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Stern’s change management speakers help leaders guide transformation with clarity, empathy and discipline. Their expertise spans culture change, organizational design, communication, leadership alignment and the human side of transformation. Explore change management keynote speakers who can help teams navigate uncertainty, build momentum and make change stick. These speakers can support executive offsites, transformation initiatives and leadership events where the goal is to turn uncertainty into aligned action.

Change Management was last modified: July 6th, 2026 by Whitney Jennings

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Renowned Academic, Investor and Executive Who Blends Intellectual Rigor, Real-World Business Experience and Investment Savvy to Help Businesses Improve Leadership Capability, Strategic Decision-Making and Long-Term Performance; Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Partner, Piva Capital and Xseed Capital; Author, “The Systems Leader” (2025) and “The Brains And Brawn Company” (2021)

Leadership / Strategy / Change Management / Business Model Innovation / Navigating Uncertainty / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Financial Services / Resilience / Must-Read Books / New To Stern

Global Management Thinker and Technologist On a Mission to Humanize Organizational Transformation by Bridging Business, Technology and Humanity; Founder, SHADOKA; Founder, NextChapter; Executive Fellow, IMD; Two-Time Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist; Renowned Author of 10 Books Including “Reimagining Government” (2026), “Transcend” (2025) and the #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller “Reinvent” (2023)

Leadership / Strategy / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / Asia: Business, Geopolitics & Society / Economics, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Globalization / Financial Services / Robotics & Automation / Policy & Government / Change Management / Business Model Innovation / Quantum Computing / New To Stern / Must-Read Books

Researcher in Organizational Behavior Helping Business and Government Leaders Collaborate to Solve Complex Problems Such as Economic Development, Climate Change and More; Doctoral Fellow, Reimagining the Economy Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School; Graduate Researcher, Organizational Behavior Program at Harvard Business School; Senior Consultant, Paradox Strategies; Co-author, “Genius at Scale” (March 2026)

Innovation & Design / Leadership / Strategy / Change Management / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Must-Read Books / Women Speakers & Advisors / New To Stern
Martin Reeves, Speaker

Leading Thinker, Author and Speaker on Strategy and Innovation Helping Organizations Adapt to Uncertainty and Compete in Today’s Tech-Heavy World; Founder, BCG Henderson Institute; Three-Time TED Speaker; Editor, “Inspiring the Next Game” Series (2022-2023); Author, “Your Strategy Needs a Strategy” (2015), “The Imagination Machine” (2021) and “Like: The Button That Changed the World” (2025)

Strategy / Navigating Uncertainty / Innovation & Design / Leadership / Platform Revolution / Change Management / Founders & Practitioners / Must-Read Books / TED Speakers / New To Stern / Resilience
Alex Budak

Award-Winning Educator, Entrepreneur and Leader Who Helps People Cultivate Courage, Spark Change and Make an Impact Wherever They Go; Executive Director, Berkeley Haas Global Access Program; Lecturer, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, School of Public Health and College of Natural Resources; Honoree, Thinkers50 Radar 2026; Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professor (Poets & Quants); Founder, StartSomeGood; Author, “Becoming a Changemaker”

Company Culture / Change Management / Psychological Safety / Leadership / Trust & Empathy / Navigating Uncertainty / Persuasion & Negotiation / Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Issues / Purpose / Strategy / Inclusion & Belonging / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Wellness & Well-Being / Executive Education / Founders & Practitioners / Inspirational Speakers / Must-Read Books / TED Speakers / New To Stern

Seasoned Executive, Consultant and Speaker Who Helps Improve Results in Organizations Large and Small Across a Wide Range of Industries; Former VP of Operational Excellence, Harley-Davidson; Founder, ShiftGear Work Design; Co-Creator, Dynamic Work Design; Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Co-Author With Nelson Repenning ­– Long-Time Collaborator and MIT Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics – “There’s Got to Be a Better Way” (August 2025)

Business Model Innovation / Strategy / Operations / Innovation & Design / Leadership / Change Management / Founders & Practitioners / Must-Read Books

