AME Milwaukee 2026 International Conference
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation
A human business
Increasing employee engagement and fulfillment
OVERVIEW
What if the greatest obstacle to operational excellence isn’t inefficiency — but fear?
After 25 years of building SnapCab, Glenn Bostock has seen that most breakdowns in business don’t come from people failing — they come from environments where employees are afraid to speak honestly about what’s going wrong. In this keynote (or workshop), Bostock — founder of SnapCab and author of "A Human Business" — presents a human-centered alternative to traditional management, one where people feel safe enough to share the truth.
Using the metaphor of the body, Bostock shows how most companies function like human body’s suffering from nerve damage: leadership without feedback, hands working without meaning and employees treated as replaceable rather than coessential — each person essential to the thriving of the whole. He shares a practical path for transforming business into a caring community where employees not only feel safe, but also discover purpose in their work, understanding how their unique strengths contribute to something meaningful beyond themselves.
A key part of the talk is SnapCab’s Gemba System, a communication practice that empowers frontline employees to send issues, ideas and improvement opportunities directly “up the body.” Combined with a culture that celebrates mistakes as learning opportunities, the Gemba System helps drive out fear and create a workplace where honesty fuels continuous improvement.
After 25 years of building SnapCab, Glenn Bostock has seen that most breakdowns in business don’t come from people failing — they come from environments where employees are afraid to speak honestly about what’s going wrong. In this keynote (or workshop), Bostock — founder of SnapCab and author of "A Human Business" — presents a human-centered alternative to traditional management, one where people feel safe enough to share the truth.
Using the metaphor of the body, Bostock shows how most companies function like human body’s suffering from nerve damage: leadership without feedback, hands working without meaning and employees treated as replaceable rather than coessential — each person essential to the thriving of the whole. He shares a practical path for transforming business into a caring community where employees not only feel safe, but also discover purpose in their work, understanding how their unique strengths contribute to something meaningful beyond themselves.
A key part of the talk is SnapCab’s Gemba System, a communication practice that empowers frontline employees to send issues, ideas and improvement opportunities directly “up the body.” Combined with a culture that celebrates mistakes as learning opportunities, the Gemba System helps drive out fear and create a workplace where honesty fuels continuous improvement.
Key Learning Objectives
1. What’s fundamentally broken in conventional business culture
2. How to build a caring, psychologically safe environment
3. How “co-essentiality” creates a unified, purpose-driven community
4. How the Gemba system enables meaningful upward communication
5. Steps for eliminating fear and helping employees find purpose at work
2. How to build a caring, psychologically safe environment
3. How “co-essentiality” creates a unified, purpose-driven community
4. How the Gemba system enables meaningful upward communication
5. Steps for eliminating fear and helping employees find purpose at work
Presenter
gLEN boSTOCK
Founder/ceo
SNAPCAB
Thomas Castillo serves as a continuous improvement specialist at NTS (Decatur, AL), reporting to Matt Weiss (NTSHQ). He is a U.S. Army veteran — Captain, Signal Corps — with eight years of service, and earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Founder/ceo
SNAPCAB
Thomas Castillo serves as a continuous improvement specialist at NTS (Decatur, AL), reporting to Matt Weiss (NTSHQ). He is a U.S. Army veteran — Captain, Signal Corps — with eight years of service, and earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Glenn Bostock grew up with difficulties in school. It made him realize he wanted to be a part of a community that fosters caring, which is an environment where anyone can thrive. When he saw that his dream career in custom cabinetry wasn’t enough to support his family, he shifted to manufacturing. Soon after, he developed a love of building community. After 40 years in business, working with the biggest names in the elevator world and lean manufacturing, Bostock wants to share his unique framework for company culture. His book on the subject was published by Forbes Books in June 2026.
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People-centric leadership
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