About ImperativeImperativeI4_67e61104-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc704Imperative was founded as a Benefit Corporation to lead the largest research and innovation effort on purpose for the workforce. With a mission to enable everyone to uncover and apply their purpose drivers, Imperative sets out to help everyone realize their potential as employees and members of society. Imperative has worked with over 100,000 professionals and hundreds of organizations globally.IMPERATIVE BOARDAaron HurstChair and CEO, Imperative -- Aaron Hurst is a widely recognized social entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Imperative and author of the The Purpose Economy. Aaron previously founded the Taproot Foundation, a nonprofit organization building a national pro bono marketplace and leading the global service movement. He is a Nonprofit Times' Power & Influence Top 50 and LinkedIn Influencer.Kyla FullenwiderChief Innovation Officer, U.S. Census BureauSophie StenbeckImpact Investor and PhilanthropistFabio RosatiEntreprenuer and Former CEO, UpworkPaul GrossingerEntrepreneur and Angel InvestorElaine MasonVP People Planning, Design and Analytics, CiscoImperative Leadership Team MembersArthur WoodsCo-Founder -- Arthur Woods is a serial social entrepreneur and leads partnerships and business development at Imperative. He is a three-times TEDx speaker, World Economic Forum Global Shaper. Arthur previously led operations for YouTube's Education and co-founded Out in Tech and Social Impact 360 (Compass Fellowship).Nicole ReschEnterprise Account ManagerNicole is an executive with decades of experiences in assisting large enterprises with talent management. She was previously a senior consultant in the IT, Corporate Strategy, and Operations businesses at Microsoft.Rachel KjackHead of Program Development -- Rachel is a senior executive with experience of experience in learning and program design She leads Imperative's program development. She is an expert trainer, executive coach, instructional designer and social and mobile learning specialist, having worked with hundreds of organizations throughout her career.Molly WilliamsHead of Operations -- Molly is the connective glue that makes sure Imperative runs on time and everyone has what they need. She manages operations at Imperative and keeps the trains running on time for the team and our partners alike.Jessica AlspaughHead of Product -- Jessica is a seasoned product executive who identifies clear business opportunities and then designs natural, intuitive, straightforward, magical user experiences to make them reality. She comes with years of experience leading products at Microsoft.Joel BashevkinHead of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Joel is a seasoned executive in the corporate social responsibility space leads Imperative's Purpose in Volunteerism program. Previously Joel was head of Global Pro Bono and Executive Director at Taproot Foundation. He co-founded the Global Pro Bono Network.Theo SicklerPurpose Program Coordinator -- Theo is the program manager for Imperative providing operational support in the development, implementation and marketing of the Certified Purpose Leadership Program. Theo has the ability to figure anything out, small or large and is driven by the desire to help people maximize their full potential. He's our own, Purpose-driven swiss army knife.Adrianna KmieciakBack-end Developer -- Adrianna is one of our all-star back-end developers. She leads the team in organizing the tasks and encouraging efficiency in lean API design.Agata DebskaFront-end Developer -- Agata is our primary front-end developer. She cares passionately about designing and building the beautiful and intuitive interfaces for our users.Jack GlodekTech Lead -- Jacek is an engineer, designer and organizer. He is a big fan of service design, design thinking and microservices.Bartosz LudwigBack-end Developer -- Bartek brings a remarkable talent to the development team with special focus on Scala functional programming and REST design.Our work achieves the impact we desire_67e612a8-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc704To enable everyone to uncover and apply their purpose drivers_67e61398-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc704ServiceIn 2001 Aaron Hurst founded the Taproot Foundation, engaging tens of thousands of professionals' in pro bono service.MotivationOver the course of a dozen years, he decoded these professional's patterns of intrinsic motivation that made this work so deeply rewarding despite being unpaid.PurposeHe discovered that we each gain purpose based on different psychological drivers that predict everything from our intrinsic motivations to the impact we desire to make through work.WorkImpactHuman PotentialHelp everyone realize their potential as employees and members of society._67e61456-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc704EmployeesMembers of SocietyImperative is founded as a Benefit Corporation to bring these purpose insights to the workforce and enable everyone to uncover and apply their purpose drivers to realize their potential as employees and members of society. Since 2014, Imperative has helped over 100,000 professionals awaken purpose in their work and its Purpose Lab has led the largest global research agenda on purpose.Work PurposesHelp professionals awaken purpose in their work._67e61528-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc7041ProfessionalsResearchConduct research on purpose._67e615f0-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc7042Purpose LabCertificationCertify a community of leaders._67e616b8-47a8-11e7-ab5c-57cdfe1fc7043LeadersImperative launches the Certified Purpose Leader Program to certify a community of leaders to lead this work inside their organizations.2017-06-02https://www.imperative.com/our-story-2/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net