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André Martin
Organizational Psychologist & Author of Wrong Fit, Right Fit | Former Chief Talent Officer at Google, Nike & Mars | Expert on the Future of Work, Culture & Talent
André Martin is an organizational psychologist and the author of Wrong Fit, Right Fit, a former Chief Talent Officer who has shaped culture and talent at Google, Nike, Mars, Target, and Disney. With more than two decades of experience, he helps people and organizations find the right fit, the alignment between how we like to work and how a company actually works. On stage, he turns behavioral science into practical tools for thriving workplaces.
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André Martin biography
Future of work speaker André Martin is an organizational psychologist who has spent his career answering a deceptively simple question: why does work feel effortless in some places and exhausting in others? A PhD, executive coach, and former Chief Talent Officer at some of the world’s most iconic brands, he argues that the answer often comes down to fit, the alignment between how we naturally like to work and how a company actually operates.
Over more than two decades, André has led talent, culture, and employee-engagement work at Google, Nike, Mars, Target, and Disney, helping global organizations design workplaces where people do their best work. He began his career as faculty and a senior researcher at the Center for Creative Leadership, one of the world’s top executive-development institutions, and today advises founders and C-suite teams as an entrepreneur, board member, and coach, and as the founder of the culture studio Shift Space.
Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Rethinking How We Work
In his acclaimed book Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever, André tackles what he calls a crisis of commitment in the modern workplace, where organizations struggle to find engaged talent and employees struggle to find places where they thrive. Rather than blaming “good” or “bad” culture, he reframes the problem as one of fit, and offers practical exercises to help individuals find the right workplace and help companies design the conditions in which their people flourish.
As a speaker, André Martin is warm, insightful, and refreshingly practical, translating decades of behavioral research and frontline executive experience into tools audiences can use right away. He speaks on the future of work, employee engagement and culture, talent and leadership development, and how to build organizations where people are at their highest and best use. Audiences leave with a new lens on their own working lives and a concrete roadmap for making work feel less like work.
André Martin Speaking Videos
Collective Confidence: Why Some Teams Refuse to Fail
Wrong Fit, Right Fit
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Drawing on his acclaimed book, André Martin reframes one of the most important questions in work today: not whether a culture is "good" or "bad," but whether it fits. He shares why the alignment between how we like to work and how a company actually operates determines whether we thrive or struggle, and offers practical, research-backed exercises to help individuals find their right fit and help leaders build teams where people do their best work.
The way we work is changing faster than most organizations can adapt. Drawing on two decades leading talent and culture at Google, Nike, Mars, and Disney, André explores what the future of work really demands, and how leaders can design organizations that attract, engage, and retain the best people. A practical, evidence-based look at building workplaces fit for the way people actually want to work.
Organizations everywhere are searching for engaged employees while employees search for places where they can thrive, and both are struggling. André unpacks this crisis of commitment, revealing why so much aspirational "culture" language does more harm than good, and why companies should re-recruit their own people. He offers leaders a clear framework for closing the gap between what they promise and what employees actually experience day to day.
Disengagement costs the global economy trillions in lost productivity, yet most retention strategies treat the symptoms, not the cause. André shows how a focus on fit, on genuinely understanding how people and organizations work best, transforms engagement, performance, and retention. Leaders leave with practical tools to design roles, teams, and cultures where talent stays, grows, and delivers its highest and best work.
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FAQs on Booking André Martin
Why André Martin?
Booking André Martin gives audiences a rare combination: the rigor of an organizational psychologist and the real-world credibility of a former Chief Talent Officer who has shaped culture at Google, Nike, Mars, Target, and Disney. He brings decades of frontline experience and original research to one of the most urgent challenges leaders face, building workplaces where people genuinely thrive. Warm, practical, and refreshingly honest, he leaves audiences with a new way of thinking about work and concrete tools they can act on immediately. He is ideal for events on the future of work, culture, employee engagement, talent, and leadership. To bring André Martin to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is André Martin?
André Martin, PhD, is an organizational psychologist, talent-management executive, author, and executive coach with more than two decades of experience. He has held senior talent, culture, and employee-engagement leadership roles, including Chief Talent Officer, at some of the world's most iconic brands, including Google, Nike, Mars, Target, and Disney. He began his career as faculty and a senior researcher at the Center for Creative Leadership, one of the world's leading executive-development institutions. He is the author of Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever, the founder of the culture studio Shift Space, and a guest lecturer and coach to founders and senior executives.
What is André Martin's book Wrong Fit, Right Fit about?
Wrong Fit, Right Fit: Why How We Work Matters More Than Ever (2023) is André Martin's acclaimed book on one of the biggest challenges in modern work: the mismatch between how we like to work and how the companies we join actually operate. Rather than framing culture as simply "good" or "bad," he argues that the real issue is fit, and that when we fit, we connect, create momentum, and do our best work, while the wrong fit erodes performance and confidence. Drawing on decades of experience and in-depth interviews with workers and leaders, the book offers practical exercises to help individuals find the right workplace and help organizations create the conditions where their people flourish.
What topics does future of work speaker André Martin cover?
André Martin speaks on the future of work, finding the right fit, employee engagement and culture, talent and leadership development, and building organizations where people thrive. His keynotes suit events on the future of work, corporate culture, HR and talent, and leadership. To book André Martin as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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