Nominated as one of The Times' 50 leading influential management thinkers, Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and author of The Democratic Enterprise. Her current research with the Lehman Centre for Women in Business is to create an in-depth understanding of the rhetoric and reality of how business strategy is delivered through people and model the key processes.

The charismatic Jeff DeGraff is a highly sought after speaker and advisor for companies that include 3M, Apple, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LG, Pfizer, and Toyota. He is the Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, where he co-created the Competing Values school of thought that is taught in leading universities, colleges and business schools throughout the world; the Executive Director of the Innovatrium Institute for Innovation, an idea lab; and the Managing Partner of the Competing Values Company, a top innovation consulting firm.

Juliet's diverse work history has taken her through a number of roles: improvisational comedienne to singer, poet to food sculptor, Human Relations trainer for the Los Angeles Police Department, and even to Israel as a liaison in a Palestinian/Israeli peace project. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, a licensed Grief counselor and the co-author of two books in the Path Training Series, The Communication Path and the Wellness Path.

Tyler Brule was trained as a journalist with the BBC, but eventually left the journalism field and launched a style and fashion magazine called Wallpaper*, one of the most influential fashion magazines of the 1990s. He's been a regular columnist for the Financial Times, The New York Times, and others.

Wolfgang Grulke has a storied background in all sorts of fascinating areas: nuclear physics, marine biology, and technology to name a few. He has addressed audiences in more than 20 countries, in person, on radio, and on television. His topics range from business transformation to technological revolutions to the sex life of fish!

Author of the global best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida is one of the world's leading public intellectuals on economic competitiveness, demographic trends, and cultural and technological innovation. His latest book, Who's Your City? is a national and international best seller, as well as an Amazon.com book of the month. Florida's ideas on the "creative class," commercial innovation, and regional development have been featured in major ad campaigns from BMW and Apple, and are being used globally to change the way regions and nations do business and transform their economies.

Former correspondent for Fairchild Publications in London and in Washington, D.C., John Byrne is author of Jack: Straight from the Gut. As the executive editor for Business Week magazine, Jack is a leading expert on business, leadership and management. He is the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company magazine.

Lynn Brewer is a former Enron executive and author of House of Cards: Confessions of an Enron Executive, a brutally hard-hitting, factual account of her career at Enron.

In her nearly three years at Enron, she was responsible ...

Voted one of the world?s top innovators, Billy Glynn is a successful serial and parallel entrepreneur, philanthropist and visionary. Known for his vision and ability to create value, Billy has a successful record of closing $1 billion for the funds and business he has founded.p>

After a successful 25-year career with Southwest, Rita Bailey now consults and speaks to companies and audiences worldwide. During her time as the Director of the University for People, Rita was responsible for the design, development and implementation of Leadership and Personal Development programs for 32,000 employees. Rita is often interviewed and quoted in Harvard Business Review, Business Week and WSJ.