What does it take for a great company to stay great? As organizations face mounting pressure to perform, scale, and adapt, many find themselves drifting from the very principles that drove their success. Eric Ries — bestselling author of The Lean Startup and trusted advisor to some of the world’s most prominent entrepreneurs and investors — has spent years studying why good companies go bad, and what the best ones do differently.

At this NationSwell Leadership Lunch, we’ll gather an intimate group of senior leaders across business, finance, venture capital, philanthropy, and journalism for an open conversation with Eric on the ideas at the heart of his new book, Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great. Drawing on extensive research and hard-won insight, Eric will share practical frameworks for building and sustaining companies that achieve lasting success without compromising the integrity that made them great.

This is a Chatham House Rule conversation — candid, collaborative, and designed to surface the kind of honest exchange that only happens in a room of trusted peers. Come ready to engage.