How many of us have found ourselves on a team of people who create healthy culture with one another, but find yourself saying things like "yeah, WE all acknowledge what WE need to change, but what about the bigger problems here?" Toxic senior leaders, non-valuable processes, a total lack of diversity, and PIZZA as a thank you for backbreaking work? Enough already! Join me for a talk about how we can approach leadership in a different way that starts with actionable self-awareness. We'll start with some introspection using tools like The Responsibility Process and Cycles of Mistrust to ground us in the reality of how we show up. Do you know your own stress triggers? Your biases in your ecosystems? Your blind spots? What do you want to change more than anything else? This talk is for anyone who ever felt unheard in their organization. This is for anyone who doesn't accept that "it is what it is" and that cultural improvement is possible. Whether you're entry level or CEO, you'll walk away with some concrete ideas on how to experiment within your own world and discover for yourself where you can improve not only your own life, but the lives of everyone you work with. The way to up our game in the ever-changing world of tech can't start with tech itself - it has to start with our own behavior.