Renowned Authority on Designing Effective and Engaging Work Who Helps Companies Link Day-to-Day Decisions With Strategic Objectives; Award-Winning Distinguished Professor of System Dynamics and Organization Studies and Faculty Director of the MIT Leadership Center, MIT Sloan School of Management; Chief Social Scientist, ShiftGear Work Design; Co-Author, “There’s Got to Be a Better Way” (August 2025)

Innovation & Design / Business Model Innovation / Operations / Strategy / Leadership / Change Management / Founders & Practitioners / Must-Read Books

Globally Recognized Expert on the Adaptive Challenges of Disruptive Change Who Helps Organizations Thrive in Today’s Constantly Evolving World; Clinical Professor of Strategy, Dartmouth Tuck School of Business; Senior Advisor and Managing Partner Emeritus, Innosight; Ranked Five Times as One of the Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World and 2017 Innovation Award Winner, Thinkers50; Author of Nine Books Including “Epic Disruptions” (2025), “Eat, Sleep, Innovate” (2020) and “Dual Transformation” (2017)

Leadership / Navigating Uncertainty / Innovation & Design / Strategy / Resilience / Change Management / Executive Education / Interactive Workshops / Founders & Practitioners / Asia: Business, Geopolitics & Society / Moderators / Must-Read Books
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Globally Recognized CXO and Board Presenter Helping Businesses Embed Actual Intelligence in Their People and Technology Plans; Former Chief Customer Officer, Generative AI at Google Cloud and Executive Advisor at LinkedIn; Keynote Speaker on High Performing Organizations, Technology-Driven Change Management and Data; Internationally Sought-After Advisor Who Guides Leaders in Developing Businesses that Move Fast, Change Often and Grow Rapidly

Communication Strategy / Strategy / Artificial Intelligence / Data Monetization / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Innovation & Design / Psychological Safety / Wellness & Well-Being / Experiential Programs / Women in Tech / Women Speakers & Advisors / Change Management
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Authority on Human Behavior at Work Shaping Leadership, Culture and Well-Being Through Emotional Agility | Psychologist, Harvard Medical School | Creator of Emotional Agility | #1 WSJ Bestselling Author | Thinkers50 Honoree | TED speaker (12M+ views)

Leadership / Navigating Uncertainty / Psychological Safety / Trust & Empathy / Resilience / Wellness & Well-Being / Change Management / Strategy / Artificial Intelligence / Communication Strategy / Company Culture / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Future of Work / Health Care & Medicine / Inclusion & Belonging / Innovation & Design / Executive Education / Must-Read Books / Inspirational Speakers / TED Speakers / Women Speakers & Advisors

World Renowned Expert on Economic Development, Finance, Education, Political Economy and More Helping Governments and Businesses Apply Microeconomic Theory to Answer Challenging Policy Questions; Director, Harvard Center for International Development; Professor of International Finance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Founder, Center for Economic Research in Pakistan

Policy & Government / Economics, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Globalization / Financial Services / Change Management / Resilience / Strategy / Education & Lifelong Learning / Business Model Innovation / Navigating Uncertainty / Asia: Business, Geopolitics & Society / Leadership / Executive Education / Moderators

Renowned Management Researcher Who Helps Leaders Create Employee-Centric, Psychologically Safe Workplaces Where Innovation Thrives; Expert Investigating the Intersection of Behavioral Economics, Corporate Strategy and the Future of Work; Award-Winning Professor of Business and Management Division Chair, Columbia Business School; Former Senior Economist, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision-Making, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Author, “The Employee Advantage” (2024)

Company Culture / Psychological Safety / Leadership / Future of Work / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Change Management / Policy & Government / Trust & Empathy / Strategy / Wellness & Well-Being / Executive Education / Must-Read Books

World Renowned Communication Practitioner Helping Executives and High Potentials Deploy Rich Storytelling Strategies to Craft Effective Internal and External Messaging; Versatile and Skilled Moderator on Complex Issues Ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Foreign Policy; Journalism Lecturer, Stanford University Department of Communication; Former Jerusalem Bureau Chief and Middle East Correspondent, Washington Post; Former State Department Correspondent, Bloomberg News; Co-Author, “Polarization and the Press” (2024) and “How to Report Responsibly on Hacks and Disinformation”

