Business Events

<p>Delivering high-energy keynotes drawn from her decades of experience advising CEOs, Neen James shares how a luxury mindset can elevate your client experience regardless of whether you are high-end, boots on the street, or an everyday commodity.  </p><p>Neen James is a leadership strategist, dynamic keynote speaker, and the author of Exceptional Experiences, Folding Time, and Attention Pays.

<p>Drawing from his groundbreaking behavioral science research, David Allison helps the world’s biggest brands understand and connect with their teams' and customers’ human values—positioning them for growth and success in today’s quickly-changing landscape.</p><p>Regarded as the world’s foremost human values expert, David Allison is focused on changing how we understand ourselves, the people around us, and those we hope to engage with in our work.

<p>Considered the greatest chess player that ever lived, Russian world champion Garry Kasparov shares insights on strategy, innovation, leadership, and risk. </p><p>Garry Kasparov is widely regarded as the greatest chess player in history, becoming the youngest world champion ever at 22 in 1985 and spending twenty years as the world’s top-rated player.

<p>A trailblazer in autism advocacy and a world-renowned animal behaviorist, Temple Grandin shares her insights on embracing and learning differences, and how animal behavior can help us solve human problems.</p><p>Temple Grandin is a professor of animal science at Colorado State University and has a successful career consulting on both livestock handling equipment design and animal welfare.

<p>In a world where so much of what we experience is not what it seems, we’re drawn to authentic people and organizations like a magnet.</p><p> Their humanity and energy stand out and build trust, connection, and purpose – the foundation of great relationships and outstanding organizational cultures. Mariana Atencio took the world by storm in 2017 with her viral TEDx talk on authenticity, “<em>What Makes YOU Special?”</em> – now with over 25 million views and translations in 13 languages. Her message: What makes you different is what makes you powerful.

<p>One of Silicon Valley’s most renowned thought leaders, Linda Yates leverages the secrets of venture-driven startups to help organizations build their own successful growth engines at rapid pace.</p><p>The ground beneath global businesses is shifting more rapidly than ever before. A startling revelation from the World Economic Forum paints a vivid picture: 40% of CEOs fear their companies won't withstand the next decade without transformative change.

<p>Dr. Marcus Collins is an award-winning marketer and cultural translator with one foot in the world of practice—formerly serving as the Head of Strategy at Wieden+Kennedy, New York—and one foot in the world of academia—as a marketing professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.</p><p>His deep understanding of brand strategy and consumer behavior has helped him bridge the academic-practitioner gap for blue-chip brands and startups alike.

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<p>Applying his scientifically-proven “Thrive State” longevity and performance framework to organizations, Dr. Kien Vuu helps corporate audiences unlock a future of empowered, innovative, resilient workforces, equipped to thrive amidst change and uncertainty.</p><p>Dr. Kien Vuu, affectionately known as “Doctor V,” is a vanguard in the realm of human and organizational longevity and performance. His extraordinary journey from an infant refugee to a medical maven and transformational speaker is a story of triumph over adversity.

<p>Sharing anecdotes from her real-life experience as a young woman navigating the culture at a powerful law firm, Helen Wan provides insights and advice for chasing our ambition while also living authentically at work, and remaining true to ourselves and our values.</p><p>Helen Wan is a media lawyer, educator, and author who writes about our complicated relationship with career ambition and the idea of "success." Helen's debut novel, <em>The Partner Track </em>(Macmillan), is the story of an Asian-American lawyer at an elite global firm who is p