Maurice Ashley

First African-American Chess Grandmaster; Author, Puzzle Inventor & Motivational Speaker

Slavoj Žižek

Philosopher & International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Scott Galloway

Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, Serial Entrepreneur & New York Times Best-Selling Author

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Luke Williams

Bestselling Author, Professor of Business at NYU

Jason Silva

Emmy-nominated TV Personality; Futurist; Host of National Geographic Channel’s “Brain Games”

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

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Robert Cialdini

New York Times Best-Selling Author; The Foundational Expert in the Science of Influence & Persuasion

Perez Hilton

Popular Celebrity Gossip Blogger; Podcast Host, YouTuber & Owner of "My True 10"

Pablos Holman

World-renowned Hacker, Inventor, Viral TED Speaker, Problem Solver, Technology Futurist

Mark Kramer

Co-founder of FSG, Author & Co-Creator of Shared Value Concept

Carl Pope

Senior Advisor to UN Envoy for Cities and Climate; Former CEO and Chairman of the Sierra Club

Robert C. Merton

Economist, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management; Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

Margaret Wertheim

Co-Creator, Crochet Reef; Science Writer

Antonio Damasio

Director of the Brain Institute

Gabe Zichermann

Technology Strategist: Employee & Customer Engagement, Tech-Life Balance

Jesse Schell

Game Designer, CEO of Schell Games & Author of "The Art of Game Design"

Dr. Carl Hart

Professor of Psychology & Chair of Department of Psychology at Columbia University

D. Quinn Mills

Consultant; Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

Jason Fried

Co-Founder & CEO of Basecamp