In four decades at Fortune, Geoff Colvin has established himself as one of business journalism’s most respected minds on trends driving business change. He reports on AI and the infotech revolution, leadership, business strategy, global business, government regulation, competition, the economy, worker/workforce issues, and related topics. With close ties to top business leaders, Geoff reveals what they’re thinking, seeing, and doing to transform their companies and win in spite of relentless change.

Meridith Elliott Powell, CSP, CPAE is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, award-winning author, and business strategist who has built her career on one unshakable belief: there’s only one way to succeed in business, Ask for Change. From her early days in the finance and travel industries to her rise to executive leadership, Meridith noticed a common trap: most senior leaders do all the thinking. Teams bring problems instead of solutions, leaving leaders stuck in the weeds, troubleshooting

How do you build understanding, calm fear, and put an end to hate and racism? One conversation at a time! Daryl Davis is a renowned blues and rock musician who’s toured the world playing with musical greats including 32 years as Chuck Berry’s piano player. But Daryl’s obsession is more serious. He’s a bridge-builder who’s engaged leaders of the KKK and White supremacist groups face to face to ask a question: “How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?” That question stemmed from his first

As the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company, Suneel Gupta helped thousands of people build better habits for life and work. Now as a bestselling author and Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, Suneel has taken his mission one step further – helping people reset, reignite, and find meaning in their work by bolstering emotional resilience and engagement. Suneel asks, “How can an organization excel on the outside if its people are exhausted on the inside?” Grit and hustle are

Business leaders and financial professionals look to Ron Insana for his analysis of the most pressing economic and financial markets issues of the day. Ron is a pioneer in television financial news reporting. He is currently senior analyst and commentator at CNBC and also hosts The Market Score Board Report, a daily nationally syndicated radio program. Ron is chief market strategist at Dynasty Financial Partners, a firm catering to the needs of the investment advisor community. He is also founder

She is currently U.S. special correspondent for BBC Studios – where she creates and hosts TV documentaries from both the U.S. and Europe. Katty is a regular contributor and substitute host of Morning Joe on MSNBC and also writes on the art and science of self-assurance in women and girls. She is co-author, with Claire Shipman, of six books, four of which are New York Times’ bestsellers: Womenomics, The Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls, Living

Jim Lindell is President of Thorsten Consulting, a strategic and financial consulting firm that offers professional speaking, training, and executive coaching. Over the past two decades, Jim has delivered over 5,000 hours of C-suite executive coaching. His professional experience includes Chief Financial Officer, VP-Finance, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Assistant Controller. Industries include manufacturing, healthcare, not-for-profit, distribution, and food processing.  He is a CPA

Jim McCormick is one of America's premier organizational risk experts, a noted author, Founder and President of the Research Institute for Risk Intelligence, and a World Record skydiver. As an in-demand speaker, Jim has addressed some of the most distinguished executive audiences ranging from Accenture, AFLAC, Bank of America, CDW, FedEx, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewlett-Packard, PepsiCo, The Clorox Company, Siemens, Unilever, Verizon, Wells Fargo; governmental institutions such as the FBI and US Army;

A Small Man in a Big Man’s Game To understand JJ Birden’s story, you must understand the odds. Less than 6% of high school seniors play college football. Less than 1% make it to the NFL. The average career lasts under two years. The average player stands 6’2”, 245 pounds. JJ Birden was 5’10”, 157 pounds. Despite being the #1 high school wide receiver in Oregon, JJ received no Division I football scholarship offers. He earned a track scholarship to the University of Oregon, then walked onto the

Joe Flower thinks differently and has always maintained his independence as an analyst and visionary of healthcare. He recognized long ago that healthcare could not possibly make sense until seen as a system-as-a-whole. He has devoted his long career to understanding the dynamics of this complex adaptive system, observing the multi-level interactions of deep, underlying trends in technology, demographics, and economics that have driven the evolution (or devolution) of the healthcare that we know

Your Audience Deserves a Show!!! Not a speech.... You want to know a secret? Your audience doesn't really want to sit through another speech. But everybody loves a SHOW! Joe Malarkey is a one-man-show that provides a laugh every eleven seconds (yes, we counted) and closes with a memorable and powerful message of facing and overcoming fear in our lives and careers. Joe Malarkey is a tested, proven program that consistently delivers. Joe has been a hit with hundreds of company and association

The expert opinions were bleak – Don't expect Joel to live a normal life. The medical and trauma research gave an 80% chance of either winding up dead or in a vegetative state. The unlikely return to elementary school, childhood, and life as usual, rocked the family, tested the caregivers and challenged everyone. The accident involved an oncoming train, an unthinkable 30-foot fall, multiple skull fractures, and acts of resourcefulness, creativity, innovation, and commitment. I teach leaders

John Garrett—award-winning author and people-centric leadership speaker—is on a mission to create better workplaces. What the two-time Emmy nominee may do best is champion the human side of professionals, consulting with organizations to develop more productive cultures while shining a light on their people’s rich lives outside of work. Delivering inspiring keynotes about his research and recording over 600 podcast episodes of What’s Your “And”? landed him on Accounting Today’s list of the top 100

Dr John Izzo provokes greatness in people and companies. He stretches leaders to dream even bigger through intentional leadership. His powerful stories strike a chord with some of the best companies in the world because his concepts apply to "the head and the heart" of individual and collective change. John drives home the importance of people's roles in a company withhard hitting facts from research studies and practical ideas grounded in the "how". A bestselling author of six books, John's books

John K. Coyle is one of the world's leading experts in "Design Thinking" and Innovation, and a highly sought-after speaker. John's presentations are always an audience favorite because he combines the exhilarating stories of a champion athlete with the data and intellect of a professor and best-selling author. John is the founder of the online Design Thinking Academy, and a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in Engineering - Product Design (Design Thinking) and Northwestern's Kellogg