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Globally Recognized Strategist on Megatrends and Sustainable Business; Ranked #3 on the Thinkers50 List of the Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World; Bestselling Author, “Green to Gold,” “The Big Pivot,” and “Net Positive”
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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)
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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)
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Foremost Authority on Growth and Innovation Strategy for Large Firms and Startups; Expert on Commercializing Science, Manufacturing Innovation and Competitiveness; Professor, Harvard Business School; Executive Partner and Chief Strategist, Flagship Pioneering; Author, “Creative Construction”; Winner, 2019 McKinsey Award and 2020 Clayton M. Christensen Prize
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One of the World’s Leading Experts in Leadership, Strategy, Change and Innovation Who Helps Organizations Build Breakout Strategies, Bust Bureaucracy, Unleash Innovation and Accelerate Change; Wall Street Journal World’s #1 Business Thinker; Visiting Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School; Director, The Management Lab; Fellow, The Strategic Management Society; Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame; Bestselling Author, “Humanocracy”
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Innovative Global Executive Who Helps Leaders Leverage Emerging Technology to Accelerate Organizational Growth; Business Strategy and Human Resources Expert; Chairperson, Abercrombie & Fitch; Senior Advisor, Blackstone; Chairman and Co-Owner, Leyton Orient Football Club; Bestselling Author, “The Challenge Culture”
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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
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