YOUR CULTURE
YOUR PEOPLE ARE
In the John Garrett Keynote Experience, discover why “professional” isn’t code for personality-free and how redefining a human-first workplace becomes your smartest advantage.
It’s not the handbooks. It’s the humans.
Keep your best people.
Build cultures they brag about.
Redefine “professional.”
Work isn’t broken because people lack skills. It’s broken because somewhere along the way “professional” got redefined as hiding who you are..
The John Garrett Keynote Experience blends comedy-club energy with leadership clarity – using laughter as the lever that drops defenses, builds trust and makes the truth about your workplace culture stick. Leaders walk away with a playbook to ditch stale professionalism for human-first workplaces where retention rises, collaboration clicks, and competitors can’t copy what makes you different.
→ The Keynote Experience
Mainstage moments that crack open the “professional” mask and leave leaders seeing the workplace (and themselves) differently.
→ Facilitated Retreats
Deeper dives that spark conversation, bold collaboration, and the kind of connection handbooks never create.
→ Leadership Coaching
One-on-one growth that helps leaders start leading like humans.
→ Fractional Chief Culture Officer
Implementation of the What’s your “And”?™ philosophy directly into your organization. Improve the employee experience step by step from onboarding to exit to make your culture more human.
“ENGAGING”
”THOUGHT PROVOKING”
”RELEVANT”
”ENTERTAINING”
”HILARIOUS”
“PROFOUND”
Your people’s passions are
your superpower.
Job titles don’t light people up. Passions do. And when leaders make room for the “Ands,” everything changes:
Morale goes up.
Loyalty sticks.
Collaboration stops needing “forced fun” calendars.
John delivers practical, repeatable ways to:
Build trust and genuine connection
Keep the right people longer
Create a culture nobody else can copy
“Forget the snooze-fest speakers, this guy brings the house down while lifting everyone up. He’s on a mission to help organizations not just retain talent, but to ignite the human spirit.”
- Jessica Veiga, Botkeeper
Trusted by Leaders in their Industries:
Meet John Garrett
From Big Four CPA to Emmy-nominated comedy writer, John Garrett has lived both sides of “professional.”
Today, he’s on a mission to shatter outdated workplace norms with the What’s Your “And”? movement—because cultures thrive when leaders create space for people to bring all of who they are.
The Book
The Podcast
Who else are you besides your job title?
From rock climbing to musical theater, guest share the “And” that makes them a whole human.
Named "Distinguished Favorite" by the Independent Press Awards for the Leadership category.
What’s Your “And”?:
Unlock the Person Within the Professional.
This isn’t just a talk.
It’s a tipping point.
With humor and hard truths, John Garrett changes how leaders see people — so culture finally follows.