Carl Honoré
Carl Honoré is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and leader of the global Slow Movement. The Wall Street Journal hailed him as “an in-demand spokesman on slowness.” CBC Sunday Edition called him “inarguably, the world’s leading evangelist for the Slow Movement.” The Huffington Post described him as “the unofficial godfather...
Lars-Johan Jarnheimer
Lars-Johan Jarnheimer became Chairman of IKEA Group January 2015. He is the former President & CEO of Tele2 AB a major European telecommunications operator, with about 14 million customers in 9 countries. Jarnheimer’s corporate leadership began in 1991 when he joined the Kinnevik Group an investment companies with stakes...
Costas Markides
Costas Markides is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and holds the Robert P. Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership at the London Business School. He serves on the Editorial Boards of several academic journals and is on the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society. Costas Markides was a...
Shaolan Hsueh
ShaoLan Hsueh is an entrepreneur, designer and author. She is also the founder and creator of Chineasy which has become one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese outside of Chinese-speaking countries. Her book Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese was launched in March 2014 and is...
Bob Geldof
Sir Bob Geldof is incredibly well informed, not just about African famines and aid organizations, but also about London and Washington politics, global communications and business. His presentations are highly provocative and he uplifts and inspires audiences as he motivates through his own personal experiences and the lessons learned...
Naif Al-Mutawa
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa is the Founder and CEO of Teshkeel Media Group, for whom he created THE 99, the first group of comic superheroes born of an Islamic archetype. Teshkeel Media Group won the Media category of the 2014 Islamic Economy Award. Al-Mutawa received the award from His Highness...
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is Turkey’s most-read and popular woman writer and an award-winning novelist. She writes in both English and Turkish, and has published 13 books, nine of which are novels, including: The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Honour and her non-fiction memoir Black Milk. Her books...
Annicken Day
With 20 years of experience working with leadership and corporate cultures, from small start-ups to big companies of 70.000 employees, Annicken Day helps corporations around the world develop unique cultures that make their teams perform at their best. Annicken Day is an engaging speaker and storyteller who draws on...
Professor Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 for his pioneering work integrating insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty. He is a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is...
Robert Phillips
Robert Phillips is the co-founder of Jericho Chambers, a progressive strategy consultancy and think tank. He was formerly President and CEO, EMEA, of Edelman, the world’s largest Public Relations firm. He was also Global Chair of its Public Engagement and Future Strategies Group. He is recognised as an authority...
