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Purpose as Practice: Building Spaces That Heal

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  • This conversation explores how purpose-driven leaders design spaces and systems that integrate ambition and wellbeing rather than forcing a choice between the two. We will discuss hospitality as healing, workplace wellness as cultural transformation, devotion as leadership, and how founders translate personal values into scalable environments that serve communities at large.

What to Expect

  • Through perspectives spanning global wellness hospitality, integrated workplace wellness, endurance-driven philanthropy, and conscious entrepreneurship, this panel highlights what becomes possible when leadership is anchored in heart.

  • Topics include:

    • Building organizations that prioritize human flourishing alongside performance

    • Reimagining work, wellness, and community as integrated rather than separate

    • Leading from devotion and service rather than ego or urgency

    • Scaling with integrity while preserving soul

Panelists:

  • Morgan O’Hare

    • Founder, Present Practice

  • Mark Rivers

    • CEO of Canyon Ranch

  • Connor Michalek

    • Co-Founder of Gevity

  • Jared Blank

    • Endurance-Driven Philanthropist | Chief of Staff, UT Football Team

Moderator:

  • Jessica Nelson

    • Yoga House Moderator

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Location
206 E 4th St
Austin, TX 78701, USA
Next door to the SXSW Innovation Clubhouse!
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