Thinkers50 Speakers

Harvard MBA Tamara J Erikson has been honored three times by the Thinkers50's list as one the most influential living management thinkers in the world. Her in-depth research and analysis on generations in the workplace… Full Profile

Mandeep Rai is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has travelled to more than 150 countries and reported as a journalist for the BBC World Service… Full Profile

Marketing pioneer, Internet expert and public relations guru Seth Godin has been nominated as one of the top twenty-one speakers for the 21st century by Successful Meetings Magazine. He energizes his audiences by encouraging them… Full Profile

As faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School, Linda Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, has chaired numerous HBS Executive Education programs. While doing research on leadership and innovation… Full Profile

For decades renowned thought leader, Sydney Finkelstein has been at the forefront of pinpointing why great companies and leaders fail and how business executives and managers can avoid the same missteps at their own organizations.… Full Profile

W. Chan Kim is The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD, France (one of the world’s top business schools) and Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean… Full Profile

Co-author of one of the most influential business publications ever written, Renée Mauborgne teaches strategy at the prestigious INSEAD, the world’s second largest business school. Her research-based best-selling book Blue Ocean Strategy centers on building… Full Profile

Selected multiple times by Thinkers 50 as one of the "top 50 management thinkers in the world," Subir Chowdhury's thoughts and techniques on performance improvement and quality management have powered numerous business movements, most notably… Full Profile

Founder and Managing Director of the Springboard Fund, Whitney Johnson is a top investor and leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. As cofounder at startup investment advisor Rose Park Advisors, she co-led an… Full Profile

Liz Wiseman is president and founder of the leadership research and development firm, Wiseman Group, which operates out of Silicon Valley. Her services have been employed by some of the true global giants in business… Full Profile

Two-time Thinkers50 recipient, Rita McGrath guides CEOs and senior executives to success in the “Transient Advantage Economy.” The long-time Columbia Business School professor is globally recognized for connecting the dots between management theory and practical… Full Profile

Steve Blank electrifies corporate audiences with actionable tips for how to drive continuous innovation sharing the same battle-tested processes that Lean Startups use to achieve success. Steve is the father of modern entrepreneurship, a serial… Full Profile

Widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on business and management strategy, globalization and innovation, Vijay Govindarajan (known as VG) is a Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. As… Full Profile

JEFFREY PFEFFER is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University where he has taught since 1979. He is the author or co-author of thirteen books… Full Profile

Combining roles as a New York Times bestselling author, a business entrepreneur, an inspirational business and management thought leader and speaker, and last but not least a Harvard Professor, Dr.John P.Kotter is recognized as being… Full Profile

Thinkers50 thought leader, Nimalya Kumar is changing the perception of the role of marketing worldwide. The London Business School professor and sought out advisor has attracted more than 15,000 citations on Google Scholar for his… Full Profile

The Thinkers50, a global ranking of management thinkers published every two years, once again placed Gary Hamel amongst its venerated list of top thought leaders. A leading expert on futurism, innovation and change management, Dr.… Full Profile

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority on leadership and employee relations, demonstrating how good management of human resources can achieve positive, lasting change in the age of globalization. Dr. Goldsmith has authored or edited… Full Profile

Widely recognized as a leading expert on entrepreneurship strategy and globalization, Anil Gupta holds the Michael Dingman Chair in Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. He is particularly… Full Profile

The best-selling author of The Rise of the Creative Class, social scientist Richard Florida is one of the key forces driving urban regeneration. Renown for his cutting-edge research, he has spent more than a decade… Full Profile

Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Dave Ulrich is a student of the ways in which organizations build leadership, speed, learning, accountability and talent through effective deployment of their human resources.… Full Profile

World-renowned consultant, author and speaker Ram Charan has made an extraordinary life journey, from working in the family shoe shop in a small town in northern India to an engineering degree then a job in… Full Profile

Cambridge University Masters graduate Marcus Buckingham founded The Marcus Buckingham Company in 2005 to help promote his credo that no company can truly thrive unless it focuses on the strengths of their workers and gives… Full Profile