Richard Branson is the man behind one of the world's most recognized and respected brands, Virgin. His Virgin Group has a presence in international retail, air travel, mobile communication, music, resorts, clean fuel, space travel, and many other areas.

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.

Dr. Philip Kotler is the author of the most widely used marketing book in graduate business schools worldwide. His efforts as the Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Northwestern University has helped put his school at the top of the "Best Business Schools" list in Business Week's survey for six years in a row.

Dr. Peter Senge is the Founding Chair of a global community of researchers, corporations and consultants called the Society for Organizational Learning. Dr. Senge has lectured extensively throughout the world, translating the abscract ideas of systems theory into tools for better understanding of economic and organizational change.

Dan Clark's multi-million dollar business and the story of his fight back from a paralyzing injury that cut his football career short have been featured on over 500 TV and radio shows. Clark's story Puppies for Sale was made into a movie, starring Jack Lemmon. Clark is a contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, co-author of Chicken Soup for the College Soul and the author of 20 acclaimed books, including the extraordinary business leadership book Simon Says.

A seasoned entrepreneur, author and co-author of five books and a Professor of Business, Clayton Christensen's research and teaching focuses on managing innovation and creating new growth marketing. Professor Christensen has founded three companies: CPS Corporation, Innosight, and Innosight Capital. Professor Christensen is also extensively involved in other activities in the community.

Flashover Seminars' impactful events take you deep into a world in which life and death decisions are made every day and a deep connection to one's teammates is essential for survival, and allows you to experience first-hand the teambuilding strategies and "Incident Command" skills you'll need to handle all of your business fires with confidence.

Geoffrey has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his life's work. His books, Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, and Living on the Fault Line are best sellers and required reading at leading business schools. Highly regarded as a dynamic public speaker, Geoffrey is the founder of The Chasm Group and currently is the managing partner of TCG Advisors. Earlier in his career, he was a principal and partner at Regis McKenna, Inc., a leading high tech marketing strategy and communications company, and for the decade prior, a sales and marketing executive in the software industry.

Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer has taught seminars and lectured in management development programs for various corporations and universities world wide. He has filled the Thomas Henry Carroll-Ford Foundation Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.

Co-author of the best-selling book, The One Minute Manager, which has sold more than nine million copies worldwide, Ken Blanchard is chief spiritual officer of Blanchard Training and Development, Inc. His latest book, Gung Ho!, co-authored with Sheldon Bowles, is currently climbing the bestseller charts.