Business Growth & Trends Speakers

Organizational Psychologist, The Wharton School of Business; Bestselling Author; Host: WorkLife, a TED Original Podcast

Advisor, Investor, Former COO and President, Focus Brands

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of When, To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind

Legendary Former Hotelier Renowned for Creating a Culture of Service

Paralympic Ski Medalist, Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Rhodes Scholar, Former White House Official and Best-Selling Author

Former President & CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems, and The Ford Motor Company

16th Supreme Allied Commander, NATO; Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group; New York Times Bestselling Author

William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, Harvard; Social Scientist; Bestselling Author; and The Atlantic Columnist

Secretary of the Treasury (2003-2006)

Best-Selling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University

Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and former CEO (2005-2020), The Walt Disney Company

Founder, The Center for Innovative Leadership and Author

World Renowned Harvard Expert and Best-Selling Author on Collaboration, Communication and Teamwork

Former Vice President, Multicultural Sales & Community Activation for PepsiCo North America, Author, Philanthropist, Creator of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos brand

Former Chairman & CEO of Best Buy; Author, The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism; Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

Obama Campaign Manager and White House Senior Advisor, Author, Non-Profit and Tech Executive

CEO: EBONY & JET

CEO of Taco Bell

Founding Editor, Fast Company and Best-Selling Author

CEO shift7, Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer (2014-2017)

Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online; Author

Columnist, New York Times; Podcast host, The Ezra Klein Show; Author, “Why We’re Polarized.”

Marketing Thought Leader; Global Marketing Officer, Procter & Gamble (2001-2008)

CEO and Founder, Humu; SVP of People Operations, Google (2006-2016); Bestselling Author

Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

Author and Founder, Tom Peters Co.

Former Co-CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill (2009-2016), Lawyer, Author, Pilot & Filmmaker

Former Executive at Tesla Motors, Apple Computer and GAP Inc.

Founder, Chairman, CEO and Majority Owner, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

International Speaker, Advisor, Master Brand Builder and New York Times Best-Selling Author of 8 Titles, Translated Into 50 Languages Including Small Data, Buyology, Brandwashed and BrandSense; Voted by TIME Magazine as "One of the World's Most Influential People".

Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Uber; Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Beam Suntory; Former SVP Marketing & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company

Co-Founder and CEO of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, Former CMO of Airbnb

Chairman, President and CEO, The Boeing Company (2005–2016); Chairman and CEO, 3M (2000–2005)

Global Trend-Watcher, Harvard University Lecturer, Author & Investor

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2014–2017); Director, Office of Management and Budget (2013–2014)

Managing Partner, Emerson Collective; Space Cowboy, Google X; Precourt Energy Scholar, Stanford University 

President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Vice -Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (2009-2018)

Director of the Social Intelligence Lab at the University of Maryland

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers (2013–2017)

Former Chairman and CEO, IBM

Chairman and CEO, General Electric (2001–2017)

President and CEO, The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2005-2015)

Governor, Federal Reserve Board (2012–2014); Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Founding Executive Vice President of People, JetBlue Airways; President, People Ink and Best-Selling Author

Two-Time Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author & CEO of The Revenue Growth Consultancy.

Founder, Executive Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative

#1 Bestselling Business Author, Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement and Leadership Expert

Founder/CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Star of ABC's Shark Tank and CEO of The Shark Group

Visiting Professor, Columbia Business School

Innovative Business Thought Leader and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Founder and Content Director, Inlay Insights

Co-Founder & Chief Executive of Life is Good

Economist; Longtime Columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Barrons and The New York Times; Speech Writer and Aide for Presidents Nixon and Ford; Emmy-winning Television Gameshow Host; Commentator for CBS News, Fox News and CNN and Award-winning Commentator on Finance

Founder, Datafloq.com, Mavin.org; Author

Five-time tech entrepreneur, hyper-growth CEO, New York Times bestselling author, venture capitalist, professional jazz guitarist, host of Creative Troublemakers Podcast, and keynote speaker on a mission to drive creativity, innovation, and reinvention.

Former Head of Innovation & Creativity at the Walt Disney Company; Ted X presenter; Teacher at Yale, Duke, Auburn and University of Florida; Contributor to Fast Company Magazine

Director of Undergraduate Studies & Professor, Center for Data Science, New York University

Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Author and Media Visionary

Technology Futurist and Business Strategist

Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley

Customer-Focused Strategy Expert and Author

Female Founder & Community Building Expert, Young Tech Leader

Senior Analyst, CNBC, Financial Industry Expert

Rocket Scientist turned Professor, Bestselling Author, and Expert on Creativity and Critical Thinking

Entrepreneur, Technology and Digital Media Expert, Professor and Author

Learning Innovator and Tech Futurist

Internationally Recognized Multimedia Artist, Author, and Innovator

Host of Capital Allocators Podcast; Best-Selling Author; Asset Management Thought Leader; Founder and Former Co-CIO of Protege Partners

Internationally Renowned Workforce Strategist and Management Trendspotter

Economist; Former CMIO, U.S. Government; Author

CEO, Entrepreneur, Author and Columnist, Financial Times

CEO, THIS Inc. and Best-Selling Author, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Future of Work Strategist, 2017 Global Linkedin Top Voice for Education

Former Sales Director, Disney Institute and Best-Selling Author

Futurist in Residence at The New York Times

Award-Winning International Journalist, Best-Selling Author and TV Host From Al Jazeera English, CNN International and BBC World

Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, 3M

Chief Growth Officer, Wheels Up

World-Renowned Business Advisor, Execution Expert and Best-Selling Author

Futurist, Trends & Innovation Expert and Author

Technologist, Entrepreneur, Innovator

Founder and CEO of Tomorrow

Business Performance Expert and Agent of Change

Award-winning Author, Columnist, On-air Commentator, and Live and Virtual-event Architect

Sports Icon, Athlete, and Entrepreneur

Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, Author of This Could Be Our Future, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Harvard Researcher and Positive Psychology Expert

Advertising Hall of Famer, Branding Expert, Entrepreneur and Best-Selling Author

AI/Voice Technology & Future of Work Thought Leader

Renowned Economist and Author, The Rise of the Creative Class

CBS News Business Analyst

Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Expert on Social Media, Marketing and Leadership; Best-Selling Author

Journalist, Best-selling Author of That’s What She Said, Editor in Chief, USA TODAY, Chief Content Officer, GANNETT, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal

President and Chief Economist of Prestige Economics; Chairman, The Futurist Institute

Expert on Lifestyle Trends and Author

Executive Strategy and Leadership Expert and Best-Selling Author

Astronaut, Performance Specialist, and Innovation/Technology Futurist

Founder and Chariman of Zimmerman Advertising, Philanthropist, Author, Mentor, Previous Professional Sports Team Owner, Land Baron

Renowned Expert on Talent, and Author

Innovation Expert, Author

Chief Operating Officer, IronNet Cybersecurity, Inc., Director of Operations, U.S. Cyber Command (2012-2014); Director of Communications, U.S. Pacific Command (2009-2011); Combat-Experienced Fighter Pilot

Chairman and CEO, XPRIZE Foundation; Executive Chairman, Singularity University and Author

Best-Selling Author and Renowned Futurist

Groundbreaking Creative Executive and Brand Innovation Expert

Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Author, Motivational Speaker & Media Personality

Dr. Todd Kashdan, Professor of Psychology at George Mason University

Chairman, AI Global, Former General Manager, IBM Watson; Former Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas/San Antonio, Serial Entrepreneur and teaching faculty on Trusted AI.

Retired Navy SEAL; Founder and President, Perfect Fitness; Author of Be Unstoppable: The Eight Essential Actions to Succeed At Anything

Distinguished Fellow, Harvard Law School, Labor and Worklife Program, Distinguished Fellow and professor, Carnegie Mellon University Engineering, Silicon Valley

Professor, NYU Stern School of Business; Founder and Executive Director of the NYU Innovation Lab; Fellow, at Frog Design; and International Bestselling Author, Disrupt

Visionary Economist; Director, Oxford University's 21st Century School (2006-2016); Former Vice President, The World Bank; and Former Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela

International Speaker and Strategist; Expert in Organizational Dynamics, Leadership, Sales Behavior and Corporate Education; Author

Former White House Director of Economic Policy and CNBC Regular

Technology Editor and Author; Keynote Speaker and Event Moderator

Business Educator and Coach, Best-Selling Author

Generational Innovation Expert, Emmy and Gracie Award Winning Journalist, Author of Several Highly Acclaimed Multi-Generational Books

Global Economic Expert and Author, China, Inc. and Shock of Gray

Highly Successful Entrepreneur and Branding Expert

World Renowned Innovation and Healthcare Futurist, Best-selling Author

Pioneer Emerging Market Business Investment Practitioner Unlocking Growth Opportunities While Shielding Risks; Private Equity Executive; White House Trade Negotiator; Harvard Faculty; Author; Columnist

Author of Five #1 International Best Sellers Including The Happiness Equation

Founder and CEO of Age Wave; Author

Dean of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, Co-Creator of DeepDive™ and Author

Co-Founder & CEO, Ellevest

Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and Award-Winning Author

Director of Global Business Marketing, Facebook (2009 – 2015)

Futurist and Author on the Future of Work, Automation, and Human Capital

Chief Economist and Co-founder of Moody's Economy.com

Author, Public Philosopher, Advisor

Founder and CEO, Young China Group

President, Chairman & CEO, Ingredion Incorporate (2009 – 2017)

Learning and Big Data Innovator

Industry Analyst, Altimeter Group

Former President and Vice Chairman at NetApp

Vice Chairman, Baird; Former CEO of RBC Wealth Management

CEO, Aspen Art Museum (2005-2019)

Business Strategist, Technology Expert and Futurist

Managing Partner, Fintech, Blenheim Chalcot. Former Managing Director, Google UK and Ireland

CEO & Co-founder, Cake DeFi

Goaltender, 1980 Gold Medal Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, President and Founder, Gold Medal Strategies and Author, Gold Medal Strategies, Business Lessons from America's Miracle Team

Co-Founder, TalentSmart, The World’s #1 Provider of Emotional Intelligence

Chief Product & Research Officer at Tethr and Best-Selling Author of The Challenger Sale, The Effortless Experience, and The Challenger Customer

Futurist; Innovation and Brand Consultant; CEO Sparks & Honey

Professor at Oxford University, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute and the Strategic Artificial Intelligence Research Center

Democratic Strategist and Communications Expert

B2B Growth Expert, Keynote Speaker, Strategic Advisor, Bestselling Author