Steve Chaparro
Steve Chaparro 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 is an organizational culture expert and communicator who speaks worldwide about how companies can transform their workplace culture through intentional co-creation and communication.
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 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 & Management at Parsons School of Design.
Steve lives in Long Beach, CA with his wife, two teenage sons, and noisy neighbors.
Steve Chaparro 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 is an organizational culture expert and communicator who speaks worldwide about how companies can transform their workplace culture through intentional co-creation and communication.
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 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 & Management at Parsons School of Design.
Steve lives in Long Beach, CA with his wife, two teenage sons, and noisy neighbors.
The Dilemma of a Frustrated Visionary
The Dilemma of the Frustrated Visionary: How Vision-Driven Leaders Fuel a Movement without Causing Burnout.
In this 45-60 minute keynote presentation is for the innovators and change makers in the world who have ideas that have the potential to disrupt how the world thinks and works but struggle with convincing people to join them for the long...
Designing the Hell Out of the Hallway
This 45-60 minute keynote presentation is perfect for 'frustrated visionaries' from emerging to experienced creative leaders who see what the future looks like but feel stuck in the current challenges of deriving a sense of purpose and meaning, developing a plan and convincing people to follow them.
The audience will leave with:
- Greater awareness...
The New Workplace in a Post-COVID World
The New Workplace in a Post-COVID World: Bringing Into Alignment Your Brand, Culture, and Space
This 45-60 minute keynote presentation is perfect for people and culture leaders who are trying to make sense of what the workplace will look like in a post-COVID world.
The audience will leave with:
- An awareness for the alignment brand, culture and space and what happens with misalignment.
- How to craft an employer brand that tells a compelling...
