Adam 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.

Unlocking Hidden Potential for Exceptional Leadership

• A new framework for raising aspirations, exceeding expectations, and leveraging strengths for success
• How to build the character skills and motivational structures to develop your leadership potential
• Designing systems to create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked
• Developing the competencies needed to respond to and find strength in adversity
  

Research Professor and Author

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She also holds the position of visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers and is the host of two award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead. Brown spends most of her time working in organizations around the world, helping develop braver leaders and more courageous cultures.

The Courage to Lead

• Building the Strength and Grounded Confidence to Lead
• Armored leadership vs. Daring leadership
• The Role of Curiosity and Humility in Mental Toughness

Scott Galloway, an influential expert in brand strategy, is the clinical professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, a position he has held for more than twenty years. He is also a tech entrepreneur who founded several firms, including L2, Red Envelope, and Prophet Brand Strategy. Galloway is the author of several New York Times bestselling books, including The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity. Recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of the “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” he has advised prominent brands and organizations such as Gateway Inc. and Urban Outfitters.

The Future of Strategy: Navigating Trends to Discover Creative Solutions

• Cuts through the noise: The products and trends that are receiving too much vs. too little attention and investment
• Creative solutions that will shape the future across various sectors over the next decade and beyond
• AI Strategy: Its rise, impact, driving innovation, and creating new opportunities
• What winning brands have in common and how to implement their strategies
  

Seth Godin is one of the most inspiring, influential, and creative business thinkers of our time. Author of 22 international bestselling books translated into 39 languages, Godin covers a wide range of topics from creativity and change processes to how ideas are transmitted. Notable works include Purple Cow and Linchpin, and his most recent book, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans. A serial entrepreneur, Godin also writes one of the world’s most prestigious and widely read blogs, where he publishes daily insights on management and the digital world.

Leading Creativity through the Pursuit of the Unconventional

• The importance of “doing work that matters”: Creating value and impact rather than following trends
• Keys to embracing originality and breaking away from conventional norms
• The skills and characteristics needed to consistently and effectively push creative boundaries
• How to promote a mindset of lifelong learning and curiosity to keep ideas fresh and innovative
• How creativity connects with marketing and is the act of solving interesting problems

Widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles has revolutionized the sport with her extraordinary skill, and in the process has become a symbol of resilience, humility, and advocacy for mental health. She has captured six All-Around World Championship titles, making her the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history with 30 medals, including 23 gold. An eleven-time Olympic medalist, Biles’ technical prowess has led to an unprecedented five gymnastic skills being named after her.  Her autobiography, Courage to Soar, became a New York Times bestseller, and her remarkable story was brought to life in the Netflix series Simone Biles Rising. She also supports initiatives that help young people in foster care and adoption systems.

Rising Stronger: Well-Being, Performance, and the Road to Greatness

• Facing failure and self-doubt: Lessons learnt from when times were toughest
• The importance of raising awareness around mental health and personal wellbeing to sustain high performance
• Knowing when to step back, recover, and rise stronger: Keys to achieving greatness
• Managing pressure and prioritizing self-care while in the spotlight

James Clear is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, a transformative book that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 60 languages. Clear’s work delves deeply into behavioral psychology, addressing the profound question, “How can we live better?” with actionable, research-based strategies that resonate across cultures and industries. He is also the creator of the 3-2-1 weekly newsletter, which reaches over 3 million email subscribers and offers distilled wisdom on habits, decision-making, and self-improvement.

Trust and Inspire: Unleashing Greatness in Others

• Research-based, proven strategies to build good habits and break bad ones
• The laws of behavior change: Key strategies for getting 1% better every day
• Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower: Building systems for success even when you’re not feeling motivated
• Identity-based habits: Shifting your mindset to create lasting change
• How to overcome procrastination and build consistency through small, daily actions

A former senior robotics researcher and Mars Exploration research engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ayanna Howard is the current Dean of Engineering at The Ohio State University.   She is the co-founder and board director of Zyrobotics, a STEM education and therapy company that designs products for children with special needs. Foremost authority on human emotion-centered robotic design, her work and accomplishments have been the subject of numerous articles and profiles, including in Time, USA Today and Black Enterprise.  Howard is also the author of the best-selling audiobook Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI.

Make AI Work For Your Business

• How AI and robotics will define the future of businesses across industries: An optimistic approach
• Understanding and mitigating the unintended consequences and ethical challenges of AI
• How to generate a culture of trust and accountability among employees
• Leveraging AI for human-centered innovation: Strategies for enhancing productivity and connection
• Diverse teams in AI development: Keys to creating inclusive products

Globally recognized expert in customer experience and AI at MIT Sloan

A globally-recognized thinker on how AI affects human judgment, Renée Richardson Gosline is an award-winning Research Scientist and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the head of the Human-First AI group at MIT’s Initiative on The Digital Economy. Named a Digital Fellow at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab, Gosline has also been recognized as one of the World’s Top 40 Professors under 40 by Poets and Quants, and as “one of the brightest minds in AI” by Inc. Magazine in 2024. Her research specializes in AI CX strategy, creating a culture of experimentation, and Responsible AI.  She is the author of the forthcoming book, In Praise of Friction.

