Mark T. Rivera

Researcher, collaboration expert
Mark T. Rivera is an organizational behavior researcher and expert on collaboration.

Why you should listen

Mark T. Rivera is a senior staff researcher at Google Workspace and former principal researcher at Slack. At Google, Mark led Project Aristotle, which identified the five traits of effective teams. And at Slack, he helped launch the Future Forum, a research consortium dedicated to making the future of work flexible, inclusive and connected.

Rivera holds a PhD in organizational behavior from the Kellogg School of Management, where he studied the science of social connection. He uses insights from the social sciences to build products that help millions of people collaborate and connect.

Mark T. Rivera’s TED talk