About
Meet the Founder
Lori Adams-Brown is a Strategic Transformation Executive with 15+ years of C-suite advisory experience spanning six continents and speaks six languages. She has architected leadership programs across a Fortune 100 enterprise, built AI-enabled coaching systems for 2,000+ employees, and advised executives on the organizational blind spots that erode trust, lose top talent, and kill billion-dollar opportunities.
Before founding Brava Global Advisory, Lori served as a strategic advisor to the President & COO of Hyve Solutions, a TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) business, where her leadership capability program contributed to a $1B revenue milestone. She holds an M.A. in Intercultural Studies, a B.A. in Sociology, and has lived and worked across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
Through Brava, her clients include a Big 5 publisher.
Lori is also the host of A World of Difference, a top 3% global leadership podcast with 300+ episodes, 214,000+ downloads and listeners in 128 countries. It was named a Spotify 2025 Most Shared Show and has ranked #1 on Goodpods' Indie Leadership weekly chart three times.
Lori is a trusted advisor and a sought-after speaker. She has served as a Board Advisor to the Center for Creative Leadership and on the Silicon Valley Executive Board of How Women Lead, and currently sits on the Board of Justice Revival, a human rights organization based in Washington, D.C.
Board & Advisory
- •Board Director, Justice Revival
- •Culture Design Consultant, The Human Score
- •Former Board Advisor, Center for Creative Leadership
- •Former Board Director, Silicon Valley Executive Board, How Women Lead
Speaking & Media
- •300+ podcast episodes
- •#1 on Goodpods' Indie Leadership weekly chart (3x)
- •Panel moderator & keynote speaker
- •LinkedIn newsletter "The Global Edge"
- •Co-author, "Transform from the Top: The Board's AI Governance Priority," Silicon Valley Directors' Exchange (SVDX)
- •Spoken on leadership and strategic transformation at over 50 conferences and offsites on 6 continents.
Expertise
- •Organizational Culture Design
- •Intercultural Intelligence
- •AI-Enabled Leadership
- •Executive Coaching
- •The VOICE Framework™
What Colleagues Say
"Lori is an exceptional listener. Despite our different cultural and language backgrounds, she consistently demonstrated patience, empathy, and understanding. Because of her, I felt psychologically safe to express my ideas openly and confidently… She never stops learning and is always open to trying new approaches and technologies—such as exploring the impact of AI on the future of work."
Sarah Wu
Learning & Leadership Development, Hogan Certified Practitioner
Global Mobility & Relocation
"I worked with Lori when my family relocated to another country for work. Lori was instrumental in helping my family and I adjust to our new culture… She was able to bring her diverse background to bring some well rounded and objective advice."
Scott Portman
President, Bahnson Mechanical Systems