Register for the virtual event on Thursday, July 25th at 1 p.m. (EDT)
Contact: Keith Schumann
The Aspen Institute
Keith.Schumann@aspeninstitute.org
Puja Sangar, Communications Consultant
puja.sangar@gmail.com
WHAT: In the midst of disruptive political and economic times, how can more employees build meaningful careers and continue to drive positive change in business and society?
In her recent book, “Making Work Matter: How to Create Positive Change in Your Company and Meaning in Your Career,” Nancy McGaw shares inspiring stories and lessons from the Aspen Institute First Movers Fellowship, which she founded 15 years ago. The purpose of the fellowship is to mentor hundreds of corporate social intrapreneurs at large companies to create products, services, and management practices that are good for business and make a positive difference in the world.
Some of the key lessons include identifying opportunities to create social and environmental value, using the mindset of a catalyst rather than an advocate to advance your change idea, collaborating with colleagues, building on small wins, honing your skills as a storyteller, and finding ways to build a career that connects with your values.
McGaw and other leaders in talent management and organizational change will explore these lessons and the central role that employees can play, regardless of their role or functional expertise, in identifying new pathways to confront the challenges we face and create a positive impact.
WHEN: Thursday, July 25th, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
WHO:
● Matthew Breitfelder, Global Head of Human Capital and Partner, Apollo Global Management
● Nancy McGaw, Founder, Aspen Institute First Movers Fellowship, and Author of Making Work Matter: How to Create Positive Change in Your Company and Meaning in Your Career
● Andrew Ohm, Director, Digital Retail Experience Innovation Accelerator, Starbucks
● Maureen Scully, Professor of Management & Sherry H Penney Chair in Leadership, University of Massachusetts Boston (moderator)
RSVP: Press are invited to register for the virtual discussion here.
For any questions or to conduct interviews please contact Puja Sangar at puja.sangar@gmail.com.
MORE INFORMATION:
Nancy McGaw is an expert in leading social innovation in business, and a senior advisor at the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program. In 2009, she founded the Aspen First Movers Fellowship, now a widely acclaimed leadership program for corporate social intrapreneurs, where she has mentored and collaborated with nearly 300 innovators from large companies to bring about positive change. Her work and writing have been covered in GreenBiz, Harvard Business Review, strategy+business, Stanford Social Innovation Review and the World Economic Forum. Nancy speaks regularly on corporate social change.
Matthew Breitfelder is Partner and Global Head of Human Capital at Apollo, where he focuses on attracting extraordinary talent to the firm and creating an innovative, inclusive, high-performance culture. Matt is also a member of the firm’s Leadership Team and is committed to expanding opportunities across Apollo’s workplace, marketplace, and communities. He serves on the board of the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program and has been a member of the Aspen First Movers design team. He is the co-author of numerous Harvard Business School case studies and articles on leadership.
Andrew Ohm is Director, Digital Retail Experience Innovation Accelerator, at Starbucks. He is certified through Stanford University as a Designing Your Life coach. He is also a trustee at Hope College in Michigan where he advises the Office of Possibilities, the school’s human-centered design innovation office. He was selected as an Aspen First Mover Fellow in 2020.
Maureen Scully is Professor of Management & Sherry H. Penney Chair in Leadership at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She studies organizational change efforts and grassroots employee initiatives including how “tempered radicals,” working from inside companies, can engage in change efforts that make a difference and help foster social justice. She co-authored “Catalyzing Action on Social and Environmental Challenges: An Integrative Review of Insider Social Change Agents” published in the Academy of Management Annals in January 2024.
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The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program works with business executives and scholars to align business decisions and investments with the long-term health of society—and the planet. Through carefully designed networks, working groups and focused dialogue, the Program identifies and inspires thought leaders and “intrapreneurs” to challenge conventional ideas about capitalism and markets, to test new measures of business success and to connect classroom theory and business practice.
The Business & Society Program actively works with business leaders and scholars to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges through the First Movers Fellowship, Leaders Forum, Ideas Worth Teaching and other labs and learning initiatives.
The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Founded in 1949, the Institute drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve society’s greatest challenges. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has a campus in Aspen, Colorado, as well as an international network of partners. For more information, visit aspeninstitute.org.