Profiles

Ted Burk’s passion for developing high-performance teams began as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot. Flying high-performance jets into combat and returning to land them on the rolling, pitching deck of an aircraft carrier requires more than steady nerves. In the same way that navigating our lives and careers requires more than knowledge and experience. Ted’s ...

In a world quickly spinning out of control, Dr. Chris Kutarna is a lone point of balance and clarity. He rips up the outdated mental maps that have served us so poorly in recent years—maps that led us to think that for example Brexit was impossible, that Trump was unelectable, that globalization was irreversible, that ...

How do leaders successfully grow an organization in times of disruption and uncertainty? As a recognized expert in the fields of technology strategy, digital transformation and disruptive innovation, INSEAD Professor Nathan Furr helps organizations reposition for growth during periods of uncertainty and disruption. In the process, Furr shares customized tools that help leaders rethink and ...

Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics and former Deputy Dean at London Business School. He is also a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford University and the Centre for Economic Policy Research. His research focuses on longevity, an ageing society and fiscal policy and debt management. Andrew is a compelling speaker who brings to life in ...

Customer experience: it’s the difference between purchase and loyalty, says Renee Richardson Gosline – Senior Lecturer in the Management Science group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and leading expert in the science of digital marketing and brand strategy. Big data and data analytics are furthering our understanding of the consumer decision-making process. However, ...

Emilia Vuorisalmi on kokonaisvaltaisen hyvinvoinnin sanansaattaja. Koulutukseltaan Emilia on lääkäri, mutta hänet tunnetaan myös menestyskirjailijana, yrittäjänä, TV-kasvona sekä sosiaalisen median vaikuttajana. Emilian missiona on lisätä terveyttä, ennaltaehkäistä sairauksia ja auttaa ihmisiä voimaan kokonaisvaltaisesti ja kestävästi hyvin. Emilian luennot tarjoavat konkreettisia työkaluja hyvinvoinnin lisäämiseen, hermoston tasapainottamiseen, sisäisen voiman löytämiseen ja elämän kestävien rakennuspalikoiden äärelle pysähtymiseen. Hänen ...

Professor Stephen Heppell has been a professor since the 1980s, he has an unrivalled track record of success and a string of huge projects in both learning and technology. He is one of the most influential academics in the field of technology and education globally. Stephen Heppell is credited with being the person who put the ...

Sophie Hackford is a futurist whose research entails meeting weirdos and troublemakers in off-the-beaten-track labs, makerspaces and garages around the globe. As part of her research, she consults for exec teams and boards of large companies on understanding the explosive new technologies defining the new economy. Sophie Hackford gives a fast-paced overview of the explosive ...

As the CEO of Sainsbury plc, Mike Coupe is considered to be an authority on business. Prior to retiring in 2020 to focus fully on his speaking career, he is credited for turning the company around, through top-level trading, marketing and online operations. As a business speaker, Mike Coupe instills in his corporate audiences the ...

An engaging catalyst for powerful conversations and fresh thinking. Graham Brown-Martin draws on his experiences of leading teams, creating startups and scaling up organisations that challenge the status quo. Consistently ahead of the curve; he designed mobile computers in the 80s, interactive and online entertainment networks in the 90s, community-based social networks in the 00s ...

Malene Rydahl is a writer, keynote speaker and executive coach. She is specialized in well-being and performance in companies inspired by the Danish leadership model. She was born in Denmark and has lived in Paris for more than 20 years. Malene Rydahl explores why Danish employees are some of the happiest in the world and ...

What are the seven most unusual jobs of the future? What’s in store for workplace and educational learning, and why is ‘augmented commerce’ the next wave for online retail? Which discoveries about our brains could help us ward off toxic stress or even guide how we earn and learn? These are merely few of scores ...

Rachel Whetstone is the head of communications at Netflix and previously held the position of vice president at Facebook, working with it’s WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger products. Prior to these two positions, she has also worked with two giants Uber and Google in similar positions. Rachel Whetstone has experience working with some of the worlds ...

Negotiation expert Matthias Schranner was originally trained by the police and the FBI as a lead negotiator for high-stakes situations. For the past 15 years, he and his team at the Schranner Negotiation Institute have been advising clients including the UN, global corporations and political parties in difficult negotiations. FBI-trained former hostage negotiator, Matthias Schranner ...

Best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of the leading video-sharing website YouTube, Chad Hurley truly is one of the biggest media moguls of the 21st century. He has worked with and advised some of the biggest and most well known online companies in the world. A leading expert and pioneer in his ...

