Recovering our humanity from systems that put profit over people.
I work with companies, executives, and founders who are ready to prioritize people and communities, starting with the decisions in front of them.
our economic and workplace systems were built by people. Together, we can build something better.
For decades, companies have been built to serve shareholders first. The cost has landed on people: burned-out workers, communities left behind, and leaders asked to make decisions they don't believe in.
It doesn't have to stay this way. The people with the most power to change it are the ones making decisions inside companies right now.
HOW CHANGE HAPPENS1. Build capacity and agency
Leaders who are grounded enough to see clearly and act on their values.
2. Improve existing systems
Better conditions inside the companies we already have, starting with the decisions being made now.
3. Build new systems
Founders and leaders creating companies that put people first from the start.
WHAT I STAND FOR
The values behind every engagement.
People over profit
People are more than resources to use and consumers to sell to. Recovering our humanity means building businesses that succeed by treating people as human beings first.
It's all connected
Our economic, social, and political systems are interconnected. Decisions at work reach far beyond the workplace, and what happens in society and politics shapes companies and the people inside them.
Feminist, anti-racist, class-conscious
White supremacy, patriarchy, and class inequality are built into our systems. Real change starts with naming them and working to address them, not working around them.
The individual and collective
Change starts with the individual and is completed by the collective. Neither works alone: personal growth without collective action stalls, and collective action without grounded people burns out.
Who I Work Withorganizations & People with the power to decide, and the courage to choose differently.
Real change is uncomfortable. I work with people willing to sit in that discomfort, and I give them the tools to regulate through it, so they can lead from clarity instead of reaction.
Companies
Leadership teams who want their biggest decisions, starting with AI, to hold up for their people and communities.
Executives
Leaders inside the system who want to use their seat to change it, without losing themselves in the process.
Founders
People building something new who don't want to rebuild the same system they left.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
CONSULTING + coachingLeading the Social Impact of AI
For executives and companies deciding how AI changes the workforce and who it affects, inside and outside of work.
1:1 executive coaching, $4,000/month
Business consulting, scoped to your company
1:1 COACHING FOR FOUNDERS AND EXECUTIVESWorkplace Systems Change
Change your workplace, or build a better one, prioritizing people over profit. Get grounded first, then build the systems literacy to choose your path.
3 months · two sessions a month · async support · investment set after an initial conversation
FOR companies + LEADERS IN THE MOMENTCrisis Advisory
When sociopolitical crisis hits: what to say, what to do, and how to support your people and partners.
Rapid Response within 24 hours, $1,500
Crisis Readiness, $3,000/month
Speaking and workshops by request: the human and social impact of AI, responding to sociopolitical crisis, and systems thinking for systems change.
Hi, I’m Rebecca Grey.
I built the first social impact strategies at companies that had none.
For two decades, I worked inside Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies with up to 140,000 employees, building the strategies that connect a business to its people and communities.
At Kohl's, Victoria's Secret, and Advantage Solutions, I built each company's first social impact, ESG, and DEI strategies.
I've led the conversations where these calls get made, advising C-suite leaders on high-stakes decisions and presenting to boards and human capital committees.
Former journalist, certified coach, and founder of The Recovering Human.
Free Resources
The Essays
How we got here, what the system is doing to us in and outside of work, and what a different system could look like.
After the Exit
For women who were laid off, pushed out, or left a job because of their health. Let go of the shame, understand the system, and support each other on what comes next.