Bruce Daisley is one of the UK’s most influential voices on fixing work, published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. His book was a Sunday Times number 1 bestseller, ending 2019 as the UK’s top selling business hardback of the year and is now translated into 16 languages. Previously he spent over a decade running Twitter and YouTube (the latter at Google) for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US. Bruce runs the Apple #1 Business Chart topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat on work culture. His second book

When entrepreneur and former top brand executive Michelle Cordeiro Grant set out to start her own company, she did so with the mission to create a brand, experience, and community that empowers women. What followed was Lively, the ultra-successful activewear-inspired lingerie brand that she built into an industry leader and disruptor in less than 10 years. Introducing "Leisurée" to the world, Cordeiro Grant identified opportunities to turn the apparel market on its head and redefined approaches for leading an organization to success. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers

Acclaimed for her indomitable tenacity and daredevil skills, Olympic silver medalist MyKayla Skinner became the oldest U.S. Olympic gymnast since 2004 when she competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With the spotlight on her, she vaulted her way to a silver medal, bringing the trademark resilience and competitive spirit that have earned her a reputation as a powerhouse performer and model teammate to the global stage. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Skinner is a champion on and off the gymnastics floor. Having competed at the highest levels of athletics, she

Rahaf Harfoush is a Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and New York Times Best-Selling Author who focuses on the intersections between emerging technology, innovation, and digital culture. She is the Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture and teaches “Innovation & Emerging Business Models” at Sciences Politique’s school of Management and Innovation in Paris. She is currently working on her fourth book. Rahaf is a member of France’s National Digital Council. In 2021 she joined The Oxford Internet Institute as a Visiting Policy Fellow. Her third book, entitled “Hustle

Poppy Jamie is an entrepreneur, influencer, and rising star in the happiness, mental health, and mindfulness space. She is the founder of the mental wellbeing app and corresponding product line Happy Not Perfect — which looks at mindfulness in a new way to guide its 100,000 users to feel happier, calmer, and less anxious. A deeply personal project combining behavioral scientific research, inspiration from her mother, and real life-experience, Poppy created Happy Not Perfect to inspire and empower people to care about their brains and thoughts with the same vigilance they tend to their faces

Avinash helps executive teams, marketers and data analysts leverage innovative digital strategies and emerging technologies to outsmart their competitors. He’s the Digital Marketing Evangelist for Google, and a passionate teacher who shares his perspective frequently via multiple channels: a weekly newsletter (The Marketing Analytics Intersect), a bi-monthly blog (Occam’s Razor) and two best-selling books that have been translated into over a dozen languages (Web Analytics: An Hour A Day and Web Analytics 2.0). Currently, he is delving into all the ways artificial intelligence can speed up the

Chef Edward Lee is a Korean-American who grew up in Brooklyn, trained in NYC kitchens, and has spent the better part of a decade honing his vision to become a progressive chef, award-winning author, and owner of restaurants around the country. Chef Lee is the chef/owner of 610 Magnolia and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, KY, Khora in Cincinnati, OH, and the Culinary Director for Succotash in National Harbor, MD, and Penn Quarter, DC. In addition to being selected as a Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award winner in 2021, Chef Lee was the recipient of the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award for Writing for

Howard Kurtz is the host of Media Buzz on FOX News, where he examines the bias and shortcomings of the news business. Kurtz scrutinizes the media's fairness and objectivity by questioning journalists of top news organizations, including those at FOX News, on subjects ranging from politics to technology, business, culture, and sports. He appears frequently on such programs as the O'Reilly Factor and Special Report. Before joining FOX News, for 15 years, he served as the host of the weekly CNN program Reliable Sources. Covering the media since 1990, Kurtz has served as Washington bureau chief of

John Sileo left hi-tech consulting for two reasons: to start a family and to launch a software startup in the earliest stages of cloud computing. Six successful years, a multimillion-dollar business and two precious daughters later, he lost the business and his wealth to cybercrime. Because the cybercriminal, a company insider, masked the crimes using John’s identity, John was held legally and financially responsible for the felonies committed. The losses destroyed his company, decimated his finances and consumed two years of his personal life as he fought to stay out of jail. John Sileo has

Michael Coates has worked in the information security space for the past 20 years, leading security at global organizations, such as Twitter and Mozilla, and protecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Coates is currently the CISO of CoinList and the CEO of the sub-entity CoinList Digital Asset Services, a leading exchange platform that is disrupting the Web 3.0 and cryptocurrency digital asset offerings. He is also a co-founder of Altitude Networks and served as its CEO before a successful exit following the company’s acquisition. Previously, Coates was the Chief Information Security

In an era of digital transformation and disruption, Anthony Shop is a refreshing optimist and proven innovator in the field of digital and social media. As a convener, entrepreneur and educator, Anthony champions a digital mindset to create bottom-up strategies that unleash the energy in people. He has demonstrated that by putting people before technology, organizations can achieve results that seemed unimaginable a few short years ago. Anthony is Chairman of the National Digital Roundtable, the premier convener of digital innovators, leaders and policy shapers. Through his off-the-record

