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HS Worklabs || Holden Sperling
How I Work
HS Worklabs
HS Worklabs || Holden Sperling
How I Work
HS Worklabs || Holden Sperling
How I Work

"As we’ve all learned building organizations, “smart” is an easy skill to hire for, but “curious” and “in-tune” values are hard to measure. Holden’s emotional barometer is highly attuned to his surroundings. In an organization that included engineers, artists, marketers, and people of all shapes, sizes, and colors, Holden has a seemingly elastic toolbox to build and cement trust — and had the confidence of every last employee. This made navigating complex moments...work with aplomb."
— CEO, TodayTix Group

"His ability to diagnose problems quickly and propose solutions is second-to-none, and his ability to earn the trust of those around him enables him to serve as critical connective tissue between the leadership team and the organization. He brings a can-do attitude to everything, acts with integrity, and is empathetic and thoughtful in his approach. I'd highly recommend him for anything from early stage startups to large enterprise orgs. He simultaneously makes the team better, and more fun!"
— CMO, Happier (Ten Percent Happier)

“Holden's superpower is in quickly diagnosing anything that isn't working the way it should -- from small inefficiencies to big strategic problems -- and being able to vision the end state and bring everyone along in the journey. Holden is a smart and strategic thinker that brought our team at Twitter forward in its evolution to have better communication with our 30-person cross-functional stakeholder group and more organization in our program overall. What's more, Holden is great to have around and always brings positivity!”
— Head of Location Strategy, X (Twitter)

About Me

I worked as a stage manager for my first paying jobs as a teenager. Since then, running “air traffic control” to create harmony out of many moving pieces has been in my muscle memory. Picking up wisdom and reflexes from varied past experiences shaped me into an experienced and values-driven operator, strategist, and facilitator. Now, I use systems thinking and human-centered design to help teams across the globe to work better together (even when they’re apart). 

Here’s a few highlights:

  • Twitter: large-scale/high-visibility project management, process improvement, employee experience research and analysis, information flow redesign

  • Virgin Hyperloop: engagement program design and implementation, DEIB program co-creation, future of work advising, internal communications program development, executive communications

  • Facebook: (now Meta): employee experience research and analysis, onboarding program enhancement design

  • TodayTix (in-house Chief of Staff, Head of Organizational Effectiveness): ground-up development of people team, infrastructure design and implementation, internal communications program development

Systems + Operations Design

Team Engagement + Listening

Program Creation + Management

Meeting Hygiene + Magic

Brainstorming + Strategy Sessions

Summits + Retreats

Events + Celebrations

People Operations

Internal Communications Design + Support

Exec Whispering

Change can look like

Holden Sperling

+1 (415) 870-5232

hs@holdensperling.com