Thought Leaders

Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On which was a New York Times and Wall Street... Read all

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He obtained his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in... Read all

Jordan Harbinger, once referred to as “The Larry King of podcasting,” is a Wall Street lawyer turned talk show host, social dynamics expert, and entrepreneur. After hosting a top 50 iTunes... Read all

Karen Dillon is the former editor of Harvard Business Review magazine and co-author of 3 books with Clayton Christensen: "The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty";... Read all

Katty Kay and Claire Shipman are highly accomplished journalists who turned their investigative instincts on the confidence gap between men and women in the workplace. Shipman contributes to ABC News’... Read all

Laura Vanderkam writes about how we spend our time now and in the past, and how we can all spend our time better. Her books, including I Know How She... Read all

“It’s those who lie outside of ordinary experiences that have the most to teach us,” says Malcolm Gladwell, who’s made his career telling stories with a social science twist. A... Read all

Michael Pollan is an award winning journalist and author who focuses on the science of food. His books, including 2006’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, explore what we eat and why we... Read all

Michelle Gielan has spent the past decade researching the link between happiness and success. She is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change and was named one of... Read all

Mollie West Duffy is an organization designer at IDEO in New York and an adjunct professor at Stanford’s New York City campus of the d.school (design school). Mollie has written for Fast... Read all

Neil Pasricha is the New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Equation and The Book of Awesome series, which has been published in ten countries, spent over five years on... Read all

The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir Eyal, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and... Read all

For over 30 years, Peter Bregman has worked with CEOs and senior leaders to help them create accountability and inspire collective action on their most important work. He helps leaders... Read all

Richard Wrangham is Ruth B. Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University. He is the author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human and Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence (with... Read all

Ryan Holiday is one of the world's foremost thinkers and writers on ancient philosophy and its place in everyday life. He is a sought-after speaker, strategist, and the author of... Read all

Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist (the son of two astrophysicists) and a biotech entrepreneur. He received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard and his PhD in physics from Stanford,... Read all

Sarah Robb O'Hagan is an executive, activist, and fitness enthusiast who has served in leadership roles with global brands such as Equinox, Gatorade, Virgin, and Nike. She has been named... Read all

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD is a humanistic psychologist who has taught at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, NYU and elsewhere. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale... Read all

Shawn Anchor is the author of multiple best-selling books, including The Happiness Advantage. His TED talk has over 11 million views. As a lecturer at Harvard, his classes on positive... Read all

Simon Sinek has unlocked the secret to how leaders make decisions and why some organizations succeed over others. His TED Talk, which explores a “golden circle” of decision-making, has over... Read all

“I think I’ve been living this book my whole life,” says Susan Cain of her instant New York Times bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t... Read all

Susan David, PhD, is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School, co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and CEO of Evidence Based Psychology. David... Read all

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. She is also the founder of the Eurich Group, where she’s helped thousands of leaders and teams improve their... Read all

Since he started writing the long-form, stick-figure-illustrated blog Wait But Why in 2013, Tim Urban has become one of the internet’s most popular writers. Urban, according to Fast Company, has “captured a level of... Read all

Tom Rath, author of six bestselling books, studies how humans behave in the context of well-being, health, and business. His latest bestseller, Are You Fully Charged?, presents strategies to help... Read all

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world's leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training,... Read all

Virginia Heffernan is a journalist and critic who writes extensively about the Internet and the intersection of culture and technology. She has served as a staff writer for The New York... Read all

Vishen is an entrepreneur, author and speaker in education technology, company culture design and mindfulness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, a company that specializes in learning experience... Read all

Zachary R. Wood is a Columnist and Assistant Opinion Editor at The Guardian, a Robert L. Bartley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal, and a class of 2018 graduate of Williams College,... Read all