Former CEO of Tele2 AB, Chairman of IKEA group and Chairman of  Telia Company since 2019, Lars-Johan Jarnheimer, is a European business leader and popular business management speaker. An incredibly inspiring and influential business figure, Lars-Johan is also an expert in delivering dynamic motivational speeches. Lars is able to cover topics from finance and futurism ...

Brian McBride has been a recognised leader in the digital sector for over 15 years. An established businessman, McBride’s expertise across industries is enviable, having acted in senior roles at the likes of Amazon, ASOS and Trainline. The longstanding chair and non-executive Director now holds a number of advisory positions, enhancing corporations and governing groups ...

Jonathan Mildenhall is the former Chief Marketing Officer at Airbnb, and was formerly the Vice President of global advertising strategy and creative excellence at the Coca-Cola Company. Now running his own firm, 21st Century Brand, Jonathan helps high-profile start-ups and venture capital firms in their creative and business strategy initiatives, an area in which he ...

Seasoned technology CEO, engineer and former COO of Google Europe, now focused on helping entrepreneurs to succeed – through hands-on mentoring, consulting, investing, fundraising, board roles and career coaching. Ben Legg is an accomplished author and authority in the world of data-driven business and digital transformation. He helps companies to thrive in a world dominated ...

Jeremy Schwartz is an inspiring presenter and captivating storyteller who shares his CEO expertise from world class consumer and retail companies such as L’Oréal, The Body Shop, Coca-Cola and Pandora. Topics include organisational mindsets of market leaders, profiting from sustainability and purpose and innovating consumer focused cultures. “Jeremy’s session was excellent. He nailed (and exceeded) ...

Speaker, bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger truly is a man of many talents. A hugely inspiring and charismatic speaker. Arnold envisages the goals he wants to achieve then does what ever it takes to make it reality. Arnold is available for speaking engagements, fundraisers and product promotion. He does ...

Jean-Claude Juncker is one of the founding fathers of the euro and a pioneer of European unification. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he was the longest-serving head of government in the European Union – with 18 years in office – as well as the longest-serving democratically elected head of government worldwide. Jean-Claude Juncker studied law ...

Professor Ian Goldin is the world’s leading expert on the systemic risks created by globalisation. He currently holds the position of Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University, the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School. He is also well known ...

Deliberate or not, we’re influenced by different desires. It’s in our nature to want things. But why is it that we desire some objects or products more than others? Beth Altringer has dedicated her life’s work to that question – examining what consumers like and why, so designers and companies can create better products, services ...

Former Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz is recognised as one of the most influential, successful, and visionary business leaders in the world today. Howard took Starbucks from a mere 11 retail stores to in excess of 1,300 stores. He is renowned for his successful leadership, business ethics and sense of public responsibility. He was ...

Katja Toropainen on Inklusiiv-organisaation perustaja ja entinen Slushin pääkuraattori. Hän on myös aktiivinen puhuja, kolumnisti ja kirjoittaja. Ennen Inklusiivin perustamista, Katja johti kaksi vuotta Slushin sisältöjä, ohjelmaa ja puhujaoperaatioita, minkä aikana hän seurasi tiiviisti kansainvälistä kasvuyrittäjyys- ja teknologia-alaa. Näiden vuosien aikana Katja rakensi laajan tuntemuksen Euroopan ja Yhdysvaltojen teknologia-alasta ja vietti merkittävästi aikaa Piilaaksossa. Vuonna ...

Daniel Sieberg is VP, Technology & Innovation Thought Leadership for Huawei and as a founder and strategic advisor Daniel has focused on developing technologies like AI, AR, blockchain, news aggregation and social media. He continues to serve as an advisor to Good Trust, building the future of how to manage your digital afterlife. Daniel was ...

Henny Admoni is an Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She leads the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, where they study how assistive robots can help improve people’s lives. She is mostly interested in human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, and modeling human behavior. Dr Henny Admoni’s research focuses on developing intelligent, ...

If you want to successfully compete in today’s rapidly changing digital marketplace, organizations must have a deep understanding of business analytics, which is why companies like Microsoft and Facebook tap the expertise of award-winning researcher, data scientist and MIT professor Sinan Aral. Since he is also a successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Professor Aral offers ...

David Hanson develops robots that are widely regarded as the world’s most human-like in appearance, in a lifelong quest to create true living, caring machines. To accomplish these goals, Hanson integrates figurative arts with cognitive science and robotics engineering, inventions novel skin materials, facial expression mechanisms, and collaborative developments in AI, within humanoid artworks like ...

We are no longer limited by the confines of our own world. Virtual reality (VR) is now mainstream, and its potential ­– as well as that of augmented reality (AR) technology, which allows us to integrate simulations with the “real” world – is vast. Jeremy Bailenson is a pioneering expert in the field and one ...

