Costas Markides is the Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and the Robert P Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership at London Business School. Markides has previously earned his BA and MA in Economics from Boston University before going on to earn his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School. He then went on to be a research associate at the... read full bio
An activist, educator, and speaker, Christopher Emdin works as the Director of Science Education at the Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education; he also is the Associate Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Colombia University, as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology for Teachers College.... read full bio
Christine Blasey Ford is an American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned her undergraduate degree in experimental psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to earn her master’s in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University before earning her PhD in education... read full bio
Chris Brogan is CEO & President of Human Business Works, an education publishing and media company dedicated to helping professionals work better, do the work they want, and to be brave. He is the New York Times Bestselling author of books like The Impact Equation and Trust Agents (co-written with Julien Smith), Social Media 101, and Google Plus for Business,... read full bio
Charles Elachi is a Lebanese-American professor and engineer who is the professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology and former director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech. Elachi was born in Rayak, Lebanon, and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in physics from Joseph Fourier University, his master’s in engineering... read full bio
Carl Glickman is President of the Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy and Professor Emeritus of Education at The University of Georgia. He began his career as a Teacher Corps intern in the rural south and, later, was a principal of award winning schools in New Hampshire.... read full bio
Bill Fischer is the Professor of Innovation Management at IMD and a columnist for Forbes. Through his work with IMD, Fischer has been the co-founder and co-director for their program on Driving Strategic Innovation which they run in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Through his work with Forbes, Fischer runs the column, “The Ideas Business.” As... read full bio
Barry Barish is an American physicist and Nobel Laureate who is currently the Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology. Barish was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and he has earned his B.A. in physics as well as his Ph.D. in experimental high energy physics from the University of California, Berkeley. After earning his Ph.D., he went on... read full bio
Barbara Mellers is an educator who is the I. George Heyman University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the Chief Scientist for Good Judgment, Inc. Mellers has previously earned her Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley before going on to earn her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mellers began her... read full bio
Arthur Benjamin is a math professor at Harvey Mudd College, but dubs himself Mathemagician, as he performs high-speed mental calculations on stage. He has appeared on TED Talks several times to demonstrate his quick-thinking and fantastical math abilities. For example, Benjamin is able to rapidly square numbers up to five digits faster than a calculator and tell people what day... read full bio
Arne Duncan served as secretary of education for six years. During his time in office, he secured congressional support for President Obama’s investments in education. Such efforts included the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $100 billion to fund 325,000 teaching positions, increases in Pell grants, reform efforts such as Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation and interventions in... read full bio
Arna Poupko Fisher is a lecturer, author, and educator from speaks out and teaches courses in areas of Jewish theology and Hebrew bible. She is apart of the faculty of the Department of Jewish studies at the University of Cincinnati and also is apart of the faculty for the Wexner Heritage Foundation and The Wexner Graduate Fellows program. Fisher studied... read full bio
Antonio Damasio is a Portuguese-American neuroscientist who is the David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and the Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology at the University of Southern California as well as an adjunct professor at Salk Institute. Damasio was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and he began studying medicine at the University of Lisbon Medical School where he went on to... read full bio
Anthony Giddens is an English sociologist and professor who is best known for his theory of structuration and his view on modern societies. Giddens was born in London, England, and he has earned his degree in joint sociology and psychology from the University of Hull before going on to earn his master’s at the London School of Economics and his... read full bio
AnnMarie Thomas is a maker, tinkerer, and educator. She empowers and inspired todays innovators through education. Thomas shares ways to integrate joy into learning, partnering with those who love what they do. From chefs to pre-school students, Thomas uses examples in her presentations to demonstrate how learning can become joyful, fun, and powerful. Thomas invented Squishy Circuits, a type of... read full bio
Anil Seth is a professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Seth is also the Editor-in-Chief of Neuroscience of Consciousness. He has been on the board of the Human Mind Project, edited and co-authored 30 Second Brain, and is a regular contributor to publications like the BBC and The Guardian. Seth researches the basis of conscious... read full bio
Angell Ian has been the Professor of Information Systems at London Business School where he teaches as a consultant on the management and strategic impact of information systems. Prior to his work with London Business School, Ian had been a researcher and teacher for computer science at Royal Holloway College, and then the University College London. Through his research, Ian... read full bio
Andre Laurent is the Emeritus Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD where he works on cross-cultural dimensions of management and organizations. Since working with INSEAD, Laurent has also been a visiting scholar at Stanford University and has been a visiting professor at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management. Laurent has trained as a clinical psychologist at the Ecole... read full bio
Alfie Kohn is an author, lecturer, speaker, and expert on topics including education, human behavior, and parenting; he is a staunch advocate for progressive education. He offers commentary on much of traditional society’s way of parenting and educating, and he works as an avid social science researcher. Kohn earned his B.A. from Brown University in Rhode Island and he acquired... read full bio
Alan Blinder is an American economist and the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Blinder was born in New York City, New York, and he earned his B.A. from Princeton University before going on to earn his M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. in economics from the... read full bio