Communication Strategy / Company Culture / Moderators / Executive Education / Leadership / Strategy / Economics, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Globalization / Change Management / Marketing, Branding & Sales / Women Speakers & Advisors

Human Behavior Researcher and Happiness Expert Helping Individuals and Organizations Improve Productivity, Well-Being and Decision Making While Embracing Differences in Outlooks; Professor of Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science; Creator, UK Office for National Statistics Personal Wellbeing Questions; Lead Author, “Mindspace: Influencing Behaviour Through Public Policy”; Author, “Beliefism” (May 2025), “Happy Ever After” (2019) and “Happiness By Design” (2014)

Company Culture / Policy & Government / Trust & Empathy / Wellness & Well-Being / Leadership / Psychological Safety / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Change Management / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Inclusion & Belonging / Inspirational Speakers / International Speakers & Advisors
Ashley Goodall, speaker

Top Leadership and Human Resources Advisor, Author and Executive Who Helps Companies and Leaders Discover the Path to Sustained Improvements in Their People Practices; Authority on Leadership, Team Performance, Organizational Resilience, Change Management, Performance Management and Feedback, and People Intelligence; Former Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Cisco; Former Chief Learning Officer for Leadership and Professional Development, Deloitte; Award-winning Author, “Nine Lies About Work” and “The Problem With Change”

 

 

Change Management / Company Culture / Executive Education / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Leadership / Must-Read Books / Psychological Safety / Strategy
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CEO Advisor & Future-Fit Leadership Expert Helping Executives Navigate Uncertainty, Align Strategy with Innovation, and Build Resilient Growth Models; Award-Winning Co-Founder and CEO, Leaders on Purpose Who Spearheads the Renowned Annual CEO Study and Convenes the Influential CEO Summit with UN Leadership; Founding Member, Unilever North American FS Sustainability Council; Collaborator, Harvard’s Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership; Winner, 2023 Tribeca Disruptor Award; Named One of the Top 22 Women Globally Making a Positive Sustainable Impact, Forbes; Named 2014-2021 Harvard Professional of Excellence for Sustainability Leadership; Shortlisted for the 2023 Ideas into Action Award, Thinkers50

Leadership / Strategy / Navigating Uncertainty / Change Management / Sustainability, the Environment & Climate Change / Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Issues / Purpose / STEAM / Inspirational Speakers / Founders & Practitioners / Women Speakers & Advisors
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Award-Winning Authority on Leadership and Organizational Behavior Helping Executives Foster Workplace Courage and Psychological Safety While Implementing Effective Communication Strategies; Professor, Darden School of Business and Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia; Author, “Choosing Courage” (2021)

Psychological Safety / Leadership / Company Culture / Change Management / Navigating Uncertainty / Strategy / Trust & Empathy / Communication Strategy / Must-Read Books
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Award-Winning Organizational Economist Who Identifies Key Growth and Productivity Drivers by Measuring Management Practices and Leadership Behavior in Organizations Worldwide; Top Global Researcher Aligning Employee Reskilling Efforts with Business Strategy; Professor of Business Administration and Co-Chair, Project on Managing the Future of Work, Senior Associate Dean of Publishing, Harvard Business School; Co-Leader, Digital Reskilling Lab, Harvard Business School; Thinkers50 Radar, 2023; Co-Editor, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization

Strategy / Leadership / Change Management / Future of Work / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Economics, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Globalization / Company Culture / Artificial Intelligence / Education & Lifelong Learning / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Executive Education / Women Speakers & Advisors
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Global Corporate Communication Pioneer and Management Authority Who Helps Leaders Develop and Execute Strategy, Manage Crises, and Create Corporate Responsibility Initiatives; Professor of Corporate Communication and Leadership and Strategic Impact Program Faculty Director, Dartmouth Tuck School of Business; Author, “Corporate Communication” and “Corporate Responsibility”