Matt Beane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology Management Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Matt studies deviance in work involving machine intelligence – and specifically robotics. He asks when, where and how workers, organizations and even AI defy norms and rules in the 21st century. Matt has done extensive field research ...

Alain Robert is the world’s leading free climber and is known all over the as the ‘French Spiderman’ and the ‘Urban Climber’. He is internationally renowned for having ascended over 100 skyscrapers without ropes. Sector, (a sponsor specialising in extreme sports, adventure), offered to make a documentary of his climbing and suggested that he climb ...

John Thackara is a writer, advisor and event producer. He curated the celebrated Doors of Perception conference for 20 years, first in Amsterdam, later across India, and was commissioner of the UK social innovation biennial Dott 07 and the French design biennial City Eco Lab. With a focus on social, ecological and relational design, John ...

Serena Williams sits at the top of the tennis world; she’s won 23 career Grand Slams, which is the most Grand Slam singles titles in history. Her remarkable tennis achievements combined with her off-court success in film, television, fashion and philanthropy makes her one of the most recognisable global icons in the world. In the ...

Chris Hughes is a highly successful entrepreneur best known for co-founding Facebook. Having been involved in a number of different startups, entrepreneurial ventures, and directorial positions, Chris is a fantastic speaker for corporate audiences wanting to gain a greater insight into risk and reward, breaking the business mold and innovation in technology. As a young ...

Ted Souder is the Head of Industry, Retail at Google, where he has worked for more than a decade. He oversees a team that is tasked with helping some of the world’s largest retailers leverage digital platforms in order to meet the demands of today’s consumer. Prior to his current role, Ted had other sales ...

Andreas S. Weigend is one of the world’s leading innovators, an expert in social and mobile technologies, consumer behaviour and digital marketing. He directs the Social Data Lab, teaches at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and his research centres on how ongoing social data revolution impacts consumers, companies, and society. Andreas is an engaging and ...

Nick Earle is a sales operation and change management leader with over 30 years of experience spanning large corporations and start-ups in the global IT and transportation sectors. He has co-authored two books; Mesh Collaboration: Creating New Business Value in the Network of Everything and From Dot.com to Dot.profit. Nick is currently Chairman and CEO ...

Adam Greenfield is a world-renowned urbanist, leading “smart cities” sceptic, and passionate advocate for the human-centred design of technological systems. He is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on urban environments.  Adam has spoken about his ideas on how big technological shifts affect us psychologically and societally. As a keynote speaker, Adam provides discussion provoking ...

Nadja Swarovski is an Executive Board member of Swarovski Crystal Business and Chairperson of the Swarovski Foundation. Nadja studied Art History and Foriegn Languages at Southern Methodist University in Texas before going to study at Sotheby’s Institute of Art and the Gemological Institute of America in New York. She then started her career at the ...

Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate Governance. He is an expert in corporate governance, responsible business, investment strategies, behavioural economics, time management, and the use and misuse of data and evidence. Alex has a unique combination of deep academic rigour and practical business ...

Human-machine interaction specialist, Luc Julia, is credited as one of the masterminds behind Apple’s SIRI, a virtual assistant that revolutionised mobile innovation. As an innovation speaker, Luc has the industry experience and technological insight to captivate audiences all over the world. With over two decades of industry experience, Luc comprised a novel titled Artificial Intelligence ...

Johan Eriksson is a leader with broad experience from different industries and organizations. Today he is part of Google’s management team for Northern Europe, and is engaged in multiple start-ups and talks about leadership, innovation and digitalization. Johan is a speaker that inspires and moves you with a humor fueled by brutal honesty in saying ...

Keynote speaker, consultant and author, Silvia is one of the world-leading experts on applying behavioral science and positive leadership to marketing, communication, employees’ wellbeing and company culture. Former Coca Cola’s global director of happiness, marketing and communication, Silvia Garcia is a positive force of change at any event. Throughout her career, she has studied the ...

Dr Chris Brauer is Director of IMS at Goldsmiths, University of London and a world leading researcher and public academic in the intersections of human behaviour and emerging technologies. His projects have been featured in over 400 media outlets worldwide including the Financial Times, BBC, CNN and Wall Street Journal. Chris revels in the intersections ...

A former chief economic advisor to the UK government and chief economist of the World Bank, Lord Nicholas Stern made headlines around the world following the publication of the ‘Stern Review’. As a keynote speaker, Nicholas discusses the economic impact of climate change, economic development, growth and empowerment, public policy and the role of the ...

Usain Bolt is the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen. The Jamaican sprinter created history at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio when he achieved the ‘Triple Triple’, three gold medals at three consecutive Olympic Games. Usain’s ability to tell his story in a very grounded, simple and authentic way enables him ...