Connected Resilience: From Polycrisis to Possibility
TedX APEX, 2026
Everett’s distinctive voice and unique history makes him a sought-after speaker on leadership, connected resilience, remote work, high performance workplaces, and social entrepreneurship. He has been featured at conferences such as TedX, Dent the Future, Tugboat, TechStars and Velocity, podcasts like the Commonwealth Club and AfroTech, and writing for Forbes, Thrive Global, and TechCrunch.
Move to the Edge, Declare it Center
Transform for Value, Business Leaders Podcast (2023)
Keynote Address
Dent the Future Conference (2017)
Accelerating Transformation:
Lessons In Business Resiliency
Commonwealth Club (2020)
Virtual Keynote:
Move to the Edge, Declare it Center
Tugboat Institute (Feb 2021)
Future Ready Leaders: Purpose
DHR: Elevate Partners (2020)
Podcasts
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Recruiting Future
A CEO’s Perspective on Remote Work
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REWORK
Truss the Process
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Future Ready Leaders
Purpose with Everett Harper
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Diversity Beyond the Checkbox
Creating a Corporate Culture that Lasts
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Growth Think Tank
How Diversity and Inclusion Drive Growth
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Modern Career
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Action and Ambition
Everett Harper Perfects Your Customer Service Experience
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Leveraging Thought Leadership
How to Sharpen Your Thought Leadership
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Recruiting Daily
Improving Ethnic And Gender Diversity in Tech
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A Hire Future
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Black Tech Unplugged
Everett Harper Unplugged
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National Black MBA 2020
Panelist, Can We Still Do Good While Doing Well? How Social Responsibility Survives a Crisis
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Future Ready Leaders
Diversity & Inclusion with Everett Harper
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Zero to 5000, upcoming
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Publications
AUTHORED ARTICLESWeak Ties Matter
Techcrunch, 2016
Still A Target, Still A Leader: Creating Space For Humans
Forbes, 2020
Company Talk about Police Shootings, as Target and CEO
Medium, 2016
Hidden Figures, Unsung: One Woman's Fight To Be An IBM Programmer In The 1970s
Forbes, 2018
Forbes Contributor
2017-2020
Amy Biehl Foundation Trust Case
Stanford Graduate School of Business
by Gregory Dees and Everett Harper, 2000
FEATURED INThe Business of Race
Margaret Greenberg and Gina Greenlee, McGraw Hill, 2020
Inspirational Black Men in Tech
Thrive Magazine, 2020
How The Son of Black IBM Engineers From the ’60s Became a Tech CEO, Who Helped Fix Healthcare.gov
POCIT (People of Color in Tech), 2019
Trouble Sticking To Resolutions? Try Leading With A Purpose Playbook Instead
Mei Mei Fox, Forbes, 2018
Academic & Other Appearances
Wharton School of Business
Entrepreneurship case study with Prof. Damon Philips
February 2022
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Sustainable Business
November 2021
Stanford Continuing Education
Choosing Happiness, Dr. Laura Delizonna
November 2020
Columbia Business School
Entrepreneurship case study, Prof. Damon Philips
November 2020
Grain Conference
Private gathering for leading Black business and political leaders
2019