THOUGHT LEADERS
• Harvard professor on motivation, creativity, leadership, and the retirement transition
• Author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work and Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You
• Honored in the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame
• Author of The Happy High Achiever: 8 Essentials to Overcome Anxiety, Manage Stress, and Energize Yourself for Success―Without Losing Your Edge
• Bestselling author of White Rage & One Person, No Vote
• Human and civil rights advocate
• Expert on African American history & 20th century politics
• Cultural anthropologist
• Author of The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
• Leading expert in building better workplaces
• FutureTech Expert
• Bestselling and Award-Winning Author
• Author of the Transmaterial book series
• Leading expert on innovative material technologies
• Author of The Invisible Gorilla
• Bakala Professor of Strategy at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
• Bestselling author of several books, including Hypercompetition & The Pan-Industrial Revolution
• Author of The Vanishing Neighbor and Why Nothing Works
• Author of several books including Your Leadership Legacy
• Sell your ideas with the #1 Expert in Transformative Communication
• Professor at Yale
• Author the NY Times called a “rock star” of computer science
• Author of The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness
• Assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University
• Author of Fragile Neighborhoods (2023)
• Professorial Lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University
• Author of the book Productive Failure (Sept 2024)
• Director of the Singapore-ETH Center, and Professor for Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Founding Chair of the ETH Zurich – EPFL Joint Doctoral Program in the Learning Sciences
• Founder of the renowned social justice-oriented education program “Books Behind Bars”
• Creator of forthcoming podcast and tie-in book about the human face of criminal justice
• Author of The Gambler Wife, PEN America Finalist and forthcoming major motion picture starring Aimee Lou Wood and Matt Dillon
• Author of How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired (2023)
• Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business
• Adjunct Professor Stanford University (Design Institute), Co-Director Stanford Executive Education
• Co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
• Founder Launchpad Accelerator Stanford University
• Former COO Patagonia, CEO Timbuk2, and founder Atlas Snowshoe Co.
• Lecturer in Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company
• Author of Engine of Impact
• A leader in the application of human-centered design
• Author of several books including, The Design of Everyday Things
• Bipolar-Autistic law professor & award-winning author of A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education (and many other books)
• Expert in managing mental health and neurodiversity in higher education and the workplace
• Inspirational speaker on living with bipolar disorder and autism and overcoming adversity.
• Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at the Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Co-director Designing Organizational Change Project
• Author of 'Scaling Up Excellence' & 'Market Rebels'
• Professor at Columbia Business School
• Author of The Digital Transformation Playbook on how to rethink any traditional business for the digital age
• Silicon Valley forecaster and Stanford Professor
• Lecturer at UC Berkely's Haas School of Business
• Author of Practical Wisdom
• One of TED’s most popular speakers
• MIT professor & researcher
• Author of The Resilient Enterprise and other books
• Author of The Invisible Gorilla
• President & CEO of King Philanthropies
• Lecturer in Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• Author of Engine of Impact
• Author of The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work That Matters Most
• Energy professor at UT Austin
• Former CS&TO of ENGIE, former CTO of Energy Impact Partners
• Speaks on the convergence of engineering, policy & commercialization
• Founder & CEO of CX/Digital
• Author of The Digital-First Customer Experience: Seven Design Strategies from the World’s Leading Brands
• Professor at Columbia University
• Named "One of the 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance" by Bloomberg
• Chief Talent Engagement Officer at Handshake
• Former VP of People at Tesla
• Expert on A.I. Leadership & The Future of Work