Who We Are
We’re The Ready
We’re here to change how the world works—from business as usual to brave new work. It takes an unusual person to disrupt decades of tradition and guide hundreds or thousands of people through an experience that demands their bravery, vulnerability, and curiosity. It takes conviction to join a decentralized, self-managing, public benefit corporation where reputation matters more than position.
![A group of people laughing around a dinner table.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63f64214650d1272fb21690d/64495b02c779ff9ad9a7990f_image_OurPeopleForeground%402x.webp)
Our people
The people who make up The Ready are specialists in the ways of organizational culture and transformation. Yet within that world we are generalists drawing freely from the principles and practices of dozens of theories and hundreds of iconoclastic firms. We are coaches, facilitators, academics, psychologists, technologists, and corporate veterans who have found each other in our quest to make work better. Our backgrounds are varied but our ambition is united.
The Ready’s purpose is to change how the world works—from business as usual to brave new work. We believe that brave new work is work that’s more human, adaptive, meaningful, and equitable. Joining the thousands of organizations that awakened to the long-standing, global movements for racial justice, we too recognized that The Ready could not fulfill our purpose—could not live into our principles honestly—without making equity a fundamental component of the impact we hope to make in the world. Is a future of work that’s more human and meaningful for some good enough? Our answer to that question was, is, and will always be “No.”
We want The Ready to represent the future of work through the principles and practices we embody. Our shared future is a more diverse and inclusive one—and we are committed to having our membership reflect that, too. That’s why instead of sharing a brief statement, we want to share more—as transparently as we can—about the work we’ve been doing on ourselves and the work still left to do. We are naming our intentions, gaps, and attempts to hopefully make it easier for people of color and others with marginalized identities to be more well-informed when applying to join The Ready.
Join our team
We are always on the lookout for our next stunning colleague. If you either have experience working closely with organizations to help them think and act differently or are hoping to apply your unique skillset toward changing how the world works and participating in a self-managing environment, please learn about our hiring process and consider applying with us!
The Ready’s hiring team reviews all applications anonymously and will be in touch if there is a fit. If you need to get in touch with them, please email hiring@theready.com.
![Team photo of people at The Ready from a dinner in April 2023.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63f64214650d1272fb21690d/64495b2e1589c13e25e8db88_image_OurTeamForeground%402x.webp)
The Ready from A–Z
![Sharan Bal](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fce813121cf15b66a4a342_image_SharanBall.webp)
Sharan Bal
Georgia, USA
![Matt Basford](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/65204a533d23e5f0bd75aeb5_image_MattBasford.webp)
Matt Basford
New York, USA
![Jason Beck](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/6733b5ea13122525ab85c122_image_JasonBeck%402x.webp)
Jason Beck
California, USA
![Marcus Corpening](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/663bb14f15123a811268cc99_image_MarcusCorpening%402x.webp)
Marcus Corpening
North Carolina, USA
![Whitney Davison](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fce931ea1a296dfc036538_image_WhitneyDavison.webp)
Whitney Davison
Georgia, USA
![Aaron Dignan](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fce9561487e6d010a767f9_image_AaronDignan.webp)
Aaron Dignan
Colorado, USA
![Zoe Donaldson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fce97cef5b4d3b2301f0df_image_ZoeDonaldson.webp)
Zoe Donaldson
North Carolina, USA
![Lucy Ellis](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/6449ba199cd28c2cdff14b40_image_LucyEllis%402x.webp)
Lucy Ellis
Georgia, USA
![Rodney Evans](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/64b57beeef0b49062a5475e6_image_RodneyEvans%402x.webp)
Rodney Evans
North Carolina, USA
![Amy Rae Foss](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/66d71d413b174d3b5e51f9ad_image_AmyRae%20(2).webp)
Amy Rae Foss
Nevada, USA
![Jeff Homan](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/66d71d776c3569b78f1f9b08_image_JeffHoman.webp)
Jeff Homan
Florida, USA
![Sarah Koegler](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fceab79241c6833bb5b3fe_image_SarahKoegler.webp)
Sarah Koegler
West Virginia, USA
![Alisha Lochtefeld](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/651ecfc358a7103e5d84fcfe_image_AlishaLochtefeld.webp)
Alisha Lochtefeld
Ohio, USA
![Yehudi Meshchaninov](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fceb503996760053d25d52_image_YehudiMeshchaninov.webp)
Yehudi Meshchaninov
New York, USA
![Colin Mulholland](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/664b63c582c1ff45f23a7b28_image_ColinMulholland%402x.webp)
Colin Mulholland
Georgia, USA
![Travis Packer](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/6449bac23bfeb90ec3a29384_image_TravisPacker%402x.webp)
Travis Packer
North Carolina, USA
![Grace Palos](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/663bb1ea612a2e0b4403efa5_image_GracePalos%402x.webp)
Grace Palos
Washington, D.C., USA
![Tanisi Pooran](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fcebd4736a2d5b57713330_image_TanisiPooran.webp)
Tanisi Pooran
Ontario, Canada
![Ali Randel](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/644bde4f0b74b77d8eea9536_image_AliRandel%402x.webp)
Ali Randel
New York, USA
![Ashley Reid](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/644af219ab84a0b67ae9eeb4_image_AshleySmith%402x.webp)
Ashley Reid
Georgia, USA
![Daniel Riley](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/6733b60df137b1a826a6f22a_image_DanielRiley%402x.webp)
Daniel Riley
North Carolina, USA
![Jon Roth](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fcec49ef5b4dbd97023357_image_JonRoth.webp)
Jon Roth
New York, USA
![Meg Saxby](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fcec692a3f3ca35d76b02c_image_MegSaxby.webp)
Meg Saxby
Ontario, Canada
![Tabea Soriano](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/644af253d49101ce58a3eff7_image_TabeaSoriano%402x-2.webp)
Tabea Soriano
New York, USA
![Sam Spurlin](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fcecd59241c68213b5d890_image_SamSpurlin.webp)
Sam Spurlin
New York, USA
![Alastair Steward](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/651ec7aad9872504a9751437_image_AlastairSteward.webp)
Alastair Steward
Utah, USA
![Sara Valasek](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/644af236cd1fd81575b9f021_image_SaraValasek%402x.webp)
Sara Valasek
Ohio, USA
![Jack Van Amburg](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/6453bea13e05a63a65777920_image_JackVanAmburg%402x.webp)
Jack Van Amburg
California, USA
![Chelsea Weber](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/664b63d2711d060e187e29da_image_ChelseaWeber%402x.webp)
Chelsea Weber
Missouri, USA
![Mia Wise](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/663badef55f5d4ace185a4a6_image_MiaWise%402x.webp)
Mia Wise
North Carolina, USA
![Zimari Yumva](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63fce6fc122b4d8b036757a0/63fcedbba8cfc749141562ab_image_MichaelWoodley%20(1).webp)
Zimari Yumva
Nova Scotia, Canada