Start With Hope™

To create cultures where people believe, belong and perform.

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Afdhel Aziz

helps organizations increase engagement, retention and performance — using his Start with Hope™ Playbook pioneered at Fortune 500 companies like Disney, Microsoft, The Gap, and Sephora.

Testimonials

  • "Afdhel's talk received a standing ovation from a packed room of 1,200 and was among the highest-rated speeches ever at IEG."

    — Lesa Ukman, IEG

  • "You left us with so much inspiration and pride this morning. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and your energy."

    — Dawn Bednarski, Chief Marketing Officer, Sun Life

  • "Afdhel radiates passion and authenticity. Powerful, genuine charisma."

    — Jay-Ann Gilfoy, President & CEO, Meridian Credit Union

  • "His storytelling ability coupled with a unique engagement with the audience, tempo, charisma, and tone — all with a uniquely powerful and genuine message — will surely open your eyes."

    — Quique Riancho, YPO

  • "We loved Conspiracy of Love's GPS to Personal Purpose Workshop. It was like water in the desert to our Leadership Team. It helped our leaders come to the table."

    — Carly O'Connor Kajawa, Head of People & Culture, Athleta

  • "Conspiracy of Love helped us identify and rally around a powerful, authentic purpose to inspire even greater impact."

    — Richard Dickson, CEO, Gap Inc.

Organizations today are dealing with the most expensive invisible crisis of the AI era.

Right now, your people are executing without believing. They're showing up — but not fully invested. Meeting their targets — but running toward burnout. Your managers, the people whose job it is to translate strategy into meaning for their teams, have quietly stopped believing in the story themselves.

Gallup's latest data shows that hope — not strategy, not technology, not incentives — is the #1 thing people need from the leaders in their lives, accounting for 56% of every positive leadership attribute named across 52 countries.

As Chief Purpose Officer of Conspiracy of Love, Afdhel Aziz has thirty years of experience helping leaders at Fortune 500 companies like Adidas, Gap Inc., Sephora, and PepsiCo use his Start With Hope™ Playbook to build cultures where people believe, belong, and perform. He is the best-selling author of 'The Purpose Trilogy', a respected Forbes contributor with over 500 interviews with global leaders and an international keynote speaker who has inspired audiences on the world's most iconic brands and stages — from Disney, Google and Microsoft to the United Nations, TEDx, Cannes Lions and SXSW.

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What Start with Hope™ Unlocks

01

Teams & Individuals

Purpose, agency, and meaning — the clarity that turns disengaged employees into committed contributors who know their role in building the future.

02

Leaders

The hopeful storytelling skills to navigate complexity, inspire belief, and build the kind of trust that makes people want to follow — even through uncertainty.

03

Organizations

Cultures of resilience, innovation, and sustained performance — where hope is not a feeling but a competitive strategy, and where people believe the future is worth showing up for.

The Purpose Trilogy

Afdhel's bestselling trilogy equips leaders with the inspiration, data, and tools to close the Hope Gap — extending the Start With Hope™ experience long after the event ends.

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