Communication Strategy / Strategy / Leadership / Change Management / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Company Culture / Marketing, Branding & Sales / Navigating Uncertainty / Trust & Empathy / Executive Education / Must-Read Books
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Leadership Coach and Authority on Psychological Safety and Empowering Employees to Speak Truth to Power; Renowned Educator, Researcher and Consultant on Mindfulness and Diversity in the Workplace; Author, “Speak Up” (2019) and “Mind Time” (2018); Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, Oxford University; Adjunct Professor, Ashridge Executive Education, Hult Business School; Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2023 and 2021, Thinkers50

Psychological Safety / Leadership / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Company Culture / Resilience / Communication Strategy / Strategy / Persuasion & Negotiation / Future of Work / Inclusion & Belonging / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Trust & Empathy / Artificial Intelligence / Change Management / Wellness & Well-Being / Neuroscience / Executive Education / TED Speakers / International Speakers & Advisors / Must-Read Books / Women Speakers & Advisors
Amy Edmondson, Speaker

Authority on Psychological Safety and Team Learning in the Workplace; Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School; Top 10 Ranked Management Thinker in the World, Thinkers50; Bestselling Author, “The Fearless Organization” and “Right Kind of Wrong” (2023)

Psychological Safety / Resilience / Leadership / Company Culture / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Innovation & Design / Future of Work / Navigating Uncertainty / Change Management / Inclusion & Belonging / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Communication Strategy / Wellness & Well-Being / Trust & Empathy / Must-Read Books / Women Speakers & Advisors / TED Speakers / Experiential Programs / Executive Education / Interactive Workshops
Jennifer Chatman - Organizational Culture Professor

Award-Winning International Authority on Corporate Culture Who Helps Leaders Identify and Quantify Gaps Between Current and Strategically Ideal Culture to Drive High Performance; Expert on Building Effective Culture in the Context of Remote and Hybrid Work; Co-Creator of the Organizational Culture Profile; Dean and Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; Co-Founder and Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation; Co-Author, “Making Organizational Culture Great” (2026)

Company Culture / Strategy / Leadership / Future of Work / Change Management / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Artificial Intelligence / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Women Speakers & Advisors
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Top-Rated Harvard Business School Professor Teaching How Resilient Organizations Prosper During Good Times and Bad; Renowned Strategy Advisor and Highly Cited Academic Studying How to Use Deep Purpose to Drive Organizational Growth and Profitability; Expert on Achieving Competitive Performance in the Age of AI; Award-Winning Author, “Deep Purpose” (2022), “How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage” (September 2025), and “Reorganize for Resilience” as Well as Over 20 Articles in Harvard Business Review; Ranked #9 Among the World’s Top Global Management Thinkers, Thinkers50; 2025 Thinkers50 Leadership Award Recipient; 2024 CK Prahalad Award for Scholarly Impact on Practice Recipient

Leadership / Purpose / Strategy / Artificial Intelligence / Business Model Innovation / Change Management / Resilience / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Supply Chain Management / Navigating Uncertainty / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Executive Education / TED Speakers / Must-Read Books

Global Authority on Leadership, Power, and Organizational Behavior Helping Change Makers Successfully Initiate and Implement Business Transformation; Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit, Harvard Business School; Professor of Social Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School; Founder and Faculty Chair, Social Innovation + Change Initiative; Honoree, 2025 Society for Progress Medal; Award-Winning Co-Author, “Power, for All: How It Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business” (2021) and “Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy” (May 2022)

Company Culture / Leadership / Change Management / Future of Work / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Executive Education / Must-Read Books / Women Speakers & Advisors

Authority on Designing the Future of Earning and Learning in the Age of Longevity; Upskilling and Reskilling Visionary Helping Organizations Build Talent, Not Just Buy It; Chief Impact Officer, Kern Family Foundation; Award-Winning Author, “Long Life Learning”

Education & Lifelong Learning / Longevity & Aging / Future of Work / Artificial Intelligence / Innovation & Design / Emerging Technology / Company Culture / Change Management / TED Speakers / Women Speakers & Advisors / Executive Education
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Award-Winning Operations Strategist Whose Profit-Driving Good Jobs Framework Improves Investor, Customer and Employee Lives; Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management; Named One of the World’s 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40, Poets & Quants; Founder, Good Jobs Institute (GJI); Author, “The Good Jobs Strategy” and “The Case for Good Jobs” (June 2023); Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2023 and Winner, 2023 Talent Award, Thinkers50

