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EXECUTIVE Leader | Strategic Advisor | Leadership Coach | Author | Speaker
Tullio Siragusa
has spent more than 36 years at the intersection of technology and human connection. He’s the founder of Inventrica Advisory and the creator of the EmpathIQ Framework™, through which he serves as a Fractional Executive, Strategic Advisor, and Leadership Coach to growth-stage and PE-backed companies.
Through the EmpathIQ Framework, Tullio has helped companies achieve 3x operational capacity without additional headcount, 76% higher employee engagement, 57% stronger customer loyalty, up to 40% productivity gains, 4x sales velocity, and 5–10x larger deal sizes, while building cultures consistently recognized as best places to work. The framework also prepares organizations for AI readiness by embedding empathy into systems, ensuring adoption accelerates performance while protecting human agency.
His commitment to human-centric innovation is reflected in his advisory roles with the University of California, Riverside Design Thinking Executive Program, the University of San Francisco School of Management, as a founding member of RadicalPurpose.org, and as a Board Advisor at AI2030.org. He’s also the host of The Bliss Business Podcast and the author of several books, including Unlocking Your Empire, The Real You, MotiBuddies, and The Empathetic Marketer.
Across his career, Tullio has helped organizations generate billions in revenue, create purpose-driven cultures, and pioneer new standards for leadership and innovation.
The EmpathIQ Framework: Enabling You and Your Business to Achieve Transformational Success
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