Melissa Thompson and Adrian Owen Jones offer insights into navigating the volatile workplace on May’s episode of Strictly Business

We’re living in an environment of constant disruption: technological change, shifting demographics, a rapidly evolving workforce and other forces. All of it is creating new challenges and new expectations for leadership.

Whether you’re navigating generational dynamics, discerning AI integration, anticipating market complexities or trying to future-proof your organization, today’s workplace is anything but predictable. On the next episode of Strictly Business, Melissa Thompson and Adrian Owen Jones of Success Labs unpack the dynamics of volatile change and what today’s C-suite needs to be doing to lead through it—strategically and operationally.

Thompson is a leadership and organizational development expert known for transforming teams and organizational cultures. As a partner at Success Labs and curator of TEDxBatonRouge, Melissa leverages her deep expertise in communication and leadership to help executives and emerging leaders navigate change and drive meaningful growth.

Recognized for her charismatic approach and trusted insights, she empowers leaders to build resilient teams and achieve lasting organizational success.

Jones is a nationally recognized leadership strategist and partner at Success Labs, where she helps organizations lead through change by building teams, systems, and strategies that bend without breaking.

A LinkedIn Top Voice in Strategy and Philanthropy, Adrian brings a cross-sector background in tech, operations, and growth—spanning billion-dollar campaigns and award-winning workplace cultures.

A former world-ranked gamer, she now applies that same systems thinking and agility to help leaders scale impact and future-proof their organizations from the inside out.

Strictly Business is powered by Business Report and presented by East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Neighbors Federal Credit Union and Exit Momentum.

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