Stanley Bing, a.k.a. Gil Schwartz, is the best-selling author and Fortune magazine columnist who writes with insight and humor about the inner workings of corporations, while trying to keep his identity secret because of his work for a major multinational corporation. Executive Vice President of Communications for CBS Television, Bing began writing as a business advice columnist for Esquire magazine. He is fascinated by the ways people organize themselves for work and the ways those organizations bring out the best-and worst-in people. Bing is a best-selling author and noted workplace humorist and satirist who brings a unique perspective on thought leadership to his audiences. He is the author of Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up and What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify the Meanness.