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Judith Butler is a post-structuralist philosopher and queer theorist. They are most famous for their notion of gender performativity, but their work ranges from literary theory, modern philosophical fiction, feminist[…]
Chris Voss is known as “The Master Negotiator,” a title he earned throughout his time serving as the lead crisis negotiator for the New York City Division of the FBI[…]
Alan Alda has earned international recognition as an actor, writer, and director. In addition to The Aviator, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, Alda’s films include Crimes[…]
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She is a founding partner of Paradox Strategies (www.paradoxstrategies.com), a consulting firm. She is[…]
Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His other books include the[…]
Sheila Heen is the Thaddeus R. Beal Professor of Practice and has served as a deputy director of the Harvard Negotiation Project since 1995. Heen is a founder of Triad[…]
Dr. Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice. Cuddy earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University[…]
Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He is best known for his work on the intersections of technology, culture, and productivity. His research and[…]
Alex Edmans is a Professor of Finance at London Business School and an expert in the use and misuse of data and evidence. He has given the TED talk "What to Trust[…]
Michael Kaufman is an advisor, speaker, and writer who has worked in fifty countries with the United Nations, governments, corporations, unions, schools, and NGOs. His focus is on engaging men[…]
Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law[…]
Gorick Ng is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, one of Thinkers50’s top 10 management books. Harvard Business School[…]
Jon Acuff is a New York Times best-selling author of seven books, including his most recent, Soundtracks, The Surprising Solution To Overthinking. Published in more than a dozen languages, his[…]
Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for[…]
Nathalie Molina Niño is the co-founder & managing director at Known Holdings, a builder capitalist, and the author of Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs. She’s an entrepreneur and[…]
Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is an internationally renowned teacher and author in the fields of happiness and leadership. After graduating from Harvard with a B.A. in philosophy and psychology and a[…]
Amy Gallo is an expert in conflict, communication, and workplace dynamics. She combines the latest management research with practical advice to deliver evidence-based ideas on how to improve relationships and[…]
Guy Snodgrass is CEO of Defense Analytics, an international strategic advisory firm. He is a national security, operations, and technology expert who brings a wealth of experience spanning strategy development,[…]
Adam Grant is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, one of TED's most popular speakers, and Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. As an organizational psychologist, he is[…]
Yuval Noah Harari, born in Israel in 1976, is a historian and philosopher renowned for his bestselling books, including Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History[…]
Ruchika Tulshyan is the author of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work (MIT Press). She’s also the founder of Candour, an inclusion[…]
Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers and Wall Street Journal[…]
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since[…]
Ethan Kross is one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind. An award-winning professor and bestselling author in the University of Michigan’s top ranked psychology department and[…]
Debbie Millman is host of the award-winning podcast Design Matters, one of the first and longest running podcasts in the world. She is chair of the first ever M.A. in[…]
Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a lecturer in marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and[…]
Psychologist and author of multiple books on topics such as psychology, leadership, and science – including bestselling titles like Emotional Intelligence and Focus – Dr. Daniel Goleman has transformed the[…]
Ranked for the last 6 years in the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, Tiffani Bova is a leading thinker who Forbes says “reshapes our perception of[…]
Jonah Berger is a Wharton School professor and internationally bestselling author of Magic Words, Contagious, Invisible Influence, and The Catalyst. Berger is a world-renowned expert on natural language processing, change,[…]