Paul Sloane is an interactive lateral thinker and innovation guru and expert on leadership. Sloane is a keynote speaker and author who has published nearly 20 books on lateral leadership and problem-solving. Sloane has also published several books on lateral puzzles which has led him to be named the ‘King of Lateral Thinking Puzzles.’ As a keynote speaker, Sloane talks... read full bio
Leon Kaulaho Siu is best known for being the Foreign Minister for the Hawaiian Kingdom. After the United States admitted to wrongfully taking the Hawaiian Islands, Siu was a big part of setting out to reclaim their island as their own. Siu has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hawaii for several decades and has been heavily involved... read full bio
Alex Sion is a businessman who has also had experience in technology, marketing, and financial firms. Sion has earned his BA in Political Science from Yale University before beginning his career working as an investment banking analyst at Prudential Securities. Over the course of his career thus far, Sion has gone on to be director of Sapient Corporation, has been... read full bio
Connor O’Leary is a professional cyclist, cancer survivor, and the youngest winner of CBS’s The Amazing Race game show. Through his struggles and triumphs, O’Leary has learned a lot. Now, he shares his insight into overcoming adversity through speaking engagements and his collective, The O’Leary Theory. His projects and speeches are about pushing limits, getting things done, finding a passion,... read full bio
Hermann Simon is an author, management thinker, and has been a chairman of Simon-Kucher and Partners, which is a strategy and marketing consultancy. Simon was born in Hasborn, Germany, and he began his career serving in the German Air Force where he was a fighter bomber squadron 33, and reserve officer. After serving for two years, Simon went on to... read full bio
Mathew Seneviratne is the former Federal Agent in the Australian Federal Police and has also been co-founder and Head of Risk and Compliance for the company Revello. Throughout her career, Seneviratne has been an expert on topics which include counter terrorism, organized crime, smuggling, human trafficking, child protection and cybercrime. Throughout his career, he has gone through several life-threatening situations... read full bio
Tim Sebastian is a British television journalist and novelist who is best known for being the moderator for ‘Conflict Zone’ as well as ‘The New Arab Debates.’ He has also previously been the host for ‘The Doha Debates’ and a presenter for ‘HARDtalk.’ Sebastian has previously earned his BA in Modern Languages from New College, Oxford University, and also earned... read full bio
Ian Scott is a business strategist and authority on leadership, management of strategy, change and knowledge. Over the course of his career, Scott has worked in both the private and public sectors and has been a senior figure for the World Bank for numerous years. Through his time as an adviser, Scott has worked with chief executives, senior management teams,... read full bio
Otto Scharmer is a German specialist on innovation and corporate change who has also been the senior lecturer at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also been co-founder of the Prescencing Institute. Scharmer studied economics at Witten/Herdecke University before going on to earn his Ph.D. as well. Scharmer is also an author who has authored... read full bio
Thomas John Sargent is an American economist who is the W.R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business at New York University. Through his work in economics, Sargent is a specialist in marcoeconomics, monetary economics, and time series econometrics. Sargent was born in Pasadena, California, and he earned his B.A. from the University of California, Berkley, before earning his Ph.D. from... read full bio
Sandro Salsano is an Italian entrepreneur, businessman and investor who has been the chairman of Salsano Family Office as well as the president of Salsano Group. Salsano was born in Lecco, Italy, and he earned degree from Bocconi University before going on to earn his MBA from the University of San Diego, California. He has also taken courses at Harvard... read full bio
Abby Phillip is an American journalist who is best known for her work as a political correspondent and weekend anchor for the outlet, CNN. Phillip was born in Virginia and while growing up, she spent some time also living in Trinidad and Tobago, where her parents are from. She later went on earn her B.A. in government from Harvard University... read full bio
Janjaap Ruijssenaars is an architect and inventor who is known for his innovative projects which include gravity energy, the floating bed, the landscape house and the square house. Ruijssenaars has studied at the Technical University Delft, the University Barcelona, and at the Western State College of Colorado. After finishing his schooling, Ruijssenaars began working with Universe Architecture Ltd before going... read full bio
Michael Rose is a retired British Army general who has a Special Air Service Regiment commanding officer as well as a Commander UNPROFOR Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars. Rose was born in British India and studied at Cheltenham college. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford and Sorbonne. After earning his B.A., Rose joined the Regular Army Coldstream Guards as second lieutenant before... read full bio
Steve Ridgway is a businessman who has been the former CEO of Virgin Atlantic. Ridgway working as the CEO for Virgin for nearly 10 years and during his tenure he helped the company grow from having two 747s to have a 40 long haul aircraft where they would fly over 6 million passengers a year. He also helped the company... read full bio
Jonas Ridderstrale is a Swedish businessman, keynote speaker, thinker, and author, who is best known for his best-selling book, ‘Funky Business – Talent Makes Capital Dance.’ Ridderstrale has also been a visiting professor at schools which include Ashridge Business School and IE Business School. Ridderstrale has previously graduated from Stockholm School of Economics where he earned his MBA and Ph.D.... read full bio
Dan Reisel is a neuroscientist who grew up in Norway and has lived in the United Kingdom for several years. Reisel has worked as a research fellow in epigenetics at the University College London and also works as a hospital doctor. Reisel has previously earned his BA in Psychology & Ethics, earned his Ph.D. in Epigenetics and Neuroscience from the... read full bio
Subramanian Rangan is the Professor of Strategy and Management and has been the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court Endowed Chair in Societal Progress. Rangan has previously earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and went on to earn his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University. Rangan has been known for his work in capitalism and how... read full bio
Gerald Lawless is a businessman who has previously been the CEO for Jumeirah Group. During his career with Jumeirah Group, Lawless helped make the company a global brand and began working with them as the founding CEO. When joining the company, Jumeirah only had 30 employers and during his tenure he built the organization to have nearly 15,000 employers. He... read full bio
Francois Bourdoncle has been the CEO of FB&Cie and has been a pioneer of Big Data and Search technologies. Bourdoncle has previously studied at Ecole Polytechnique and went on to study at Mines ParisTech before studying engineering at Corps des mines. He has also earned his doctorates in information technology from Ecole Polytechnique before going on to work as a... read full bio
