Ruchika Tulshyan is the best-selling author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work. The book was called “a transformative book” by Dr. Brené Brown.

Ruchika is the founder of Candour, a global inclusion strategy firm. She is also a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and the New York Times.

Close to 50,000 learners have learned from her first LinkedIn Learning course, “Moving DEI from Intention to Impact.”

Ruchika co-wrote a paradigm-shifting article, ‘Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome’ for Harvard Business Review, with Jodi-Ann Burey. The article was named among 20 most impactful HBR articles of all time.

Ruchika is honored to be selected a LinkedIn Top Voice for Gender Equality in 2022. She was selected to Thinkers50 Radar 2019 and Hive Learning's Most Influential D&I leaders list for the past four years. In 2022, she received the Jeanette Williams Award from Seattle Women’s Commission for her work on advancing gender equality in the region.

She has previously been adjunct faculty in Communications at University of Washington and Seattle University. Ruchika also wrote, “The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace.”

A global citizen and Singaporean foodie, Ruchika has lived in four countries. She currently calls Seattle home.