# How to Design a Successful Work Culture

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**Date:** March 14, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Salon B  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Workplace track  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Solange Charas** — Professor of Professional Practice and CEO
- **Marcia Stepanek** — Founder and CEO
- **Jayson Council** — Head of Culture
- **Ethan McCarty** — Founder and CEO

Work culture gaps remain unbridgeable at many companies, yet failing to shrink them in today's multi-generational work world is like ignoring the oil light on your dashboard. You're not avoiding a breakdown—you're scheduling it for later. Join this remarkable line-up of today's top work culture experts to hear what keeps driving the divides—and how these designers are helping firms shift traditional career models, link people strategy to business value and use AI and new narratives to improve how people experience work, not as a demographic challenge, but as a design and strategy imperative.

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