Friday Fireside Chat with Jayshree Seth
Jayshree Seth, Ph.D., is a corporate scientist and chief science advocate for 3M Company, where she has worked for over 27 years to advance science and develop new technologies and […]
Jayshree Seth, Ph.D., is a corporate scientist and chief science advocate for 3M Company, where she has worked for over 27 years to advance science and develop new technologies and […]
When I learned that Rob Siegel had been the lead researcher for Andy Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive," I knew I just had to meet him! Today, he is […]
How did recognizing a simple pain point, that most shavers had come to accept as just the “way things are,” enable Harry’s to disrupt an $18 billion market and topple […]
Quick: When I say "tax guy" at a Big Four accounting firm, my guess is your pulse doesn't start to quicken. But in the case of Jeff Saviano, you'll find […]
The thing about inflection points is that steady-state is not an option. You’re either going to seize the moment and thrive or miss it and suffer a setback. The good […]
I first met Zachary Karabell when he was enrolled in my Columbia Executive Education program "Leading Strategic Growth and Change" and he made a big impression on me all those […]
Zoe Chance graduated from a massively successful corporate career to doing groundbreaking research to teaching a hugely popular elective at Yale called Mastering Influence and Persuasion, aka "Doing Uncomfortable Things […]
We think of unusual events as rare - but as my Friday Fireside Chat guest, Jonathan Brill, points out, they may be rare individually, but when they accumulate, the chance […]
John Hagel was seeing around the corners of the business world long ago. He's well known for his work presented in 7 books on business, digitization and what he's learned […]
Sarah Stein Greenberg has been a fixture at Stanford's famous "d.school" since 2010, and is currently its Executive Director. When the design movement swept across the product landscape, led by […]
Organizations around the world are reinventing themselves so they can innovate more quickly and effectively through the use of Agile thinking and practices. This Fall, the fourth annual World Agility […]
Super Session With Rita McGrath – The New Playbook: What You Need to Rethink Your Strategy in a Post-Advantage World -- Have your thinking challenged in this fun, fast-paced, and […]
Peter Cappelli and I go back a long way and I can't wait to get caught up with him in this Friday Fireside Chat. Cappelli was one of my professors […]
If you could pick someone to lead you through an intelligent conversation about the new world of work, you couldn't do better than to consult with Jennifer Moss. Author of […]
Leading Strategic Growth and Change (Live Online) is a five-day virtual program focused on the process of finding opportunities, launching new ventures, and leading necessary organizational changes to revitalize and […]
Everybody Wants To Rule the World. When R "Ray" Wang says it, he isn't just channeling a popular musical line, he really means it. In his view, digital giants are […]
I promised Harvard Professor and expert on equality and inclusion Robert Livingston that I would read his book "The Conversation" before he joined me for a Friday Fireside Chat. I […]
Liz Wiseman changed the way we think about high performing organizations with her groundbreaking book "Multipliers." She found that, despite the best of intentions, some leaders diminish the creativity and […]
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first ever Thinkers50 Ranking and will see business and management thinkers from around the world sharing two days of ideas, inspiration, and […]
Ron Adner and I have been intellectual sparring partners and friends for a very long time. He's just come out with a terrific new book, "Winning the Right Game" which […]
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering Industry, Government and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes. […]
Marcus Eriksen made a huge impression on me when I first met him. He is an environmental scientist, educator and author as part of his day job. On the side, […]
By some estimates, up to 80% of all strategies — however brilliant — never generate their intended results. Rather than describing these disappointments as ‘failures of execution,’ leaders can mold […]
This is a time of shockingly rapid change, and tech remains at the center both of our challenges and our opportunities. This conference is part of an ongoing initiative that […]
Chris Ategeka is an opportunity / talent catalyst, a successful entrepreneur, a TED talker and a Ugandan orphan, among many other things. His accolades go on for pages! He came […]
Anne-Marie Slaughter burst into the public eye with her 2012 article in the Atlantic "Why Women Still Can't Have It All." Since then, she's gone on to run New America […]