Laszlo Bock

Co-Founder and Board Member

2019 - Current

The synthetic data platform for developers. Generate artificial datasets with the same characteristics as real data, so you can develop and test AI models without compromising privacy.

Co-Founder and Co-Faculty Director of the Berkeley Transformative CHRO Academy

2024

Developing the next generation of Transformative CHROs

Investor, Coach and Producer

2017

TECHNOLOGY Addepar (unicorn) - Empowering investment professionals BetterUp (unicorn) - The better coaching platform Carbon (unicorn) - Making radically better products Coda (unicorn) - Your all-in-one collaborative workspace Ceramic.ai (seed) - Stealth Collective Health (unicorn) - The modern TPA solution Color (unicorn) - Take control of cancer Draftwise (seed) - AI built for lawyers Maven Clinic (unicorn) - The next generation of care for women Multiverse (unicorn) - Transform your workforce Ninjatech (seed) - Personal AI with multi-agent autonomy - 1M MAUs within two months! Seekout (unicorn) - AI recruiting Thatch.ai (seed) - Better health benefits for less money Thumbtack (unicorn) - Caring for your home, made easy Exits include: Affectiva (acquired), Agilone (acquired), Evolv (acquired), Guardant Health (IPO), Neeva (acquired by Snowflake), Taboola (IPO) and Uber (IPO) FILM AND THEATER & Juliet (Tony Award winner) Almost Famous (Executive Producer - Tony Award nominated) Days of Wine and Roses (Executive Producer - Tony Award nominated) Folk (forthcoming) Gaucho Gaucho (Executive Producer - Sundance Award winner) Rapino (Executive Producer - forthcoming) The Night Disco Died (forthcoming) The Notebook (Executive Producer - Tony Award nominated)

Co-Founder, CEO and Board Chair

2017 - 2022

Acquired by Perceptyx in 2023. $110M raised through series C. Making work better for everyone, everywhere. Our Nudge Engine™ technology transforms organizations at scale using small, personal steps based on science, machine learning, and a little bit of love.

Board Member and Chair, HR and Compensation Committee

2020 - 2022

Advisory Board Member

2017 - 2021

Co-founded by Vice President Al Gore, our vision is a sustainable world in which prosperity is shared broadly, in a society that achieves wellbeing for all, protects nature and preserves a habitable climate.

SVP, People Operations (CHRO) / Executive Committee Member

2006 - 2016

First head of People Operations for Google/Alphabet

Author, WORK RULES!

2015 - 2015

Required textbook at Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, USC, Berklee and other universities "A bold, inspiring, and actionable vision that will transform the future of work. It should be mandatory reading for everyone who leads, manages, or has a job."―Adam Grant "A dazzling revelation: at once an all-access backstage pass to one of the smartest organizations on the planet, and also an immensely useful blueprint for creating a culture of creativity."―Dan Coyle, author of The Talent Code "A remarkable book that reveals the secrets of becoming a talent powerhouse. He shows the many benefits of a high freedom culture with a mission that matters."―Dan Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human

VP, Human Resources

2003 - 2006

Management Consultant

1999 - 2003