Melissa Shamis is an organization design and transformation consultant at August Public. She helps companies reach their highest potential by designing unique cultures and ways of working. She is inspired by creative approaches to engage employees, and reinventions of traditional talent practices. Melissa has partnered with clients in a variety of industries including healthcare, professional services, education, and financial services to evolve their internal strategies, structures, processes, and talent operations. Before August, Melissa spent over a decade leading org design and internal transformations at IDEO and ZS.