ADT’s Blueprint for Culture Evolution - 2026 Next Practices Weekly

How do you transform culture without losing what makes your organization successful? During this week's Next Practices Weekly, Dave Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Administration Officer at ADT, shared how the company reimagined culture as a business operating model - not a communications campaign. Through its company-wide initiative, BLUE, ADT took a "renovation, not reinvention" approach, preserving its legacy while modernizing the behaviors, systems, and leadership practices needed to fuel future growth.

Hosted by Marshall Bergmann and Amber Burton, the conversation explored how ADT moved beyond traditional culture initiatives by embedding BLUE into hiring, onboarding, performance management, promotions, leadership communications, and everyday decision-making. Dave shared how employee listening, co-creation, and a network of Culture Champions helped create widespread ownership, while governance, storytelling, and measurement ensured the culture remained visible, actionable, and aligned to business priorities.

Key Topics Discussed

• From Culture Initiative to Business Strategy
  Discover how ADT's "renovation, not reinvention" philosophy transformed culture into a core business capability while honoring the company's legacy.
• Creating Culture Employees Own
  Learn how employee listening, collaboration, and distributed ownership helped build a culture employees actively embrace - not one simply communicated from the top.
• Embedding Culture Across the Employee Experience
  Explore how ADT integrated BLUE into talent processes, leadership practices, and everyday business decisions to make culture part of how work gets done.
• Building Momentum That Lasts
  See how Culture Champions, leadership accountability, storytelling, and governance continue to reinforce culture and connect it to measurable business outcomes.

For HR and business leaders navigating transformation, this session delivered a practical blueprint for making culture a measurable driver of performance - not simply an aspirational set of values. Watch the recording to learn how ADT turned culture into a sustainable competitive advantage and walk away with actionable ideas you can apply in your own organization.

Resources Shared

• The AI-Enabled HR Operating Model – Download Executive Brief. Explore i4cp's latest research on how AI is reshaping HR roles, structures, and operating models in future-ready organizations. Access The AI-Enabled HR Operating Model Executive Brief.
• 2027 i4cp Next Practices Now Conference - Stay ahead of emerging HR trends at i4cp's 2027 Next Practices Now Conference, where HR executives gather in a vendor-free environment to gain practical insights and strategies that drive immediate impact. Register today

To ensure open discussion, this event was exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants were not permitted to attend.