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Why Is a Verb

Name: Why Is a Verb
Author: Stephen Butler

by Stephen Butler

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Despite years of employer effort, five in six find no meaning at work. The solution? Revisit our psychological assumptions. A practical guide to solving the "Purpose Gap" and empowering all people to live & work purposefully every day.

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Stephen Butler

Stephen Butler is a management consultant and globally featured TEDx speaker. He studied economics at McGill, earned a PhD at Cambridge, and began his career at Boston Consulting Group before working as an executive and then a tech CEO. Advising growth companies on stubbornly weak productivity led him to the research behind Why Is a Verb, which he wrote with coauthor Karissa Price and which carries a foreword by Marriott's chief human resources officer. He now leads AI at a Bay Area software company.

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Why Is a Verb: Stephen Butler on Turning Purpose into Productivity in the Age of AI

August 10, 2026 · 00:49:38

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