Clayton Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups.

Scott Berkun was a manager at Microsoft from 1994-2003, on projects including (v1-5 of) Internet Explorer, Windows and MSN. He is the author of two bestselling books, Making things happen (Formerly titled The Art of Project Management) and The Myths of Innovation, a book about the true lessons we can learn from the masters on creativity and managing innovation. Scott grew up in Queens NYC, studied design, philosophy and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a B.S. in Logic and Computation (’94). He currently lives somewhere deep in the woods outside of Seattle, Washington.

Perhaps one of the most recognizable business luminaries in the world, in 1999 Richard Branson was knighted for his "services to entrepreneurship". The Rebel Billionaire continues to grow the Virgin brand worldwide, and his unconventional strategies are an inspiration to businesses and individuals alike.

Boris Brott is one of the most internationally recognized Canadian conductors, holding major posts as music director in Canada and the United States. He enjoys an international career as guest conductor, educator, motivational speaker and cultural ambassador.

A leading global futurist, trends and innovation expert with a massive blue chip client base, Jim Carroll is a frequent keynote speaker at major events and conferences, dinners, awards presentations and PR launch events worldiwde - small management get togethers of 20 people, or Las Vegas events with an audience of 3,000+. He also delivers highly customized insight for small, CEO/Board/senior management leadership sessions.

Cuban defector and successful technology consultant Ariel Coro presents a compelling and motivational keynote on imagination and ingenuity under difficult circumstances. His experiences will help your audience learn how to adopt a “never give up” attitude, and to appreciate the resources at our disposal many take for granted.

Sahara Desert Adventurer, Author, Drummer, and Storyteller Steve Donahue is a one person 'tour de force.' His presentations combine fast paced humor with heart-stopping tales from his desert odyssey. He's an expert at making people laugh while they learn. But he can move an audience with a touching story as well. Steve is a master at customization by crafting his message to reflect each client's uniqueness.

William Duggan is the author of three recent books on strategic intuition as the key to innovation. His keynotes, based on his groundbreaking research and teaching, help audiences capture the benefits of strategic intuition and apply it to real world business situations. In today's economy, it's clear that business leaders needs creative thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, innovative thinking or strategic thinking to succeed: all of these kinds of thinking happen though strategic intuition. Help your audience learn about innovation and how to do it better with this idea-rich and highly relevant keynote presentation.

Clyde Fessler has presented his Harley Davidson Turn-Around Story to over 100 corporations and international organizations in the past three years as a keynote speaker. Because of the great audience reception, several of these presentations were repeat performances. Vice president of business development for Harley-Davidson Motor Company for over 20 years, Clyde has been recognized as the marketing genius behind this dramatic turnaround. Clyde's presentation captures the Harley-Davidson turnaround story and adds mystique... the ability of the brand to bring together, in unique and surprising ways, seemingly disparate combinations of products, people, processes, and experiences.

Richard Florida, one of the world's leading social theorists and public intellectuals, believes that human creativity is the engine of economic growth. Every human being is creative, Florida argues, and for first time in human history, our economic growth depends on the further development of a wide spectrum of human capabilities.

Dewitt Jones is unparalleled in showing people how to bring their creative vision into reality. He is one of America's top professional photographers, a creative genius in his field. He's led an inspired life, celebrating "what is right with the world." Embracing this attitude has taken him to soaring heights in both business and life. Dewitt Jones makes creativity understandable and accessible, as he provides a conceptual framework for personal creativity and vision. He can give your audience the tools necessary to turn that vision into action in every part of life. As a motion picture director, Dewitt has had two films nominated for Academy Awards. Twenty years with National Geographic, photographing stories all over the globe, earned him a reputation as a world class photojournalist.

 

Through his consulting, keynotes and workshops, Scott Klososky helps executives gain an understanding of the trends that are driving new technologies to be powerful tools, and also gives practical examples from real life organizations that are leveraging these tools to win in their markets.

Robert Kriegel, Ph.D. is a New York Times and Business Week best selling author; a commentator on NPR’s Marketplace Program, and a pioneer in sports psychology as an Olympic and professional athlete coach. One of the most in demand business speakers, Dr. Robert Kriegel teaches bold, innovative, ‘out of the box’ strategies for keeping ahead of the changes, challenges and competition in today’s dynamic marketplace.

Linda Larsen has been helping people worldwide upgrade their thinking, improve their communication and achieve much better quality results in life, both personally and professionally.  And she does this in such extraordinarily fun, fast-paced and memorable ways that she is sought after around the globe by meeting planners looking to blow people’s socks off at their annual conferences. 

