Speaking · Teaching · Executive Education
I've spent my career at the edge where organizational theory meets the pressure of real decisions.
That's what I bring to every room — boardroom, conference stage, or graduate seminar. My sessions are designed to provoke thinking, not confirm it.
Topic areas
Strategic Human Resources Management
What it takes to position HR as a source of competitive advantage — from diagnostics to capability architecture to board-level governance.
Global HRM
Operating across cultures is not a translation problem — it's a strategy problem. Taught at Georgetown University's Master's in Human Resource Management program.
AI and the Future of Work
What to automate, what to augment, and how to build structures that remain viable. Practical, non-technical, and grounded in OD principles.
Culture Transformation
Why most culture change programs fail — and what organizational design has to do with it.
Emotionally Intelligent & Culturally Fluent Leadership
Building the capacity to lead across difference — not as a soft skill, but as a measurable strategic competency.
Followership
Leadership and followership are not opposites — they are a dynamic. Organizations that develop both build cultures that are more adaptive, more resilient, and more honest.
Formats
To discuss a speaking, teaching, or executive education opportunity:
bbiu@vrconsultingfirm.com