Shawn Murphy

Shawn Murphy serves as CEO of WorqIQ, formerly Switch and Shift, an organization that helps leaders transform the work experience to be positive, energizing . . . optimistic.

An accomplished writer, you can read Shawn’s weekly column, “Positive Business,” on Inc.com. His debut book, The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment that Energizes Everyone, is out now.

Shawn has over 25 years’ experience as an organizational and culture change practitioner and workshop facilitator. Because of his extensive experience and keen insight, Shawn was handpicked to be part of IBM's elite New Way to Work futurist group.

How to Avoid These 3 Culture Change Pitfalls

Culture change is a human experience. It’s not just a business imperative, as it has been viewed for decades, as reflected in these expressions: “If we’re going to grow, we have to change the culture” and “This culture is toxic,…

Overlooked Leadership Actions That Create an Optimistic Workplace

What does it feel like where you work? What about on your team? Today’s work environments are laden with low engagement to active disengagement. Employees’ belief in senior leadership teams are abysmally low. The work-life mix is jumbled up where…

Making Work More Meaningful: 3 Simple Things That Managers Can Do

With dismal news of widespread employee dissatisfaction and disengagement, and uncertainty in the American and global economies forcing CEOs/CFOs continued conservatism, managers are faced with a difficult reality: How to make work meaningful despite unhappy employees in unsatisfying work environments?…