It's seldom that you find a really funny, clean comedian and it's seldom that you find a really good, captivating speaker. It's nearly impossible to find one who is both. Mark Mayfield is one of the rare individuals in the world who is equally accomplished at performing comedy shows or delivering high content keynote speeches.

Does your audience need to know how today’s leading enterprises compete successfully for revenues and profits in a globalized, commoditized, deregulated marketplace? That is the question keynote speaker Geoffrey Moore's book Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution seeks to answer. The focus is on frameworks that reinterpret the changing landscape of business to highlight new forces that have come to the fore. For Moore, the key issues are innovation and inertia, and how companies must manage both to create superior economic returns.

 

Dr. Brian Nattrass is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, lawyer, and senior corporate advisor on the organizational strategy, innovation, and implementation of sustainability initiatives and corporate responsibility.

Brian Olsen is a corporate performance artist; in his shows, he conveys one compelling message to his audiences- everything is possible through creativity. Brian began his career as the one and only protégé of renowned performance artist, Denny Dent. Brian has taken this art form and made it his own with a unique visual style, unveiling the spirit and charisma of his subjects.

Miha Pogacnik is at the vanguard of innovation. A classical concert violinist, he is world-renowned for inspiring organizational transformation and leadership. Miha Pogacnik offers an original response to today's quest of the business world for innovation and leadership. Hailed by The Guardian, London, as an artist who is making “hard-nosed executives turn to the world of creative talent in a pragmatic effort to improve efficiency.” He is renowned for setting the world standard in “Art and Business”.

Michael Porter is considered by many the father of the modern strategy field. As the most prolific and honored business expert of our time, he is often asked to speak on themes related to his most successful books and seminal articles on strategy, competition, health care’s future, differentiation and corporate social responsibility.

Mike Rayburn is a captivating keynote artist with a presentation completely unlike any you’ve ever seen! Having been called “the World’s Funniest Guitar Virtuoso,” Mike uses his astounding guitar creations, uproarious songs, and veteran presentation skills to encourage, challenge and inspire his audiences to leap beyond their perceived limitations. He can focus his program completely on entertainment, depending on your needs.

Andrew Razeghi is a writer, educator, and adviser to organizations on growth strategy, creativity, and innovation. As founder of StrategyLab, Inc., his work spans industries, from consumer packaged goods to healthcare, tourism to media, and non-profit organizations to professional sports teams.

Mark Salisbury has over 20 years of experience in designing and developing human performance solutions. Mark has published many articles related to knowledge management in engineering, business, and education journals such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Journal of Knowledge Management, and Performance Improvement Quarterly (PIQ).

Stephen Shapiro provides proven, yet unconventional thinking about innovation. During his two decades as a corporate consultant, Stephen Shapiro developed simple and effective methods for creating pervasive cultures of innovation, increasing creativity, and enhancing individual and team performance.

For more than 30 years, author and keynote speaker Jack Shaw has been a leader in assessing the impact of technology on business strategy. Jack Shaw helps organizations increase revenues, cut costs, improve service, and maximize the productivity of their people by implementing advanced business practices and improved business processes.

He's a regular on Fox Business, and he's also a best-selling author, successful business consultant and internationally acclaimed speaker with a reputation for transforming organizations by turning traditional paradigms on their head. Appreciated globally for his cutting-edge insight into workforce trends and generational change, Peter was among the first to uncover the Generation Y revolution in the workplace in his groundbreaking book Generation Y: Thriving (and Surviving) with Generation Y at Work. 

Rohit is an award winning speaker, entrepreneur, specialist advisor and strategic change agent. He was nominated as one the top ten global future thinkers by the UK’s Independent newspaper. He is the founder of the think tanks Fast Future and Global Futures and Foresight.

Insider Magazine recently dubbed him "The Guru of Creatively Thriving from Change." Using humor, wit and contagious energy, Jeff presents more than 100 programs each year and consults with organizations that urgently need to stay ahead of their marketplace.

Using his striking photographs as illustrations of his metaphor about possibility and creativity, Steve inspires audiences to take advantage of his experience and vision to make any venture an adventure. In any project he undertakes, Steve's preparation lays the foundation for magic to happen; "Chance favors the prepared mind," said Louis Pasteur. After all, our eyes will only ever see what our mind is prepared to comprehend. He spends six months of the year traveling the world for his clients; the remainder teaching and delivering his presentation "Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving".

Peter Vidmar is the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic history. The winner of numerous national and international titles, Peter finished his successful career at the 1984 Olympic Games. As the USA men's gymnastics team captain, he led his teammates to America's first team gold medal with their stunning upset victory over the defending world champions, the People's Republic of China. He went on to win the silver medal in the individual all-around competition (the first American to have won an Olympic All-Around medal), and with a perfect score of 10, he captured the gold medal on the pommel horse.