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World Business Forum New York 2027 Speakers
TALENT & ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Adam GrantGroundbreaking organizational psychologist and top-rated professor at Wharton
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High PerformancePat LencioniFounder and president of The Table Group and bestselling author
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STRATEGYRita McGrathLeading strategy expert and professor at Columbia Business School
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LEADERSHIPReid Wiseman
Astronaut and Commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission
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FUTURE OF WORKValerie Capers WorkmanFormer VP and Head of HR at Tesla
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INNOVATIONPeter DiamandisFounder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation
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AI TransformationAnna Baird
Former Chief Customer Officer for Google Cloud’s Global Generative AI
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Shaping the Unimaginable. Making it Possible.
For years, the conversation in business has been about limits: of technology, of organizations, of how fast transformation can happen. In 2027, those limits are gone.
At World Business Forum New York 2027, we explore what organizations and leaders can build when limits are no longer part of the equation.
Limitless Growth
Reinventing business models for a world where the old rules no longer apply.
Limitless Organization
Building the structures, cultures and leadership that move at the speed of possibility.
Limitless Horizon
Turning geopolitical and technological uncertainty into strategic advantage.
Limitless Potential
Sustaining and amplifying the uniquely human capabilities that define the next era of performance.
Don’t wait for it to be possible. Make it possible.
Two Days. Limitless Growth. A Real Impact.
The World Business Forum New York 2027 is not just an event. It is a strategic offsite for leaders who want to keep up with the times and face the challenge of constant change.
We curate the world’s most disruptive thinkers to cover every critical angle of the business: from AI and innovation to talent, leadership, and culture.
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1. What is this year’s theme?
LIMITLESS — Shaping the Unimaginable. Making it Possible. For years, business has been about limits. In 2027, those limits are gone. The program is built on four pillars: Limitless Growth, Limitless Organization, Limitless Horizon and Limitless Potential.
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The 2027 agenda will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
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No. The World Business Forum is designed for professionals at multiple levels of leadership.
Attendees include directors, department heads, senior managers, and emerging leaders looking to strengthen their leadership capabilities.
In fact, 69% of attendees in the 2025 edition were professionals who do not hold C-level positions, demonstrating the event’s relevance for a broad leadership audience.
8. I don’t work for a large corporation. Will the content still be relevant?
Absolutely.
Over 37% of attendees come from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The insights shared at the Forum are designed to be practical, scalable, and applicable across organizations of all sizes.
9. I work in a public or mission-driven organization. Is the event relevant to me?
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Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist and top-rated professor, WhartonAdam Grant is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking and potential. Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years, he is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 45 languages: Hidden Potential, Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B and Power Moves. Grant earned tenure at Wharton while still in his twenties, and he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, rethink assumptions, and live more generous and creative lives.
- 01Developing the mindset needed to face adversity and respond to disruption, empowering your team to thrive amid uncertainty
- 02A new approach to cultivating resilient cultures where people grow, adapt and succeed together
- 03How to build the character skills and motivational structures to develop your leadership potential
- 04Designing systems to create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked
Reid Wiseman
Astronaut and Commander of NASA’s Artemis II missionReid Wiseman is the Commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years, which took its crew farther from Earth than any humans have ever traveled. A retired U.S. Navy captain, fighter pilot, test pilot and engineer, he has flown more than 30 different aircraft and spacecraft over a 27-year military career, including combat missions in the Middle East. Selected as an astronaut in 2009, he has spent 175 days in space across two missions, led two spacewalks and served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office. Drawing on lessons from spaceflight, military service and leading elite teams, Wiseman offers a rare perspective on trust, decision-making under pressure and pursuing goals that seem impossible.- 01Building trust before it’s needed: lessons from leading a crew into the unknown, where teams must rely on preparation and on each other
- 02Making sound decisions without perfect information: how to act with confidence when no one can tell you what to do next
- 03Performing under pressure: keys to staying focused, resilient and effective when the stakes couldn’t be higher
- 04What happens when preparation meets the unknown: turning rigorous training and discipline into a culture of high performance
Anna Baird
Former Chief Customer Officer, Google Cloud Global Generative AIGlobally recognised CXO, board adviser and expert on employee engagement, leveraging data and AI strategy, Anna Baird is the former Chief Customer Officer for Google Cloud’s Global Generative AI Go-To-Market team and executive adviser at LinkedIn. She is the founder of Actual Intelligence (Ai°) Leadership, where she helps organisations embed “actual intelligence” into their people and technology plans. Over her 15+ year career in leading tech companies, Anna has developed frameworks that foster innovation, psychological safety and high-performance productivity. She has served as a guest lecturer at Stanford, MIT and the University of British Columbia, and her actionable insights on change management have guided Fortune 500 companies and hyper-growth start-ups worldwide.- 01Embedding actual intelligence: aligning technological advancement with human capabilities by integrating “actual intelligence” into people and technology plans
- 02Building a culture of innovation: applying six organisational tenets of transformation drawn from companies such as Google and LinkedIn to foster psychological safety, high performance and productivity
- 03Data literacy and AI adoption: turning “cold and lonely” organisational data into actionable, “lovable” insights that accelerate AI adoption
- 04Ethical AI and human-in-the-loop: navigating organisational change, developing ethical AI strategies and applying a human-in-the-loop framework to support sustainable growth
Pat Lencioni
Founder and president, The Table Group · Bestselling authorPat Lencioni’s passion for organizations and the people who work in them is reflected in his writing, speaking and executive consulting. He is the author of twelve best-selling books with nearly seven million copies sold. After eighteen years in print, his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, remains a fixture on national best-seller lists. His most recent book, The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities, was released in February 2020. He is also the host of the popular business podcast At The Table with Patrick Lencioni. Pat’s latest model, The Six Types of Working Genius, is designed to help people find joy and energy in their work.
