Business leaders are aware of how important it is to have an adaptable culture to survive. We all wish our employees were ever-evolving, adaptable, willing to be a little bit flexible, and looking for innovation. To embrace and seek out changes instead of resisting them. If you have all these, you have an adaptable culture. Today’s guest is Sam Kolbert-Hyle, Founder, and CEO at Brandlive. Inc Magazine ranked his company #2167 on the 2022 Inc 5000 list. Brandlive is shaping the Future of Work through meetings that are more fun, more engaging, more interactive, and, well, more like television. They provide streaming tools and audience platforms designed to make remote work and meetings more fun and engaging. In this episode, Sam talks about creating a space for employees to have an adaptable culture and how to use video to engage people. He also talks about the importance of having a point of view and knowing what you stand for. Discover how he quickly and effectively created an adaptable culture and its impact on leaders and their organizations.
About Sam Kolbert-Hyle
Sam Kolbert-Hyle have the honor of leading Brandlive and helping the biggest and boldest companies take this challenge head on and imagine what’s possible. While they made a name for themselves powering the Biden campaign during the pandemic, They’re now over 150 people with epic enterprise customers including Nike, Adidas, Amazon, Google, Square, Herbalife, and over 300 more. And they’re just getting started. Originally from Philadelphia – Sam Kolbert-Hyle found his way to the pacific northwest and Portland, Oregon via Los Angeles to help lead Smarsh with his mentor, Steve Marsh, to multi-billion, unicorn status. He thought this time in Portland was temporary, but 12 years later his helping raise two kids (Ari is 5 and Sylvia almost 3) with his partner Sarah and more committed than ever to this vibrant and eclectic community – this Portland story – where you don’t have to be anyone but yourself.