Strategy / Supply Chain Management / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Change Management / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Future of Work / Operations / Wellness & Well-Being / Business Model Innovation / Company Culture / Financial Services / Inspirational Speakers / Founders & Practitioners / TED Speakers / Women Speakers & Advisors / Must-Read Books
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Authority on Value-Based Leadership and Experiential Learning Who Helps Managers Craft Workplaces That Foster Sustainable Performance, Vital Culture and Well-Being; Award-Winning Professor of Organizational Behavior, INSEAD; Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World in 2023, Thinkers50; Past Chair Global Agenda Council on New Models of Leadership, World Economic Forum

Leadership / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Future of Work / Navigating Uncertainty / Change Management / Resilience / Company Culture / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Trust & Empathy / Wellness & Well-Being / Psychological Safety / Inspirational Speakers / Executive Education / International Speakers & Advisors
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Leading Authority on Social Norms and Norm Change, Individual and Social Network-Wide Behavioral Change, and the Reduction of Prejudice and Conflict; 2017 MacArthur Fellow and Professor, Princeton University

Inclusion & Belonging / Leadership / Customer Experience & Consumer Behavior / Psychological Safety / Trust & Empathy / Change Management / Women Speakers & Advisors
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Global Authority on Leadership Development and Organizational Change; Award-Winning Academic and Bestselling Author/Editor of over 50 Books; Professor, Psychoanalyst, INSEAD

Leadership / Company Culture / Change Management / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Policy & Government / Neuroscience / Executive Education / Founders & Practitioners / International Speakers & Advisors / TED Speakers / Must-Read Books

Leading expert on work loneliness, psychological safety, and the interpersonal impact of AI, helping organizations build tech-enabled, well-connected, and high-performing workforces. Founder, The Institute for Life at Work; Research Associate Professor, Boston University Questrom School of Business: Associate Director, BU Questrom Institute for Leadership & Work; Microsoft Research Collaborator; Thinkers50 Radar Thinker

Psychological Safety / Leadership / Hybrid Work & Work From Home / Wellness & Well-Being / Inclusion & Belonging / Company Culture / Change Management / Resilience / Future of Work / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Trust & Empathy / Persuasion & Negotiation / Experiential Programs / Executive Education / Interactive Workshops / Women Speakers & Advisors

Global Authority on Leading Innovation and Navigating Change by Harnessing the Power of AI-Accelerated Inquiry to Creatively Solve Problems; Digital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management; Co-Founder, The Innovator’s DNA; Award-Winning Author, “Questions Are the Answer” (2018); Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA” (Updated 2019); Named Among the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the World since 2015, Thinkers50

Leadership / Innovation & Design / Navigating Uncertainty / Change Management / Strategy / Entrepreneurial Thinking & Investment Strategies / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Future of Work / Company Culture / Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Psychological Safety / Trust & Empathy / Artificial Intelligence / Moderators / Inspirational Speakers / Experiential Programs / Executive Education / Must-Read Books

Trusted Advisor to CEOs and Boards on M&A Strategy including Post-Merger Integration, Leadership, Organizational Turnarounds, CEO-Board Relationships and the Future of Professional Services in an AI Era; Senior Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit and Co-Leader of the Leading Professional Services Firm and M&A Programs at Harvard Business School Executive Education; Senior Partner Emeritus and Co-founder of the Worldwide Merger Integration Practice, McKinsey & Company; Author of Post-Merger Integration (Wiley, 2026) and Hidden Truths (Wiley, 2020)

Leadership / Financial Services / Human Resource Management & Talent Development / Strategy / Company Culture / Change Management / Executive Education / Must-Read Books
Bharat N. Anand

Leading Expert on Digital Strategy, Media and Entertainment Strategy, Corporate Strategy and Organizational Change; Dean, NYU Stern School of Business; Author, “The Content Trap” (2016)

Digital Transformation, IT & Data Analytics / Change Management / Strategy / Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / Executive Education / TED Speakers / Moderators