Ron is a much in-demand global speaker and regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and CNN. 

Decades of research demonstrate that when people feel psychologically fulfilled, they tend to be healthier, happier, and more productive.

What differentiates great workplaces is not the number of extravagant perks. It’s the extent to which they satisfy their employees’ emotional needs and develop working conditions that help people produce their best work.

For too long, people have relied on assumptions when it comes to improving the workplaces. In this session we will look at the data.

Ron Friedman's advice is based on the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management.

In this session you will learn some surprising things, for example how learning to think like a hostage negotiator can help you diffuse a workplace argument, why placing a fish bowl near your desk can elevate your thinking, and how incorporating strategic distractions into your schedule can help you reach smarter decisions.

Ron Friedman's first book, The Best Place to Work, was named an Inc. Magazine Best Business Book of the Year. Ron's new book, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success, was selected by Amazon's editors as one of the best non-fiction books of the year.