Richard Hames is a futurist, best-selling author and knowledge designer. Recently declared by Forbes Asia as one of the smartest people on the planet he is considered to be among the world's most influential thought leaders and change strategists. Richard is Founder and President of The Hames Group (a globally distributed think-tank and strategic design laboratory comprising thought leaders from all fields of human endeavour), Director of the Asian Foresight Institute in Bangkok, and a member of the elite consultant group "The Constellation." He is also a Fellow of the World Academy of Art & Science.Richard’s work as strategic adviser to multinational corporations and governments ranges across issues as diverse as the future of energy, conflict, food security, the economy, regional development, terrorism, taxation, health care, technology and social inclusion.An authority on the design of strategically relevant yet viable 'whole system' solutions for business and government in a globalised world, Richard has built an enviable reputation as a strategic change agent with a range of clients spanning the world and in all sectors of the economy. "It is a rare person who is able to transform our thinking by creating a fundamentally new
vision of how things could work better. Richard Hames is one of those people."
Sir Norman Joyce, Chairman, AMI
John Mattone was recently named by Thinkers50.com as one of the fastest rising stars in the field of leadership development. The Thinkers50, a biennial list of the world’s top business thinkers, identifies people who are making a real difference in the world of business. John was ranked as one of the "world’s emergent thought leaders" and appears on the 2011 Thinkers 50 “Guru Radar” list.
He is recognized globally as an inspiring keynote speaker, prolific author, and highly sought-after executive coach. John is President of JohnMattonePartners (JMP), a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching.
John has over 30 years’ experience in the fields of executive development and human capital management, an entrepreneur who has built two successful human capital consulting firms, and as executive of a multi-million dollar leadership consulting firm, as a leading author known throughout the Fortune 500 for his extraordinary speaking ability.
Prior to JMP, John was the Vice President of Global Assessment Services for Linkage, Inc., where he was responsible for the firm’s global assessment practice. Prior to Linkage, John was the Senior Vice President of Sales for Drake Beam Morin, the global career and outplacement firm. Before joining DBM, John spent 10 years building his first successful consulting firm, Human Resources International.
He has consulted for more than 250 organizations and addressed more than 500,000 people in 2,000 speeches and seminars throughout the U.S., Canada and other countries worldwide. John is a prolific author having written seven books as well as over 100 professional articles and book chapters including the award-winning “The Role of Assessment in Driving Operating Results”, published in Jac Fitz-enz book “The New HR Analytics” (AMACOM, 2010) and “Predictive HR Leadership”.
Vijay Govindarajan, known as VG, is the Earl C. Daum 1924 professor of international business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He is one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and innovation.
CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN is a Harvard Business School professor and advisor to some of the world's biggest companies. He believes that industry leaders get blindsided by disruptive innovations precisely because they focus too much on their most profitable customers and businesses.
Chris Trimble has dedicated the past ten years to studying a single challenge that vexes even the best-managed corporations: how to execute an innovation initiative.
His work came to fruition with the publication of his book, The Other Side of Innovation:Solving the Execution Challenge, with Vijay Govindarajan, which was released in September 2010.
Amar Bhidé is Thomas Schmidheiny Professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Previously he was Professor of Business at Columbia University. He is a founding member of the Center on Capitalism and editor of its journal, Capitalism and Society.
HENRY CHESBROUGH is the widely known visionary who created the theory and coined the term Open Innovation. Chesbrough’s recent work, “Open Services and Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era” focuses on innovation models that can truly drive transformation and growth.