Human-Centered AI for a Breakthrough Customer Experience

• Key principles of a successful customer experience strategy: Balancing data-driven insights with human emotion
• Finding the friction sweet spot: Why friction can be good and how to harness its power for a seamless customer journey
• Ethical AI and inclusive leadership: Strategies to craft unbiased, customer-centric experiences that resonate with all clients
• Cultivating a culture of innovation through behavioral science and human-centered AI
  

A renowned expert on organizational learning and leadership and the world’s #1 ranked management thinker, Amy Edmondson has been studying psychological safety and workplace behaviors for more than 20 years.  The Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, Edmondson helps organizations identify barriers to success that are often hidden inside a workplace culture. Her work has helped major firms vastly improve performance by building an environment of psychological safety, transparency and collaborative teaming.

She is the bestselling author of The Fearless Organization, and the recently published Right Kind of Wrong, which won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2023. 

Psychological Safety: Unlocking Growth Through Intelligent Failure

• How to nurture an environment where employees feel safe and empowered
• Improve learning, cooperation and performance by fostering a culture of psychological safety
• How leaders can transform their perspective on setbacks by embracing the intelligent failures that are vital to innovation
• Tailored practices, skills and mindsets for taking smart risks and using mistakes as springboards for profound learning and competitive differentiation

Musician and expert in entrepreneurship, innovation and virtuosity

With more than 25 years of entrepreneurial and senior management experience, Felipe Gómez has developed a powerful set of proven tools that helps leaders, teams and organizations to reach extraordinary performance. Leveraging his passion for music and with a grand piano on stage, Felipe will inspire his audience and provide tools to consistently aim for operational excellence, create meaningful connections and build effective cultures of innovation. Gómez is the author of the best-selling book, Attitude-E: The Method for Being Entrepreneurial and Fulfilling your Dreams.

The Power of Virtuosity

• What it means to be a virtuoso and why it’s a critical quality for organizations in today’s world
• Identifying the keys to be a virtuoso in everything we set out to do
• The mindsets and behaviors that leaders and companies should adopt to thrive
• The importance of perfecting our methods, being more aware of the attitudes we assume and doing everything we do with love and passion

Consistently recognized over the past decade as one of the world’s top global executives, Angela Ahrendts DBE is best known for her tenure as Senior Vice President at Apple Retail and for her nine years as CEO at Burberry.  At Apple, Ahrendts was responsible for integrating Apple’s physical and digital businesses, creating a seamless customer journey for over a billion visitors a year and re-crafting roles for 70,000 employees globally.  At Burberry she transformed the fortunes of the brand, tripling the business and quadrupling the share price with a focus on culture and values.  Ahrendts is currently Chair of the Board of Save the Children and a member of the Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corp., Airbnb, WPP, and charity: water.

Leading Change with Humility, Humanity and Heart

• Connecting with people in a way that encourages everyone to shape the future of the organization
• How to convey complex ideas with clarity and authenticity to foster alignment and shared purpose within organizations
• Amplifying human attributes in an artificial world: A new paradigm of leadership to thrive in the age of AI
• Leveraging technology to unleash a new wave of creativity and innovation

Bestselling co-authors of Disrupt Everything

James Patterson and Patrick Leddin are the bestselling authors of the forthcoming book Disrupt Everything Together, they help leaders not only confront disruption, but also leverage it to build innovative, resilient, and high-performing teams and organizations. 

Patterson is renowned as one of the world’s bestselling authors and the most popular storyteller of our time, having sold over 425 million books worldwide. He has been recognized with multiple awards, including ten Emmy Awards.  Prior to becoming a bestselling author, Patterson rose to become CEO of J. Walter Thompson advertising group in North America.

Patrick Leddin is a renowned authority on leadership and culture. He served as a U.S. Army airborne ranger infantry officer, as a senior business consultant at KPMG Consulting and taught Corporate Strategy, Negotiation, and Crisis Leadership at Vanderbilt University.  He is currently the Leadership and Culture Practice Leader at FranklinCovey. His book, The Five-Week Leadership Challenge, is a Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Turn Disruption into Your Greatest Advantage

• Grow, change, triumph: What every leader should know about disruption and how to harness its power
• Embracing sustained and meaningful change: Keys to transforming unexpected challenges into opportunities
• Practical strategies for navigating disruption, fostering innovation, and achieving extraordinary results
• Actionable insights for driving personal and organizational impact: The power of small changes for lasting outcomes