Business + Management Speakers

As experts in their chosen fields, these business author speakers share real-world leadership experiences and clear-cut methods to transform and disrupt any industry.

Porter Braswell

Executive Chairman and co-founder of Jopwell and author of Let Them See You

Ed Catmull

Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and author of Creativity, Inc.

Priya Parker

Facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering

Eve Rodsky

New York Times-bestselling author and creative leadership expert

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Joanna Barsh

McKinsey Director Emeritus, bestselling author of How Remarkable Women Lead and Centered Leadership and Grow Wherever You Work.

Eduardo Briceño

Growth mindset expert, CEO of Growth.how, and author of The Performance Paradox

Arthur C. Brooks

Harvard professor, PhD social scientist, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

Bill Burnett

Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford and co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Dave Evans

Co-author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling book Designing Your Life

Angus Fletcher

Professor of story science and author of Primal Intelligence (August 2025)

Ping Fu

Co-Founder of Geomagic, author of Bend, Not Break, Executive chairman of Gelsight

Scott Galloway

Marketing Professor at NYU Stern, bestselling author, serial entrepreneur

Marc Goodman

Global security advisor, futurist, and New York Times bestselling author of Future Crimes

Eric Holder

Former U.S. attorney general and esteemed civil rights leader

Therese Huston

Author of Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower

Alan Iny

Internationally recognized consultant, author of Thinking in New Boxes

Paco de Leon

Personal finance expert and author of Finance for the People

Bethany McLean

Vanity Fair contributing editor and co-author of All the Devils are Here and the national bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room

Damali Peterman

Global negotiation expert, lawyer, mediator, and founder & CEO of Breakthrough ADR

Ken Segall

Former Ad Agency Creative Director for NeXT and Apple, author of New York Times bestseller Insanely Simple and Think Simple

Chris Smalls

Labor organizer and president and co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union

Neil Swidey

Award-winning journalist and author of Trapped Under the Sea, and specialist in risk and safety

Linda Kaplan Thaler

Advertising Hall of Fame luminary, Chairman of Publicis Kaplan Thaler, and bestselling author of Power of Nice and Grit to Great

Laura Vanderkam

Productivity expert and author of 168 Hours, I Know How She Does It, and Tranquility by Tuesday

John Wang

Leadership Coach, Founder of Mastery Academy, author of Big Asian Energy (2025)

Charlie Warzel

Award-winning technology reporter and co-author of Out of Office

Holly Whitaker

Bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman and Founder of Tempest, Inc.

Melody Wilding

Executive coach, human behavior professor, and author of Managing Up: How to Get What You Need From the People in Charge

Tim Wu

Former White House Antitrust Advisor, Columbia Law School Professor, and author of The Curse of Bigness and The Attention Merchants
Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau