Leadership: Speaking & Consulting

Evan Apfelbaum

Evan speaks and consults on some of the most difficult questions organizations face today: how to lead fairly in divided environments, how to navigate diversity and difference, and how to design cultures and systems that are both more inclusive and more effective. 

Grounded in social psychology and organizational research, his talks connect behavioral science to real leadership challenges, including ethical decision-making, intergroup dynamics, culture, teams, and the growing tension between diversity, fairness, merit, and emerging technologies like AI.

His speaking and advisory work is especially well suited to organizations that want to move beyond symbolic commitments and think more seriously about how people interpret fairness, how inequality is reproduced or reduced in practice, and how leaders can respond to conflict, uncertainty, and institutional change. 

Evan has worked with a wide range of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies and law firms to hospitals and public school systems, including: 

  • Bank of America

  • Ernst & Young

  • World Bank

  • Caterpillar

  • Slack

  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals

  • Wolf, Greenfield, & Sacks

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

  • Newton Public Schools

 

Sample topics of expertise

  • Diversity, fairness, and inequality in organizations

  • Leading through disagreement, polarization, and institutional change

  • Ethical leadership and behavioral science

  • Race, identity, and the challenge of talking about difference

  • Organizational culture, teams, and decision-making

  • The future of work, AI, and inequality