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Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan is a philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist and futurologist. He is the Head of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Switzerland,[…]
Sol Rashidi helped IBM launch Watson in 2011 and is the author of Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons from Real World AI Deployments. 
Robert Hazen is a renowned American mineralogist and geologist, known for his pioneering work in mineral evolution and mineral ecology.
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values.Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received[…]
Skye C. Cleary is a philosopher and writer. She teaches at Columbia University, Barnard College, and the City University of New York, and is the author of Existentialism and Romantic[…]
Sean Lemson is a leadership expert, executive and team performance coach, and the founder of Motivated Outcomes. He is the author of One Drop of Poison: How One Bad Leader Can[…]
Jewel Kilcher, known mononymously as Jewel, embodies the quintessential story of resilience and artistic integrity. From her humble beginnings in the rugged landscapes of Alaska to her rise as a[…]
Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a regular contributor to Wired and MIT Technology Review, and author of[…]
Rebecca Ahmed is a business consultant, and the author of The Energy of Success: Power Up Your Productivity, Transform Your Habits, and Maximize Workplace Motivation.
Shalinee Sharma is a math expert and the CEO and cofounder of Zearn, a nonprofit educational organization behind the top-rated math-learning platform used by one in four elementary-school students and by one[…]
Dr. Richard Davis is the CEO of Kilberry, a leading firm of management psychologists that provides assessment and development services to investors, CEOs, and corporate leaders. Clients include Under Armor,[…]
Steve Hearsum is a consultant, the founder of Edge + Stretch, and the author of No Silver Bullet: Bursting the Bubble of the Organizational Quick Fix.
Cody Delistraty is a journalist, editor, and speechwriter in New York City. He is currently the executive speechwriter and media strategist in the office of the president at NYU. Prior[…]
Alex Dang is an advisor on technology and innovation, a former product leader at Amazon and AWS, and a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the co-author of[…]
Ilya Strebulaev is the founder of the Venture Capital Initiative, the David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity, and Professor of Finance at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is[…]
Kate Thompson is a co-founder and Chief People Officer of businessfourzero. She is also a Behavioural Scientist and an AoEc qualified Executive Coach.
A.J. Jacobs is a journalist, lecturer, and human guinea pig whose books include Drop Dead Healthy, The Year of Living Biblically, and The Puzzler. He is host of the podcast[…]
Christine Emba is an opinion columnist and Editorial Board member at the Washington Post, and also serves as a contributing editor for Comment magazine. She is the author of Rethinking[…]
Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, author, educator, and film producer. He is Distinguished University Professor and the Andrew and Mary Balo and NIcholas and Susan Simon Chair of[…]
Philip Coggan is the former writer of the “Bartleby” and “Buttonwood” columns for The Economist. His books include The Money Machine, The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds, Surviving the Daily Grind, and More.
Jeff Wetzler is the co-CEO of Transcend, a nationally recognized innovation organization, and an expert in learning and human potential. He combines unique leadership experiences spanning more than 25 years in business[…]
Steve Dennis is a strategy consultant, board advisor, and the author of Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption and Remarkable Retail: How to Win and Keep[…]
Jim VandeHei is the co-founder and CEO of Axios, co-author of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less, and author of Just the Good Stuff. Before Axios, VandeHei[…]
David Oxley is the co-author of A Career Carol, with a background in management consultancy and corporate restructuring.