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Jon speaks on culture, leadership, and elite team performance through several different featured programs — from full-day workshops to focused keynotes — each built on the practices of the world's most elite organizations.
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Culture First: The Full Workshop
Built on the practices of the world's most elite military and law enforcement units, this full-day workshop delivers the complete Culture First framework — nine practices, concrete tools, and a Monday-morning implementation plan for leaders ready to build a culture that performs under pressure.
Culture First: Overview
Drawing from the world's most elite special operations and law enforcement units, Jon reveals the nine practices that separate high-performing teams from everyone else — and shows how any organization can adopt them.
Building Culture Intentionally
Culture forms whether you build it or not — the only question is whether you're in charge of it. Jon draws on the most intentional organizations on earth to show leaders how to diagnose the culture they have and deliberately build the one they want.
Standards Are What You Tolerate
Your values statement doesn't define your culture — your behavior does. Jon shows leaders why the gap between stated and enforced standards is the most destructive force in any organization, and exactly how to close it.
Not Deciding is a Decision
Elite units don't wait for perfect information — they build systems that make better decisions faster under pressure. Jon breaks down the decision-making architecture of the world's most effective teams and shows leaders how to build it in their own organizations.
Kissing Frogs Enthusiastically
Hiring is the most consequential decision a leader makes, and most organizations treat it like an afterthought. Jon applies the selection science of the world's most demanding units to give leaders a practical framework for finding the right people — and keeping the wrong ones out.
Thank You For Disagreeing
The best teams in the world argue — and it makes them better. Jon unpacks the deliberate collaboration practices of elite tactical units to show leaders how to build a culture where disagreement is a competitive advantage, not a threat.
Lessons Learned from The Debrief
Across seven seasons and 1.5 million listens, The Debrief has documented the most consequential critical incidents in modern law enforcement history — and the same patterns keep emerging. Jon delivers those hard-won lessons directly to tactical leaders and their agencies.
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