Innovation & Design

Trailblazing Robotics Researcher Pioneering Soft Robotics and Unconventional Robots For Highly Adaptable Automation; Inventor of “Robogami” Robotic Origami; Founder and Director of the Reconfigurable Robotics Lab and Vice Dean of the School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Olympic Champion Skier and Coaching, Sport and Science Entrepreneur Who Helps Individuals, Especially Women, Connect Elite Performance Principles With Innovation and Scalable Impact; CEO and Co-Founder, revvel; Co-Founder, B2ten; Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Member; Governor General’s Meritorious Service Cross Honoree; Stanford Graduate School of Business Leadership Award Recipient; 2026 Team Canada Chef de Mission

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)

Globally Recognized Strategist on Megatrends and Sustainable Business; Ranked the World’s #1 Management Thinker, Thinkers50; Bestselling Author, “Green to Gold,” “The Big Pivot,” and “Net Positive”

Artificial Intelligence Pioneer and Entrepreneur Who Helps Companies Develop Pro-Human AI Solutions That Scale Leadership, Unlock Talent and Extend Identity in Purposeful Ways; Founder, Virtual Human Economy; Co-Founder, Hour One; Former Digital Media Executive

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)

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)

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)

Leading Business Transformation Executive Helping Organizations Build a Culture of Innovation That Marries Their Technology Roadmaps with People and Process Programs; Internationally Sought-After Advisor Who Guides Leaders in Developing Businesses that Move Fast, Change Often and Grow Rapidly; Former Chief Customer Officer, Generative AI GTM, Google; Former Leader of Special Programs and Executive Engagements, Canadian Leadership Team, Google

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)

Trailblazing Thought Leader Redefining What’s Possible in the Age of AI and Digital Transformation; Experienced Silicon Valley and Middle East Business Executive Helping Shape the Future of Cities, Businesses, and Individuals; Captivating Storyteller and Visionary Thinker Who Inspires Audiences to Embrace Innovation, Unlock Hidden Potential and Take Bold Leaps Into the Future; Chairman and CEO, JMB X; Author, “Questioneering” and Co-Author, “You to the Power of Two” (2025)

Leading Expert Studying Team Dynamics and How They are Transformed By AI and Robotics; Design Researcher Revealing Practical Suggestions for Effective Collaboration and Team Health; Founder and Leader, InterPlay Research Studio, Cornell University; Associate Professor of Information Science and the Nancy H. ’62 and Philip M. ’62 Young Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow at Cornell University with Field Appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Communication, Computer Science and Cognitive Science

Top Global Researcher on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Computer Science Who Helps Public and Private Institutions Move Toward a Future Where Machines Are Integrated Into the Fabric of Life; Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; Director, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the MIT AI Accelerator; Co-Founder of Liquid AI, Themis AI, Venti Technologies and TRC; Board Member; Class of 2002 McArthur Fellow; Member, National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 2024 John Scott Award Recipient; Author, “The Mind’s Mirror” (2024), “The Heart and the Chip” (2024)

Visionary Technology Leader Designing and Delivering Transformational Business and Technology Solutions; Former CEO of Accenture Technology Group During Its Fastest Period of Growth, Former Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Head of Innovation and Strategy Organization; Researcher on Innovative Technologies Including AI, Cloud, Robotics, Quantum, Blockchain and Space Tech; Recognized Leader in Building Innovative and Diverse Organizations; Sought After Advisor to Boards, CEOs, C-Suite Leaders, Government and Policy Makers, Including the World Economic Forum; 2023 Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award Winner; Author, “Radically Human” (2022) and “Human + Machine” (2018, 2024)

Award-Winning Roboticist and Entrepreneur Who Educates Leaders on Emerging AI and Robotics Technologies and Their Coming Impacts on Business and Society; Professor of Robotics and AI, Columbia School of Engineering and Columbia Business School; Chair, Columbia Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Creative Machines Lab, “25 Most Awesome Labs in the U.S.,” Popular Science; Co-Author, “Fabricated” and “Driverless” (Translated Into 7 Languages); One of the “World’s 7 Most Powerful Data Scientists,” Forbes

Global Futurist, Exponential Thinker and Expert Investor; Founder, Exponential View; Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin School; Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School; Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab; Host, “Exponentially,” Bloomberg TV; Co-Chair, Global Futures Council on Complex Risks, World Economic Forum; Award-Winning, Bestselling Author, “The Exponential Age”; Named one of Vox’s 2023 Future Perfect 50

Aerospace Pioneer and Multidisciplinary Authority on the Requirements of Human Performance On and Beyond Earth; Former NASA Deputy Administrator and Director, MIT Media Lab; Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, MIT; Co-Chair, WEF Global Future Council on Space Technologies

Award-Winning, Globally Acclaimed Researcher, Writer and Thinker About Technological Progress and the Changes It Brings; Evidence-Driven Optimist and Practical Theorist Investigating Sources of Growth and Competitive Differentiation; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy; Principal Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management; Inaugural Visiting Fellow, Google Technology and Society; 6x Thinkers50 Honoree; New York Times Bestselling Co-Author, “Machine, Platform, Crowd” and “The Second Machine Age”; Author, “More From Less” and “The Geek Way”

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

Architect of Digital Transformation and AI-Enabled Business and Operating Models; Leading Scholar of Technology Management and Innovation Experiments; Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) and the Harvard Business Analytics Program; Award-Winning Co-author, “Competing in the Age of AI” (2020)

