Most leaders spend their careers trying to inspire change. Joshua Berry teaches them how to create the conditions for teams to lead it.

Joshua Berry is a keynote speaker, author, and consultant who has spent two decades helping organizations navigate transformation.

He's worked with Fortune 500 companies like US Bank, John Deere, Procter & Gamble, and Microsoft, along with mid-market organizations, venture-backed startups, and innovation labs.

He doesn't help leaders roll out change. He helps them create the conditions for teams to own it, drive it, and sustain it.

The work

Joshua's approach is built on a simple idea: change doesn't fail because of a bad plan. It fails because leaders try to inspire buy-in instead of creating the conditions for teams to lead.

When you focus on Team-Led Results™, everything shifts.

The Team-Led Results™ Model guides organizations through four phases:

Groundwork

Help individuals understand their personal relationship to change and create emotional buy-in.

Alignment

Establish clear roles, decision rights, and team agreements that give people the freedom to lead.

Iteration

Move forward through small experiments that turn uncertainty into learning and build resilience.

Celebration

Recognize progress, reinforce behaviors, and create a culture that values courage and continuous improvement.

The background

Prior to starting Econic, Joshua worked across four continents in a global talent management consulting for clients like The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, H&R Block, Stanford Medical Center and Mercedes-Benz USA, as well as mentoring and leading workshops for early stage startups at seed-stage accelerators on topics like Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Change Management, Innovation Accounting and Business Model innovation.

He's mentored over 100 venture-backed startups to their next levels of growth or funding. He's built and exited his own startup. He's designed multiple Fortune 100 intrapreneur and accelerator programs. And he and his team have delivered over $20M in consulting and training services to organizations navigating transformation.

In 2023, Joshua published Dare to Be Naive, a book about the beliefs that shape behavior and how questioning those beliefs creates space for growth. The best-selling book has won ten awards and been endorsed by Seth Godin, Chip Conley, Nir Eyal, and Aaron Dignan.

personal

These are a few of the titles Joshua proudly wears. Husband to Trisha for over 20 years and father to four amazing children, Joshua enjoys spending time with his family—running, traveling, listening to an eclectic mix of music, reading, and playing all types of games. Between work and home, you can also find Joshua grabbing coffee with his friends, chatting about life, philosophy, and what’s next.

The story

In 2011, Joshua and his wife moved into their dream house. One year later, they realized it wasn't them.

So Joshua left his job, joined a startup, and sold the house. The startup didn't succeed. Their fourth child was born. And in the middle of that chaos, Joshua had to reckon with the stories he'd been telling himself about success.

He thought success looked like a big house, a prestigious job, and launching a high-growth startup. But when all of that fell apart, he realized what actually mattered: the love between him and his wife, their family, their friends, and the kind of work that lit him up.

That's when he started building Econic, a company designed to help organizations navigate the in-between spaces where transformation happens. Not the clean "before and after" moments, but the messy middle where fear, ambiguity, and possibility live at the same time.

Since then, Joshua has worked with organizations in almost every industry to navigate that space. Digital transformations. Innovation labs. Workforce redesigns. Strategic initiatives. Every organization has a different name for it, but it's always the same thing: the transition from what was to what's next.

And it's always led better when teams, not just leaders, are equipped to lead the way forward.

What people say about working with Joshua

"The wise leader moves beyond ‘either/or’ thinking and begins to embrace more of the ‘both/and’. Through compelling stories, business practices and provocative questions, Joshua creates space for leaders to explore their emerging wisdom."

Chip Conley
Hospitality Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author

"Joshua is an innovator that cares about people and has a unique approach to solving problems and helping others."

Eric M.
CEO, Bryan Medical Center

"Joshua has an ability to identify and articulate what an organization needs (not just what they ask for). That is extremely valuable."

Mo B.
VP Organizational Development, Ameritas

"I needed someone to hold a consistent, stable, steady space and presence for them. That was you."

Colleen S.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

"Joshua helped guide us to very deep and thoughtful solutions to issues we faced and approaches we needed to consider to evolve as an organization."

Brent K.
Chief Marketing Officer, Ameritas

"The Econic Team ‘gets us’. They have grasped the dynamic of our organization and developed strategies that not only align with our targeted outcome, but with who we are as a firm."

Jeff H.
President, JEO

"Joshua and his team provided simple tools calibrated precisely to meet the needs of the audience that they could use right away."

Colleen S.
Partnerships Manager, UNMC

"From our very first interaction, I had the sense that you would bring insightful ideas and be easy to collaborate with."

McKell P.
CHRO, Salt River Project

"Joshua is a consummate professional who still enjoys sharing laughs along the way."

Jeff E
President, TenDot Travel

"Joshua gave us practical tools and frameworks that sparked deeper reflection and better conversations."

McKell P.
CHRO, Salt River Project

"He can speak with command but also inject humor in a way that is disarming."

Eric M.
CEO, Bryan Medical Center

"Joshua’s team is bright, creative and strategic. They really work to develop a relationship with their clients and deliver amazing solutions."

Melissa N
Chief Culture Officer, Olsson

"You have an ability to identify and articulate what an organization needs, not just what they ask for. That helps identify and resolve the root cause."

Mo B.
Ameritas

"You are a true wealth of knowledge. You're introspective, a great listener, and always bring a grounded presence. You make people want to be better humans."

McKell P.
Salt River Project

"I chose you because you have the right mix of knowledge and experience in organizational development and the right kind of presence: calm, inviting, steady, comforting, consistent, grounded."

Colleen S.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Let's work together

Whether you're looking for a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, or strategic partner for your transformation, Joshua would love to talk.