Skills for Thriving in Chaos: Change Resilience & Creating Authentic Human Connection

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 21 I 9 am PT 12 pm ET

Speaker 1:  Mo Berkner Boyt, CEO & Founder, the Moxie Exchange

Speaker 2:  Liza Wisner, Enterprise Curator of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, OpenSesame

Feeling a bit off kilter? There’s good reason for it. There has been a183% increase in the rate of change since 2019, and a 33% increase in the past year alone. 73% of employees believe their organizations are near, at, or beyond the change saturation point. Reports of incivility and are at record levels, with over 76% of employees experiencing incivility in the last quarter. Now is the time to skill up your workforce (and yourself!) on two critical skills for out time: fostering human connection and change resiliency.

Learning objectives: 

• Understanding the change emotion cycle and loss navigation
• The 5 primary reasons people resist change, and what to do about it
• The top 3 ways to create connection on your team

Mo Berkner Boyt, CEO & Founder I Moxie Exchange

Maureen “Mo” Berkner Boyt is the Founder and CEO of The Moxie Exchange. She’s spent over 30 years helping organizations grow by creating inclusive workplaces where talented people can thrive. She has leveraged the power of technology to build scalable, actionable, measurable inclusion tools, including the first-of-its-kind comprehensive diversity and inclusion app, Everyday Inclusion. Mo hosts a weekly live cast with HR, L&D and DEI practitioners to amplify work being done in organizations of all sizes and industries, providing an accessible, ongoing avenue to learn from one another. Maureen holds a M.Ed. in Organizational Development from the University of Georgia, and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was named the Colorado Technology Association Entrepreneur in 2023, and her Disrupt HR Talk, “Hack Your Biased Brain” is one of the most popular talks of the movement. Her daily mantra is “Rock your moxie and do the next right thing.”

The Moxie Exchange

The Moxie Exchange is the home of the Everyday Inclusion App! Moxie was founded to make workplaces more inclusive. For over a decade our mission, passion and the reason we get out of bed each morning has been unleashing human potential by creating workplaces where everyone can thrive. Moxie focuses on learning and development tools and technology grounded in the neuroscience of behavior change that foster understanding, respect, and a sense of belonging. We firmly believe that inclusive workplaces will pave the way for addressing significant global issues effectively. Moxie is determined to push boundaries, innovate, and take the lead in introducing new inclusion learning technology to the market.