- 01The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: overcoming barriers in trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and results to build elite team synergy
- 02The Six Types of Working Genius: identifying individual strengths and frustrations to maximize productivity, alignment and joy at work
- 03Organizational health as a competitive advantage: why organizational health trumps intelligence and strategy in driving sustainable business performance
- 04The Ideal Team Player: mastering the three essential virtues (humble, hungry and smart) that accelerate personal and organizational growth
Peter Diamandis
Founder and Executive Chairman, XPRIZE FoundationNamed by Fortune as one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Peter Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation and Executive Founder of Singularity University. A serial entrepreneur who has started over 25 companies across longevity, space, healthcare and venture capital, he serves as co-founder of Fountain Life, Celularity, Vaxxinity and BOLD Capital Partners, a half-billion-dollar fund investing in breakthrough technologies. Diamandis is a New York Times bestselling author of landmark books including Abundance, BOLD, The Future Is Faster Than You Think and Life Force (co-authored with Tony Robbins). A global authority on innovation, he equips executive teams with the exponential mindset required to turn technological disruption into sustainable enterprise value.
- 01The convergence of exponential technologies: how the simultaneous acceleration of AI, robotics and biotechnology is redefining global industry standards and corporate management
- 02The next frontier of artificial intelligence: the historic shift from specialized AI systems to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its impact on performance and decision-making
- 03Robotics, automation and workforce transformation: leveraging humanoid robotics and autonomous systems to eliminate repetitive labor, boost productivity and foster strategic adaptability
- 04Longevity and predictive medicine: how breakthroughs in genetics, cellular medicine and early diagnostics are expanding healthy life expectancy and transforming human potential
Rita McGrath
Leading strategy expert and professor, Columbia Business SchoolRita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School, is widely recognized as a global authority on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty. As a consultant to CEOs, her work has had a lasting impact on the strategy and growth programs of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. She is the author of best-selling books like The End of Competitive Advantage and Discovery Driven Growth, cited by Clayton Christensen as creating “one of the most important management ideas ever developed”. She is currently writing her next book on how companies can become more adaptive by pushing decision-making closer to the information, scheduled for release in October 2026. McGrath is also the founder of Valize, an innovation platform whose mission is to help organizations build lasting innovation capability as the basis for long-term shared prosperity.
- 01Tech shifts, new rules: rethink how you organize, build business models and compete for the next wave of growth
- 02Breaking barriers: align teams, foster collaboration and accelerate execution
- 03Empower growth at scale: enable teams across the organization, not just decisions at the top
- 04Get ahead of technological disruption: recognize repeat patterns of change and act earlier
Valerie Capers Workman
Former VP and Head of HR, TeslaValerie Workman is an executive operating at the intersection of AI transformation, global compliance and enterprise workforce strategy. She served at Tesla as Vice President, Head of HR for North America, EMEA and APAC and Head of Global Compliance, where she helped scale the global workforce from 50,000 to over 100,000 employees while modernizing enterprise compliance programs. At Handshake, she served as Chief Legal Officer and later Chief Talent Engagement Officer. She currently serves as Chief Human Resources Officer at Empower Pharmacy, where she leads the design of an AI-powered HR ecosystem. She is a licensed attorney, Trustee of Huston-Tillotson University and author of Quantum Progression: The Art and Science of Career Advancement in the Age of AI.
- 01Responsible AI integration: scaling AI-driven workforce ecosystems while preserving ethics, regulatory integrity and human oversight
- 02Scaling enterprise compliance: lessons from doubling Tesla’s global workforce to over 100,000 while modernizing enterprise compliance programs
- 03Next-generation talent strategy: frameworks for Fortune 500 leaders to attract, retain and develop workforce talent in the AI era
- 04Governance, privacy and M&A: managing complex regulatory risks, data privacy and legal frameworks during periods of rapid enterprise transformation
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