Renée Mauborgne

INSEAD Distinguished Fellow and co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy

Renée Mauborgne is a pioneering business strategist and co-author of the global phenomenon Blue Ocean Strategy, which transformed how organizations think about growth, strategy and competition. Co-authored with W. Chan Kim, the book has sold more than four million copies and stands as a landmark in strategic management and innovation. As a professor of strategy and co-director of the Blue Ocean Strategy Institute at INSEAD, she has been recognized by Harvard Business Review as one of the most influential management thinkers of the past century.

Leading Growth Beyond Competition: Strategies for Sustainable Innovation

• How to create new, competition-free markets using the timeless Blue Ocean principles
• Unlocking growth opportunities through nondisruptive creation to help  business and society thrive together
• Adaptable strategies for navigating uncertainty and leveraging disruption constructively
• Lessons from cross-industry studies on how to balance innovation, value creation, and sustainable impact

Liz Wiseman

Renowned leadership expert and bestselling author of Multipliers

Liz Wiseman is a globally recognized leadership thinker, bestselling author, and executive advisor whose work combines rigorous research with practical insight to equip leaders to amplify capability and performance at every level.  She has advised companies like Apple, Google, Nike, Disney, Meta, Salesforce and many more and is the author of multiple bestselling books including Multipliers, Rookie Smarts and Impact Players. A regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Wiseman frequently lectures at Brigham Young University and Stanford.


Multiplying Genius: How Top Leaders Unlock Extraordinary Talent

• How to discover and maximize natural strengths in every team member
• Creating conditions for stretch: Challenge talent beyond comfort zones to accelerate growth and engagement
• Shift from being the genius to being a “genius maker”: Empowering others to do their best thinking and work
• Keys to building a “talent magnet” culture that attracts high performers and gives them reasons to stay and excel

Zack Kass

Global AI Advisor and Former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI

A leading advocate for AI’s positive impact, Zack Kass has over a decade in AI leadership, most recently as Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI where he turned research into deployable business solutions. An expert in the transformative possibilities that Artificial Intelligence brings, Kass is a futuristic leader who helps organizations including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Samsung, navigate the evolving landscape of this technology in the business world. He has also served as an advisor and VP of Revenue at Lilt, as well as VP of Sales and Customer Success at Figure Eight. He is also author of the recently published bestselling book The Next Renaissance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential.


AI Strategy Simplified

• Demystifying AI’s complexity with an actionable roadmap for its implementation
• Redefining Intelligence: Preparing for a world where intelligence is unmetered–and rethinking what it means to be human in the process
• Beyond the hype: Turning AI’s ethical and societal dilemmas into strategic value
• A world of opportunities: A pragmatic guide to future-proofing your business by fostering resilience, adaptability, and innovation

Daniel Goleman

Psychologist, author, and emotional intelligence pioneer

Daniel Goleman is a world-renowned psychologist and bestselling author who has revolutionized leadership thinking through the groundbreaking concept of emotional intelligence.  Recognized by Time and the Financial Times as one of the world’s most influential business thinkers, his work introduced the idea that success depends not just on IQ, but on self-awareness, empathy, and relationship management.  Emotional Intelligence has sold more than five million copies worldwide and continues to shape business and society at large.

Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Unlocking Human Potential

• Understanding emotional intelligence as a key driver of effective leadership and high-performing teams
• Keys to developing self-awareness, self-regulation, and resilience in order to thrive in complex business environments
• How to leverage empathy and social skills to build strong and meaningful relationships and achieve impactful results
• Aligning personal purpose with organizational goals to maximize impact, motivation, and results

Malcolm Gladwell

Visionary thinker, storyteller and multi-bestelling author

Malcolm Gladwell is a bestselling author, writer at The New Yorker, and podcast creator whose work has transformed how we think about success, decision-making, and human behavior. The author of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, his work blends social science and psychology into insights that reshape how leaders and organizations understand influence, culture, and performance. A recipient of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People” honor, Gladwell is also the co-founder and editorial director of Pushkin Industries, an audio company that produces the award-winning podcast Revisionist History. 


Engineering Environments for Positive Change

• Why we need to better understand the systems around us to affect positive change
• How real transformation often begins with subtle changes, not sweeping mandates
• The importance of storytelling to reframe challenges and inspire adaptive change when the stakes are high
• Identifying the informal influencers to spark change and build critical momentum in your organization

Indra Nooyi

Transformational leader and former CEO of PepsiCo

Indra Nooyi is one of the most respected and transformative business leaders of her generation. As the former Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo (2006–2018), she guided the company through a period of bold reinvention, doubling revenues while championing sustainability and health through her visionary Performance with Purpose strategy.  Recognized globally for redefining leadership around purpose and business, Nooyi consistently ranks among the world’s most powerful women.  Nooyi currently serves on the boards of Amazon, Philips, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future.


Leading Through Times of Change

• Actionable takeaways on how to foster large-scale cultural change
• On challenging the status-quo and creating room for new ideas as a habit – even when it seems to threaten a business’ foundations
• What it means to authentically cherish talent: Building a high-performing workplace where every voice is heard and every person is welcome
• Identifying macro disruptors and the keys to future proofing your organization

Jim Collins

One of the most influential management thinkers of all time

Jim Collins is a student and teacher of exceptional human endeavor and a Socratic advisor to leaders across all sectors of society.  Having invested more than three decades in rigorous research, he has authored or coauthored a series of books that have sold in total more than 11 million copies worldwide, including the #1 bestseller Good to Great, the enduring classic Built to Last, and other highly-influential writing. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Greatest Living Business Minds, his timeless concepts—including Level 5 Leadership, the Flywheel, and “First Who, Then What”—have become cornerstones of management thinking. His forthcoming book, What to Make of a Life, extends his research to the art of living with purpose and enduring impact.


What to Make of a Life: A Roadmap to Enduring Success

• Lessons from remarkable lives: A framework for understanding how individual lives can be built, sustained and constantly renewed
• How to translate deep self-knowledge into disciplined action to achieve impact, purpose, and fulfillment
• What it takes to transform crises into catalysts for positive change
• Keys to building personal momentum decade upon decade and staying creative and energetic across an entire lifetime

Jennifer Colosimo

Co-author of Expect A Lot Care A Lot (Fall 2026) and Former FranklinCovey President, Enterprise

Jennifer Colosimo has 35 years of experience leading digital and operational transformation, strategy execution, and global growth. She is the President of the Enterprise Division at FranklinCovey, where she leads global strategy and execution for organizations seeking to build stronger leaders, teams, and cultures. With a career spanning senior roles in sales, operations, IT, learning and development, and corporate social responsibility, Colosimo brings a rare combination of strategic clarity and operational depth. She is co-author of Great Work, Great Career with Stephen R. Covey, continuing a legacy of principle-centered leadership with a modern, execution-focused lens.  Her most recent book, Expect a Lot, Care a Lot: 6 Critical Practices for Leading Your Team to Success, will be published in 2026.


Building High-Performance Teams for Sustainable Success

• What distinguishes high-performing teams from busy but misaligned ones
• How leaders raise the bar while building clarity, trust, and accountability
• Creating teams that combine high expectations with genuine care for people
• Sustaining performance by balancing results, relationships, and energy over time