Stanford alum Kiara Nirghin is a Thiel Fellow, one of TIME Magazine’s Most Influential, and a Google Science Grand Prize Winner.
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Mark P. Witton is a paleontologist based at the University of Portsmouth. Widely recognized as one of the world's leading paleoartists, he has also published dozens of scientific papers and[…]
David Hone is a paleontologist at Queen Mary University of London. Author of the acclaimed The Tyrannosaur Chronicles, his research includes multiple scientific papers on spinosaur systematics and biology, and[…]
Nic Marks helps organizations measure and improve team happiness. He is the author of Happiness is a Serious Business and founder of Friday Pulse, a London-based tech company.
Zack Kass is a global AI advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, and the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. He is the author of The Next Renaissance.
Jennifer R. Vail is the founder of DuPont’s first tribology research lab and a member of the senior leadership team at TA Instruments. Her 2019 TED Talk, The Science of Friction,[…]
Shadé Zahrai is a behavioral researcher, award-winning peak performance educator, and leading authority on confidence and self-doubt. A former corporate lawyer with an MBA and background in psychology, she has[…]
Tara Narula is a board-certified cardiologist, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine, associate director of the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital, and director[…]
Emily Mendenhall is a medical anthropologist, Guggenheim Fellow, and professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She has published widely at the boundaries of[…]
Chris Moore is a professor of psychology and former dean of science at Dalhousie University in Canada. He holds a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Cambridge and[…]
Clare Morell is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) and director of the Technology and Human Flourishing Project. She is the author of The Tech Exit:[…]
David S. Goyer is a writer, producer, and director known for elevating genre storytelling across superheroes, fantasy, and the supernatural.
Lisa Bennett is a speaker, author, and leadership coach focused on helping good people do hard things in tough times. She is the author of Savor the World: Why Wonder, Not[…]
Aaron Mok is a freelance journalist who covers how technology is transforming business, work, and society. He's based in New York.
Victor Vescovo is an American private equity investor and worldwide explorer. He is the first person to ever complete the Explorers' Extreme Trifecta: summiting Mount Everest (the highest point on Earth), diving[…]
Andrew Miller, Ph.D., is a principal at Paladin Consulting, researching AI governance and mobility innovation. He has previously worked at Sidewalk Labs (Alphabet/Google), in private consulting, and in transport policy[…]
John Niles is the founder and president of Global Telematics, a Seattle-based research consultancy focused on improving transportation efficiency and effectiveness. As a research associate at San Jose State University's[…]
Bern Grush is the executive director of the Urban Robotics Foundation and project lead for ISO 4448, a technical standard for public-area mobile robots. With over four decades of experience[…]
Dwayne Britton brings 15+ years at the intersection of learning, culture and brand. He’s shaped programs at Apple, Adidas, Zalando and Lululemon, and led Global Learning & Development at On.[…]
Lavinia Mehedintu has been designing learning experiences and career development programs for the past 11 years both in the corporate world and in higher education. As a Co-Founder and Learning[…]
David Gruber is the Founder & President of Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a nonprofit, interdisciplinary scientific and conservation initiative on a mission to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales.
Prior to founding Dyno Therapeutics, geneticist Eric Kelsic led a team to develop the technology underlying Dyno’s artificial intelligence powered capsid engineering platform in George Church’s lab at the Wyss[…]
Dominic Colenso is an international speaker, communication coach and former actor. After appearing in Hollywood films, including the movie adaptation of Thunderbirds, he transitioned from performing to coaching. His books include Cut-Through: The[…]
David V. Day is an industrial–organizational psychologist whose work centers on leadership and leadership development. Over the course of his academic career, he has held faculty appointments at Louisiana State[…]
Scott J. Allen, Ph.D., is an award-winning educator passionate about working with people at all levels and across industries. He serves as an instructor in SMU’s Cox School of Business[…]
Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every, where he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’
Alex O’Connor, also known as Cosmic Skeptic, is an English public speaker and content creator recognized for his work on philosophy, ethics, religion, and secularism. He hosts the podcast Within[…]
Benjamin Wilson is associate professor of history of science at Harvard University. He earned his PhD in history of science from MIT and received master’s degrees in physics from Yale[…]
Michael Hallsworth is a leading figure in applying behavioral science to real-world challenges. For the last 20 years, he has been an adviser to governments around the world. The co-author[…]
Jason Socrates Bardi is an award-winning journalist in D.C. and the author of The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics. He has published[…]