Alex Stamos is a cybersecurity expert, business leader, and entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to improving the security and safety of the Internet. He serves as the chief trust officer for SentinelOne (NYSE: S), whose mission is to defeat every attack every second of every day with AI-powered threat prevention, detection, response, and hunting. At the same time, he is an adjunct professor at Stanford University, where his teaching and research focuses on international security and cooperation. Formerly Facebook’s chief security officer and Yahoo’s chief information security officer

Alex Sheen is the Founder of because I said I would, a social movement and non-profit dedicated to bettering humanity through promises made and kept. Sparked by the loss of his father, Alex and his organization send “promise cards” to anyone anywhere in the world at no cost. Alex is someone who truly honors commitment. He once walked over 240 miles across the entire state of Ohio in 10 days to fulfill a promise. In just two years, because I said I would has sent over 9.81 million promise cards to over 153 different countries. The promises written on these cards have made headlines around the

Guy Kawasaki was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1954. His family lived in a tough part of Honolulu called Kalihi Valley. They weren’t rich, but he never felt poor because his parents made many sacrifices. His mother was a housewife, and his father was a fireman, real estate broker, state senator, and government official during his long, distinguished career. Guy attended Iolani School where he graduated in 1972. Iolani is not as well known as its rival, Punahou because no presidents of the US went there, but he got a fantastic and formative education there. (Punahou is “USC,” and Iolani is

Steven Van Belleghem is an international keynote speaker. These past years Steven has given more than 1,000 presentations at events in over 40 countries. His core expertise is the future of customer centricity. The combination between customer-centric thinking, the latest technologies and the human touch is the guiding principle in Steven’s stories. Steven is an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of inspiration agency Nexxworks and social media agency Snackbytes. As an investor he is also involved in the fast-growing digital agency Intracto and AI scale-up Hello Customer. Finally, Steven is

Lior Zoref Researcher, Advisor, TED Speaker, & Best-Selling Author Whether we need to make better business decisions, find innovative solutions to big challenges, or transform our lives, new forms of intelligence are the key to making quicker, wiser, more objective decisions. And when it comes to the latest advancements in collective and artificial intelligence, Dr. Lior Zoref is the authority to turn to. Dr. Zoref is a researcher, advisor, TED speaker, and author of the best-selling book, Mindsharing: The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything. His speech at the TED 2012 Conference in Long Beach

You’ve read books and heard speeches about how to sell, how to network, how to develop your business. They’re all pretty good – the principles of success stay the same, no matter what size or type of business. But don’t you want to hear something new? Lee Smith has developed innovative techniques for impact networking and solution selling. He knows how to make sure he (and you) (and your company) will always be remembered. He has unconventional approaches to increasing your workload, eliminating negativity and dominating your market. Lee’s own business has grown exponentially since he founded

Called “the human embodiment of Twitter” by The New York Times, Adam Sharp has forged a distinctive career of more than twenty years at the crossroads of technology, politics, and media. As Head of News, Government and Elections at Twitter from 2010 through 2016, Sharp led a team driving creative use of the platform by media brands, journalists, and political figures around the world. He was the longest-serving member of Twitter’s global media team and its most visible broadcast spokesperson, credited with helping Twitter become the global newsstand and political water cooler it is today. At

With more than a decade working at the heart of the technology industry, Dex Hunter-Torricke has managed communications for some of the most-influential and admired Silicon Valley leaders and corporations of our day. In his daily work, Dex plays a critical role in writing the next chapter on science, tech, the economy, and society across the globe, and spearheads efforts to bring the stories of how the world is being moved forward to light. From 2012-2016, he led the executive communications team at Facebook and served as personal speechwriter for Mark Zuckerberg. He then went on to join

Dr. Jonah Berger is a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a world-renowned expert on innovation, change, word of mouth, and why products, services, and ideas catch on. He is an internationally bestselling author and over a million copies of his books, The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, and Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior, are in print in over 35 languages around the world. He has published over 50 articles in top-tier academic journals, teaches Wharton’s highest rated online course, and

Dustin Garis is a world-renowned brand innovator, consistently voted “the #1 event speaker.” Throughout his disruptive career at some of the world’s most breakthrough companies, such as The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, and Ericsson, Garis was known as “Chief Troublemaker” for his ability to push the boundaries of innovation, customer experience, and change leadership. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Garis brings the same no-holds-barred approach to his keynotes that helped him blaze trails in the world’s largest companies and entrepreneurial startups

Farhad Manjoo is a leading and influential Silicon Valley voice and an opinion writer for The New York Times. In this role, they cover a variety of topics spanning technology, culture, politics, and more. They previously served as writer of the Times’ “State of the Art” column after the departure of Yahoo Tech founder David Pogue. In that role, Manjoo reviewed the latest devices and innovations in addition to a wide variety of tech-related topics including the emergence of new media, Silicon Valley and start-up culture, and the ways in which politics, society, and business are being shaped by

Jon Steinberg was most recently the President of Altice USA News & Advertising, which encompasses News 12, i24NEWS, and Cheddar News, as well as Altice USA’s a4 Advertising. He founded Cheddar News in 2016, which was then acquired by Altice USA in June of 2019. Cheddar News broadcasts live from the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange and its studios in New York City and Washington, Prior to Cheddar, He was the Chief Executive Officer of DailyMail.com North America. Steinberg grew U.S. revenue 45% while at Daily Mail and doubled direct advertising revenue. He joined DailyMail.com from

