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Tom Libretto
Tom Libretto is President at Workhuman, where he leads all revenue-generating teams and activities, including sales, marketing, customer success, and business partnerships. He joined Workhuman as CMO before being promoted to President, following senior marketing and digital leadership roles at PEGA Systems and JPMorgan Chase, and more than 20 years in global technology marketing at companies including IBM, Lotus, and Nokia.
Solving for Symptoms Instead of the Root Cause
Tom's recurring critique of the HR technology market is that many companies get caught chasing whatever trend is current, whether that's a new wellness perk or the latest AI feature, and end up solving for symptoms rather than the underlying question of whether their culture is thriving or decaying. He argues that the "warm and fuzzy" framing of recognition and employee experience is the easy part of the conversation; the harder and more important argument is proving the ROI of recognition in terms that move a budget conversation, not just an engagement survey. On DEI specifically, he's been vocal that treating it as a three-year program with an end date misunderstands the assignment: it has to be a permanent part of an organization's cultural contract with its employees and the markets it serves, not a campaign with a finish line.
Topics Tom speaks on
- Why companies solve for symptoms instead of root-cause culture problems
- The ROI case for employee recognition and rewards
- DEI as a permanent commitment, not a time-boxed program
- Employee experience technology strategy
- Workplace culture trends through periods of disruption
Sessions with Achieve
Tom is a featured presenter on the Achieve webcast "What Your HR Dashboards Miss: The Untapped Workforce Intelligence Driving Change" (December 11, 2025), presented in partnership with Workhuman alongside colleagues Jesse Harriott and Meisha-ann Martin, and Kathi Enderes of the Josh Bersin Company. In it, he joins the conversation on why traditional HR dashboards miss the workforce signals that matter most, drawing on his go-to-market perspective on how organizations should be positioning and investing in employee experience technology.
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