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Growing up in rural Kent, England, Liv Boeree was a highly competitive straight-A student who held a deep love for space and astronomy from an early age. This lead to[…]
Tim Ferriss has been listed as one of Fast Company‘s “Most Innovative Business People,“ one of Forbes’ “Names You Need to Know,” and one of Fortune‘s “40 under 40.“ He[…]
Emil Michael is an investor and strategic advisor to many of the world’s most important high-growth companies. He is currently serving as chairman and CEO of the blank check company[…]
After a year as a Bartley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal, Chloé Valdary developed the Theory of Enchantment (ToE), an innovative framework for compassionate anti-racism that combines social-emotional learning[…]
Cassandra Worthy is the world’s leading expert on Change Enthusiasm®. She is lighting the world on fire with her refreshingly unique take on not just ‘managing’ but growing through change.[…]
Dr. Amishi Jha is an internationally renowned neuroscience researcher, speaker, and author in the fields of attention, resilience, and mindfulness. She studies how to keep the brain’s attention systems in[…]
Richard Branson is a British entrepreneur known for his philanthropic projects and his taste for adventure. He is the founder and chairman of Virgin Group Ltd., a conglomerate of separately[…]
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in[…]
Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or games designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She is a two-time New York Times[…]
Ryan Holiday is an American author, public relations strategist, bookstore owner, and host of the podcast The Daily Stoic. He is a former director of marketing for American Apparel. He[…]
Emma Seppälä, Ph.D., is a best-selling author, Yale lecturer, and international keynote speaker. She teaches executives at the Yale School of Management and is faculty director of the Yale School[…]
Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist who is known for her work in the field of ‘science help’ — a popular explication of scientific research — as it relates to[…]
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report.[…]
Reza Aslan is a leading expert in world religions. He is also an internationally renowned writer, professor, and an Emmy- and Peabody-nominated producer. His producing credits include the acclaimed HBO[…]
Joel Peterson is the chairman of JetBlue Airways and the founding partner of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm. Peterson has a long history of successful growth[…]
General Stanley A. McChrystal was called “one of America’s greatest warriors” by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He is widely praised for launching a revolution in warfare by leading a[…]
David Goggins is the only member of the U.S. Armed Forces to complete SEAL training, Air Force tactical air controller training, and the U.S. Army Ranger School, where he graduated[…]
Barbara Corcoran is the co-founder of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners. Her credentials include straight D’s in high school and college and twenty jobs by the time she turned twenty-three. It[…]
Salman Rushdie is the author of fourteen novels, a book of stories, and four works of non-fiction. He is also the co-editor of an anthology of contemporary Indian writing, called[…]
David Ropeik is an award-winning broadcast journalist, a Harvard instructor, and an international consultant in risk communication and risk perception. He’s also the author of How Risky Is It, Really?[…]
Matt Dixon is the chief product and research officer of the Austin-based AI venture, Tethr. Prior to his role with Tethr, he was the global head of salesforce effectiveness solutions[…]
Max Bazerman has authored or co-authored 19 books in the field of decision making, negotiation, and ethics. Bazerman’s latest book, co-authored with Ann E. Tenbrunsel, called Blind Spot (2011) is[…]
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He is also the author[…]
Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of string field theory, Dr. Kaku carries on Albert Einstein’s[…]
Dr. Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley and was on the faculty of the California Institute of Technology. In[…]
Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on[…]
Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., MFA, is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. He is the author of several books published by the MIT Press, including Synesthesia: A Union of[…]
Scott Keller is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Southern California office and co-leads the firm’s global CEO Excellence service line. His books include A CEO for All Seasons.
Carolyn Dewar is a senior partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She co-leads McKinsey’s CEO Excellence service line, and is co-author of A CEO for All Seasons.