Future Solving

Nancy Duarte is a leading authority on business communication and storytelling who has spent decades helping organizations craft compelling narratives that drive action—she is the author of multiple bestselling books including Resonate, Slide:ology , and Illuminate , and she's the CEO of Duarte, Inc., where she and her team of presentation and storytelling experts have advised leaders at hundreds...

Reid Blackman is a leading voice in AI ethics and governance with a background in philosophy and hands-on experience advising Fortune 500 companies on ethical AI—he is the author of Ethical Machines and the founder of Virtue, a consultancy that helps organizations operationalize ethical AI practices and manage risk. Reid previously served as the first Head of AI Ethics at Deloitte, and his work ha...

Kim Scott is a a leadership thinker and former Silicon Valley executive whose career spans Google, Apple, and advising CEOs—she is the author of the global bestseller Radical Candor, which introduced a widely adopted framework for giving feedback that “cares personally while challenging directly,” along with Just Work and Radical Respect, extending her work into building more equitable workplaces....

Natalie Nixon is a global authority on creativity with a background in anthropology, fashion, academia, and a lifelong dancer—she has published 2 bestselling books on Creativity and the future of work: The Creativity Leap and Move. Think. Rest. Natalie was shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Talent Award, selected for the Thinkers50 Radar class of 2024, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Fa...

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority on people analytics, talent management, leadership development, and the human-AI interface. He has published 10 books and over 200 scientific papers, making him one of the most prolific social scientists of his generation. Tomas has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world and is the Chief Science Offi...

Martin Lindstrom is a leading authority on branding and consumer psychology. He is a bestselling author and global advisor to Fortune 500 companies, known for his pioneering work on neuromarketing and his ability to uncover the hidden drivers behind why consumers think, feel, and buy the way they do. Martin has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world and...

Alexander Osterwalder is the leading authority on business model innovation. He is the creator of the Business Model Canvas, a globally adopted framework for building and scaling organizations, and the founder of Strategyzer. Alexander has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world, and is known for simplifying the strategy development process and turning c...

Whitney Johnson is the leading authority on disruption with nearly 2 million followers across social media. She's the CEO of Disruption Advisors, and former cofounder of the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Clayton Christensen. Whitney has been recognized by Thinkers50 as one of the top 10 management thinkers in the world, and her podcast "Disrupt Yourself" has ranked in the top .5% of listenership...

Rita McGrath is one of the world's foremost experts on strategy & innovation, she's a strategy professor at Columbia Business School, and a longtime member of the Thinkers50 list, where she has consistently ranked among the top 10 management thinkers in the world. Rita and Brian discuss how to think about the term AI Strategy and the term strategy itself, systems thinking, the history of disru...