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JOSHUA BERRY

Author of Team-Led Results · Cofounder and CEO of Econic · Keynote speaker

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Joshua Berry smiling at the camera, in a blue jacket

BIOS

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Joshua Berry is cofounder and CEO of Econic and the author of Dare to Be Naive and Team-Led Results (Ideapress, February 2027). For 22 years he has helped leaders at organizations like P&G, Microsoft and John Deere lead change with their people instead of to them. He lives in Nebraska.

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Joshua Berry has spent 22 years helping leaders stop doing change to their people and start doing it with them. He is cofounder and CEO of Econic, a leadership consulting firm, and has worked alongside teams at P&G, Microsoft, John Deere, U.S. Bank and Ameritas. His new book, Team-Led Results: How Great Teams Turn Uncertainty into Momentum (Ideapress, February 16, 2027), is a practical handbook built from that work. He is also the author of Dare to Be Naive and a TEDx speaker. Joshua lives in Nebraska, where he’s still learning that the first next safest action is usually smaller than he thinks.

LONG About 200 words

Joshua Berry has spent his career studying how people grow and what makes teams work. He spent nearly a decade at a talent assessment company, teaching leaders how to interview and spot patterns in people, before cofounding Econic, the leadership consulting firm he has led as CEO for 11 years. Over 22 years he has worked alongside teams at P&G, Microsoft, John Deere, U.S. Bank, Ameritas and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, helping leaders stop doing change to their people and start doing it with them.

His new book, Team-Led Results: How Great Teams Turn Uncertainty into Momentum (Ideapress Publishing, distributed by Simon & Schuster, February 16, 2027), turns that work into a practical handbook built on four foundations: Groundwork, Alignment, Iteration and Celebration. Each chapter ends with Starting Moves, small steps a team can try on Monday morning.

Joshua is also the author of Dare to Be Naive and a TEDx speaker. His keynotes come straight from the book: real stories and one Starting Move people can try the next morning. Fair warning, there’s always an interactive portion of the show. He lives in Nebraska, where he’s still learning that the first next safest action is usually smaller than he thinks.

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PORTRAITS 4 photos

  • Headshot of Joshua Berry smiling, in a grey blazer and black shirt
    Headshot, grey blazer
  • Close portrait of Joshua Berry in a blue jacket, smiling slightly
    Blue jacket, close
  • Joshua Berry laughing, seated in a blue jacket and blue glasses
    Blue jacket, laughing
  • Black and white portrait of Joshua Berry looking to the side
    Black and white

ON STAGE AND IN THE ROOM 4 photos

  • Joshua Berry smiling on stage in a plaid jacket, in front of a bright blue screen
    On stage
  • Wide shot of Joshua Berry on stage beside a large blue screen, with dark space to the right
    On stage, wide
  • Joshua leading a workshop, pointing to a slide as a team listens
    Leading a workshop
  • Joshua Berry at his desk speaking into a podcast microphone, in a red checked shirt
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THE BOOK

What’s usually missing when change stalls isn’t motivation, capability or accountability. It’s agency: the felt sense that your voice and your effort actually shape what happens around you. Team-Led Results is a practical handbook for building it, organized around four foundations (Groundwork, Alignment, Iteration and Celebration) with Starting Moves a team can try on Monday morning.

Title
Team-Led Results: How Great Teams Turn Uncertainty into Momentum
Author
Joshua Berry
Publication date
February 16, 2027
Publisher
Ideapress Publishing, distributed by Simon & Schuster
ISBN
978-1-64687-288-6
Availability
National retail and airport placement

INTERVIEW TOPICS

  • LEADING CHANGE PEOPLE OWN

    Why buy-in is the wrong goal, and what to build instead so a change outlasts the kickoff meeting.

  • TEAMS, TRUST AND CULTURE

    How to spot artificial harmony, why your smartest move might be assigning someone to disagree, and what a failure award does for trust.

  • LEADING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY

    Small moves over big bets: how teams build momentum when the path ahead isn’t clear.

QUESTIONS TO ASK

  1. You say buy-in is the wrong goal. What should leaders aim for instead?
  2. What is artificial harmony, and how can a leader tell if their team has it?
  3. What did robot lawnmowers teach an innovation team about noticing instead of predicting?
  4. Why would a high-performing company hand out an award for failure?
  5. What’s a Starting Move, and what’s one a team could try this week?
  6. Your first book was Dare to Be Naive. What changed between book one and book two?

Or bring your own. These are just a starting point.

WHAT LEADERS ARE SAYING

Joshua Berry has put words to something I learned during my leadership at WD-40 Company: people don’t resist change, they resist feeling powerless in it.”

Garry Ridge
Chairman Emeritus, WD-40 Company

Team-Led Results is how you change an organization without hollowing out the team.”

Dr. David Burkus
Author of Best Team Ever

This isn’t a book you read once. It’s a playbook you keep on your desk.”

Mogien “Mo” Boyd
Executive Director, Nebraska Commission on African American Affairs

It’s the kind of book you’ll mark up, return to, and actually use.”

Sue Wilkinson
President and COO, Ameritas

More from Joshua

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Speaking

BRING JOSHUA TO YOUR EVENT

Keynotes and working sessions built on the book, for leadership teams, conferences and all-hands.

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