When organisations and individuals want to better their understanding of the latest technology trends and their impact on business and society, Greg Williams is among the first names they seek out for thought leadership. As the deputy global editor for WIRED magazine and a widely respected strategic forecaster, Williams has exclusive lines of communication to the innovators, thinkers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and creatives who are changing the world and draws upon his conversations with them to publish insightful and influential pieces on innovation, technology, and the ideas that are

If you dream of inspiring cult-like brand loyalty—the kind that involves mile-long queues and even permanent tattoos—Johnny Cupcakes is the keynote speaker for you. The founder and CEO of the world-renowned tee-shirt brand, Johnny Cupcakes, Johnny’s known for helping other people create blueprints for building brand loyalty, creating memorable experiences, and inspiring innovation. With global store openings, thousands of customers with his logo tattooed on themselves, people who camp out for his products, and high-profile collaborations with giants, such as The Simpsons, Power Rangers, and

When brands like Google, Walmart, TikTok, Deloitte, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter and Gamble, Twitter, and Unilever want to know what’s next for them (and their customers), they call tech an innovation expert Mitch Joel. Is your company or industry association trying to figure out how to move forward in a world of transformation and disruption? How do you decode the future, see what's coming next, and innovate accordingly? What changed about your business during, what Mitch called, “The Great Compression?” Every industry and business is dealing with disruption in different ways. And every

Crystal Washington, CSP works with organizations that want to leverage technology to increase profits and productivity! As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal takes complex social media, app, and web topics, and makes them easy to understand and accessible for everyday people. Crystal’s clients comprise Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, and GE and as a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe. She has appeared in numerous publications including Entrepreneur, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Forbes and is regularly

Futurist: Forbes heralded Brian Solis as “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time." He was recently named a "top futurist speaker," by ReadWrite. ZDNet called him “one of the 21st century business world’s leading thinkers.” Brian helps audiences understand the evolving, complex landscape of digital trends and how they impact our work, markets, and business over time. Whether it’s generative AI, AR/VR or and spatial computing, web3, the metaverse, IoT, digital twins, or quantum computing, Brian humanizes each wave of emergent disruption to help audiences understand

Clara Shih is founder and board chair of global software company Hearsay Systems, technology investor, and member of the Starbucks board of directors. She serves as an advisor to the world's largest companies on how to drive digital and business transformation with modern experiences, automation, and an ethical, secure approach to AI. Named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of Fast Company’s “Most Influential People in Technology,” and both Fortune and Advertising Age’s “40 Under 40,” Clara developed the first social business app in 2007 and subsequently authored the

For nearly two decades, Stephen Woessner has been in the trenches consulting with hundreds of clients and teaching them how to leverage Web 2.0 tactics like search engine optimization (SEO) and social media to expand into new markets, introduce new products, decrease costs, and increase revenues. Woessner is a leading Web 2.0 authority, bestselling author, and instructor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Small Business Development Center. Woessner is also a business owner and has made costly mistakes along the way. He built one of his previous companies up to a valuation of $10 million

Paul Gillin is a speaker, writer and marketing strategist who specializes in marketing and new media. Since 2005 he has helped business-to-business marketers at companies of all sizes and in many industries use social media and quality content to reach and engage with customers. He is also a prolific writer who has published five books and more than 200 articles on the subject of new media. Paul is a veteran technology journalist with more than 25 years of editorial leadership experience. He was founding editor-in-chief of TechTarget, one of the most successful Internet media companies

Nick Bilton is a journalist, designer, UI specialist, technologist, author, hardware hacker, and researcher. He holds a position as a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and was formerly the New York Times’ technology and business columnist and the lead blogger for the paper’s Bits blog. He is also the author of the book, I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works and Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. Bilton has worked in numerous different industries within the context of design, research and development, technology, and storytelling—all with a focus

5x Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker Erik Qualman has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached over 55 million people. He is the #1 bestselling author of five books on digital leadership and was voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling. His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the NBCUniversal to NASA. Over 500 universities use his materials. Qualman’s animation studio wrote and produced the world’s most-watched social media video “Social Media Revolution.” Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at

As Founder and CEO of Sales Engine, Craig and his team help firms build and tune their sales engine. Craig’s firm works with teams all over the world to develop their knowledge, skill and discipline, and translate those key assets into higher performance. As a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Craig designed, developed, and teaches the award-winning course called Entrepreneurial Selling, recently recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the “Top Ten” courses in the country. He also teaches Building the New Venture and a course on

David Nour is a growth strategist, thought leader, and global keynote speaker on the ground-breaking concept of Relationship Economics®, the art and science of strategically investing in people to meet goals and get extraordinary returns. Through his best-selling books, compelling speeches, and valuable consulting across the last 20 years, Nour has taught companies of every size how to choose and nurture key relationships that will take their perception and business to the next level, and he has pioneered the phenomenon that relationships are the greatest off-balance sheet asset any