o An awareness that the passion and vision of a leader can both fuel and burn
people out.
o Ways to implement listening and testing out your message so that you can
communicate with persuasion and impact.
o How to replace the outdated models of command-and-control and mandates
with a new culture and movement of collaboration and co-creation
o How to replace a culture of control for one that distributes decision-making,
is responsive to changes, and facilitates growth.

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Designing the Hell Out of the Hallway

How Design Thinking Can Help You Navigate the In-Between Seasons of Life The audience will leave with: o Greater awareness of when we are in the in-between seasons battling to find significance and relevance in life o How to reflect ...

How Design Thinking Can Help You Navigate the In-Between Seasons of Life

The audience will leave with:

o Greater awareness of when we are in the in-between seasons battling to find
significance and relevance in life
o How to reflect on our past in-between seasons which have been
transformative in life,
o How a framework adopted from design thinking can help to transform your
perspective from frustration to preparation, and
o How to embrace the season rather than trying to move past it.

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The New Workplace in a Post-COVID World

Bringing Into Alignment Your Brand, Culture, and Space The audience will leave with: o An awareness for the alignment brand, culture, and space and what happens with misalignment. o How to craft an employer brand that tells a ...

Bringing Into Alignment Your Brand, Culture, and Space

The audience will leave with:

o An awareness for the alignment brand, culture, and space and what happens
with misalignment.
o How to craft an employer brand that tells a compelling story.
o How to align your culture and employee experience with your employer brand
through co-creation, and communication.
o How to develop a renewed value proposition for your workplace.

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About Keynote Speaker Steve Chaparro

Steve Chaparro is an organizational culture expert and communicator who speaks worldwide about how companies can transform their workplace culture through intentional co-creation and communication.

Steve is a self-described frustrated visionary. His passionate message of navigating the transformative journey of leadership resonates with visionaries and innovators who find themselves stuck in the messy, in-between seasons.

He himself embodies and defines the in-between – the bridges, the connections, and the culture – of community. By standing astride disciplines of design, architecture, culture, and communications, he equips community to speak for and solve for its own needs and aspirations.

He is the founder and principal at Culture Design Studio, an organizational design agency based in Long Beach, CA. He previously served as VP of Strategic Design overseeing strategy, story and business development at Visioneering Studios, a national design-build firm.

As a keynote speaker, he has spoken to in-person and virtual audiences across the country. As a facilitator, he has led workshops with some of the top tech, pharmaceutical, real estate, and consumer package goods companies in North America.

He is also the creator and host of the Culture Design Show, a podcast featuring conversations about workplace culture with top leaders and thinkers. He studied architecture at the University of Southern California and Strategic Design and
Management at Parsons School of Design.

Steve lives in Long Beach, CA with his wife, two teenage sons, and noisy neighbors.

Testimonials

“Steve’s talk inspired the shop in a way no other guest speaker has. His content was smart, he was funny, and he brought fresh thinking to design principles that inspire the solving the universal human need for connection.”

Nancy Duarte

CEO of Duarte, Inc.

“We were excited to have Steven speak at STORY to a room full of almost 1,000 artists, dreamers, and storytellers. We knew he’d be great, but he far exceeded the expectations of our team and our attendees. Everyone was blown away. People were clearly moved by his talk, which is rare with a room of sometimes cynical but highly creative people. He has been repeatedly named as one of our most-loved speakers, and I can’t recommend him any higher.”

Harris III

Director + Curator of STORY Gathering

“Steven is a winsome, passionate and insightful presenter who connects well with his audience. His talk to our gathering of church leaders from around the nation was highly rated by our participants.”

Dr. Amy L. Sherman

Senior Fellow, Sagamore Institute

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