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)

Leading Expert on Building Movements and Transforming Organizations; Co-Author of the International Bestseller, “New Power”; Co-Founder #GivingTuesday; Hauser Visiting Leader, Harvard Kennedy School; Visiting Fellow, Stanford University; CEO, Brunswick Group; Past President and CEO, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Health Care Transformation Visionary and Pioneer in Value-Based Care Delivery; Inaugural Recipient, ICHOM Michael E. Porter Lectureship (2024); Professor, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin; Harvard Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness; Former Executive Director, Value Institute for Health and Care

Renowned Architect and Urban Planner; Visionary on the Future of City Living; Influential Theorist, Author, Educator on Social-Activist Architecture; Recipient of Israel’s 2019 Wolf Prize for Architecture

Pioneering Practitioner of Modern Revenue Generation and Sales & Marketing Strategies in the Digital Era; Founding CRO, HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS); Bestselling Author, “The Sales Acceleration Formula”; Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School; Venture Capitalist Who Helps Businesses Scale While Leveraging Salesforce Culture and Maximizing Success

Expert on Leadership, Disruptive Innovation and Transforming Organizations in the Digital Age; Foremost Authority on the Online Learning Revolution in Higher Education; Advocate for Using Data to Evaluate Performance and Improve Outcomes; President, Western Governors University

Visionary Futurist and Venture Capitalist Funding Dynamic Breakthrough Technologies in Computing, Energy, Life Sciences and Health Care; Leading Expert on New Technology, Innovation and the Future of Work; Renowned Journalist, Speaker and Moderator; Partner, DCVC; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Strateos

Champion for Creating Economic Prosperity Through Innovation; Leading Authority on Market-Creating Innovations; Co-Author, “The Prosperity Paradox” (2019); Director, Global Prosperity, Christensen Institute; Adjunct Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2020; Co-Founder & President, Poverty Stops Here

Visionary Authority on the Future of Work and Company Culture Who Helps Leaders Identify and Navigate the Tradeoffs of the Evolving Labor Landscape to Deliver Real Organizational Value; Pioneering Researcher, Executive Educator and Global Authority on Remote and Hybrid Work, Leadership, Teaming and Psychological Safety; Associate Dean of the Middle East Campus in Abu Dhabi, INSEAD; Co-Author of Forthcoming Book with Amy Edmondson, “When Work Works: What Employees Really Need to Succeed”

Master Innovator, Maker and Entrepreneur; Expert Investigator of Consumers’ Motivations and Decision-Making Processes; Co-Creator of the “Jobs-To-Be-Done” Theory; President, ReWired Group; Co-Author, “Job Moves” (2024)

Leading Expert on Disruptive Innovation and Strategies for Conquering New Markets; Authority on Proactive Investment Opportunities; Best 40 Under 40 Professor (Poets & Quants); John Tyler Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Renowned Expert on the Future of Work and Organizational Visionary; Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; Author, “Superminds” (2018); Founding Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

New York Times Bestselling Author and Leading Expert on Human Performance; Foremost Authority on Harnessing Flow to Amplify Focus, Decision-Making and Productivity; Visionary Thinker on the Future of Technology; Award-Winning Journalist; Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Nominee; Author, “Gnar Country” (2023) and Bestseller “The Art of Impossible” (2021); Executive Director, Flow Research Collective

Leading Authority on Extended Intelligence, Closely Coupling Human Cognition and Artificial Intelligence; Pioneering Inventor, Innovator and Entrepreneur; CEO and Co-Founder, AlterEgo; 2019 TED Fellow; 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner

Most Cited Educational Thinker and Expert on Multiple Intelligences, Five Minds for the Future, The Synthesizing Mind, and Ethics in the Classroom and at Work; Pioneering Researcher Studying What It Means to Be Smart in the 21^st Century; Expert on Education, from Pre-School through Higher Education; Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Co-Director, The Good Project; Author of Over 30 Influential Books including “A Synthesizing Mind”

World’s Top Expert on Leadership and Performance in All Parts of Life; Influential Innovator in Leadership Education; Award-winning Wharton Professor; Host of Wharton’s “Work and Life” Podcast; Former Senior Executive, Ford Motor Company; 2023 Inductee, Thinkers50 Hall of Fame; Bestselling Author, “Total Leadership” and “Parents Who Lead” (March 2020)

Expert on Human Connection in the Age of AI and Innovations That Expand Students’ Social Capital; Authority on Education and the Workforce Who Helps Institutions Ensure the Future of Education is Social; Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen Institute; Co-Author, “Who You Know”

Expert on Strategically Designing Innovative Business Models, Corporate Cultures and Leadership Styles; Co-Author, “The Innovator’s DNA,” “The Innovator’s Method” and “Innovation Capital” (2019); Distinguished Professor of Strategy, Brigham Young University

Pioneering Bioscientist and Innovator; Expert on Leading Teams Where Few Rules or Precedents Exist; Neuroengineer Focused on Mapping the Brain to Cure Mental Illness and Neurological Disorders; Professor, MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics; Co-Founder, Cognito Therapeutics

Award-Winning Designer and Expert on Combining Design, Technology and Behavioral Science to Create Innovative Products, Services and Experiences; Unrivaled Authority on Innovation Leadership, Product Desirability and Outside-the-Box Design Thinking; Founder, The Desirability Lab; Principal, Ames Studio; Distinguished Professor of Engineering Design and Director of the Design Initiative at Dartmouth