Polly LaBarre - Founding Member, Fast Company Magazine

For nearly 20 years, Polly LaBarre has worked to embolden and equip leaders in every realm to help make their organizations more resilient, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. A rigorous thinker, energetic storyteller, and tireless explorer of the frontiers of the business world, Polly takes audiences on an inspiring journey, bringing to life the people, organizations and ideas creating the future, to unpack the most practical and high-impact ways to innovate, adapt and succeed.

As a founding member of Fast Company magazine, Polly helped to shape the success of a magazine that changed the way leaders at all levels think about working and winning. She was a creator and host of the magazine's agenda-setting Real Time gatherings, high-level roundtable series "Fast Talk," and signature women's leadership event. Now, as co-founder of the Management Innovation eXchange , she has built a platform to unleash innovators, entrepreneurs, and celebrated thought leaders to make real progress when it comes to making all organizations fundamentally fit for the future.