Grant Harris is a globally recognized neuroinclusive performance strategist and speaker who shifts work from friction to flow so organizations can save time, keep talent, and execute at scale.
Grant’s work is grounded in a simple premise: most performance challenges are not people problems; they are process problems. Through a human-centered performance lens, he shows how everyday systems such as meetings, roles, decision-making, and expectations shape execution, often in ways leaders do not see. His work gives leaders clarity about where performance breaks down, why it happens, and what to fix first.
An autistic author and certified diversity executive, Grant brings both lived experience and enterprise-level rigor to his. He founded GTH Consulting and has worked with organizations including The Washington Post, Loudoun County Government, and ASICS. His approach is known for being clear, grounded, and immediately actionable.
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Presentations
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Fix Your Process, Not Your People: Human-Centered Performance
Better Systems. Less Friction. Stronger Performance.
How organizations build environments that detect capability, reduce drag, and perform better under pressure.
This keynote introduces organizations to Fix Your Process, Not Your People, a human-centered philosophy for workplaces where the same problems keep showing up across teams, roles, and functions. In complex environments, repeated breakdowns are often not talent problems first. They are process problems hiding in plain sight.
Using Friction to Flow, Grant shows leaders how work design can create drag, distort performance, and reward comfort over capability. Executives leave with a clearer lens for identifying hidden friction, redesigning the conditions around work, and improving performance without defaulting to blame.
Problems Addressed
- Repeated breakdowns that persist even when people change
- Performance systems that reward visibility, familiarity, or style over real contribution
- Work design that creates drag, hides capability, and weakens execution across teams
Key Outcomes:
- A human-centered lens for spotting when process, not people, is driving the problem
- A practical introduction to Friction to Flow for identifying drag points and redesign priorities
- Actionable ways to improve performance by strengthening the conditions around how work happens