July 2025 Edition

We've crossed 20,000 chapter members globally!! 🎉

I've been thinking a lot about what makes our community so special and why we continue to grow so much. Here's why:

• People are craving deeper connections. They align with our mission to make the world of work better and to unlock more humanity at work. 

• Our community is open to anyone, not just HR. While we love HR leaders, our superpower is in gathering people from across industries and roles — from junior professionals and people managers to consultants and coaches. There's other organizations for just HR folks and that's great, so don't get caught up in just HR folks showing up. We're more than that! Culture belongs to everyone so let's not forget that. 

• Inclusion is our strength! We're about fostering belonging and acceptance. We won't always agree on everything, but we create places where people can feel seen, heard, valued, and appreciated. The world needs places for respectful discord. 

Cheers to all of being on this mission together! We're doin' this! 

✌️ Jessie's Out of Office — Here’s What You Need to Know

I'll be offline from August 8 to 22 for a long-overdue reset. I’ll be in Melbourne the week of August 5, so responses may be delayed due to time zones.

Before I log off, I’ll submit any outstanding expenses — please get yours in!

While I’m gone:

🔍 Use the Chapter Leads Wiki site to search for answers

💬 Ask questions CF Slack in the #leads-all channel and get support from your fellow leads
(Austin Drabik + Neha Agrawal will be keeping an eye out for things in Slack)

🛠️ Submit Bevy support tickets 

💸 For finance: email accounts@cultureamp.com 

If something is truly urgent, you can contact Kristen Piña Flores, but please reflect before doing so. Can it just wait until Jessie is back? 

I’ll be back online August 25. Thanks for holding it down while I'm away and don't forget to use your PTO and book the dang vacay! At the very least, get outside and touch grass. 

👶 Culture First Babies 

In the last year, four of our amazing leads became parents!

🎉 Congrats to Jes Liu, Taylor Bridges, Kate Bevan (Murphy), and Becky Braud

Two of their babies even rocked onesies that say: “Creating a better world of work one baby step at a time."

🤓 Conferences for Conferences + Responsive 2025

Some of our community members will be attending The Conference for Conferences (Sept 16) and Responsive (Sept 17–18) — and you can join too!

Responsive Conference Discount Code: 'culturefirst' for 20% off

Conference for Conferences Discount Code: 'CA10' for 10% off 

If you're interested in attending, let me know. We can get a discount if a larger group of us registers. And if you’re attending, let's coordinate on some quality time together! 

Pictures from previous year below.