How ADT Built a Culture That Runs the Business - 2026 Next Practices Weekly
Join i4cp’s Next Practices Weekly on July 30, 2026, for an inside look at how ADT transformed culture from a corporate initiative into a business operating system. In this session, Dave Scott, Executive Vice President and Chief People and Administration Officer at ADT, will share the organization's "renovation, not reinvention" approach to culture change - preserving what made ADT successful while modernizing the behaviors, systems, and practices needed to support future growth. Through a company-wide effort known as ”BLUE”, ADT co-created a shared culture strategy with employees and embedded it into the mechanisms that drive the business every day.
Dave will discuss how ADT built its culture through employee listening, co-creation, and distributed ownership rather than relying on a top-down rollout. Attendees will learn how the company integrated culture into hiring, onboarding, performance management, promotions, leadership communications, and decision-making processes, while leveraging a network of Culture Champions to scale adoption across the enterprise. The session will also explore how governance, storytelling, operating rhythms, and measurement help sustain momentum long after the initial launch.
Why You Should Attend
- Learn how ADT modernized its culture through a "renovation, not reinvention" approach that balanced heritage with future needs.
- Discover how employee listening and co-creation helped create a culture employees embrace and actively use.
- Explore practical ways to embed culture into hiring, onboarding, performance management, and promotion processes.
- Gain insights into building distributed ownership through Culture Champions, governance structures, and leadership accountability.
- Understand how storytelling, operating rhythms, and measurement can sustain culture and connect it to business performance over time.
For HR, culture, and transformation leaders, this session offers a practical blueprint for creating lasting culture change. Learn how ADT moved culture from a message to a mechanism, empowered employees to shape the future of the organization, and built the infrastructure necessary to ensure culture remains relevant, measurable, and aligned to business outcomes. Whether you're launching a culture initiative or looking to sustain one, you'll leave with actionable ideas for making culture a true driver of performance and growth.
To ensure open discussion, this event is exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants are not permitted to attend.
