Clayton's book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, received the Global Business Book Award (1998), and he has won the McKinsey Award -- which is given annually to the author of the best articles published in Harvard Business Review -- five times. Clayton serves as a consultant to the management teams of many of the world’s leading corporations. He co-founded four successful companies: CPS Technologies, a materials science firm; Innosight, a management consulting firm; Rose Park Advisors, an investment management company; and The Innosight Institute, which extends his research on health care and education.

Clayton holds MBA and DBA degrees from the Harvard Business School; an M.Phil. in economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar; and a B.A. in economics from Brigham Young University. He and his wife live in Belmont, MA and are the parents of five children and five grandchildren.

Hal is also an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley in three departments: business, economics, and information management. He is the author of two major economics textbooks which have been translated into 22 languages, and co-author of a bestselling book on business strategy -- Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy.

Hal is a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the Econometric Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was Co-Editor of the American Economic Review from 1987-1990 and wrote a monthly column for the New York Times from 2000-2007. He has also published numerous papers in economic theory, industrial organization, financial economics, econometrics, and information economics.

Dr. Varian received his Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley, and received his MA in mathematics and SB degree from MIT. He has taught at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Michigan, and other universities around the world, and holds honorary doctorates from the University of Oulu, Finland and the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Dr. Griffith earned her doctoral and master's degrees in organizational psychology and theory with minors in technology from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University. She began her academic career in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. In her free time, Terri is a pilot and sailboat race captain.

Dr. Griffith earned her doctoral and master's degrees in organizational psychology and theory with minors in technology from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University. She began her academic career in engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. In her free time, Terri is a pilot and sailboat race captain.

Mr. VanRoekel directs IT policy, strategic planning of Federal IT investments, and oversight of Federal technology spending. He establishes and oversees enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability and information-sharing, and maintains information security and privacy across the Federal Government. VanRoekel’s priorities include openness and transparency, lowering costs, cybersecurity, participatory democracy, and innovation.

Mr. VanRoekel directs IT policy, strategic planning of Federal IT investments, and oversight of Federal technology spending. He establishes and oversees enterprise architecture to ensure system interoperability and information-sharing, and maintains information security and privacy across the Federal Government. VanRoekel’s priorities include openness and transparency, lowering costs, cybersecurity, participatory democracy, and innovation.

Tamara's business experience spans R&D, operations, finance, marketing, sales, and contracting, and her technology expertise before joining PARC was specialized in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, and life-sciences industries. Tamara's previous roles included: being General Manager and Vice President of Commercial Operations at European-based healthcare company Oxonica, Inc.; serving as Program Director at Abbott Labs; directing business development at Roche, the world's largest healthcare diagnostics company; and holding management positions at biotechnology companies Abaxis and PharmChem Laboratories.

Dr. St. Claire holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from U.C. Davis, and an MBA from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Tamara's business experience spans R&D, operations, finance, marketing, sales, and contracting, and her technology expertise before joining PARC was specialized in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, and life-sciences industries. Tamara's previous roles included: being General Manager and Vice President of Commercial Operations at European-based healthcare company Oxonica, Inc.; serving as Program Director at Abbott Labs; directing business development at Roche, the world's largest healthcare diagnostics company; and holding management positions at biotechnology companies Abaxis and PharmChem Laboratories.

Dr. St. Claire holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from U.C. Davis, and an MBA from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Arthur pioneered the modern study of positive feedbacks/ increasing returns in the economy -- in particular, their role in magnifying small, random economic events -- and this work became the basis of our understanding of the high-tech economy. Arthur is also one of the pioneers of the science of complexity.

His most recent book is The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves, in which he argued that technology is self-creating (though it requires human agency to build it up and reproduce it) and evolves much like organisms evolve (though radical novelty in technology cannot be explained by the Darwinian model of variation and selection, and instead arises by combining existing elements).

Arthur was the Morrison Professor of Economics and Population Studies at Stanford University, and the first director of the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. from Berkeley in Operations Research and has other degrees in economics, engineering, and mathematics including two honorary doctorates.

Among his many honors, Arthur received the Schumpeter Prize in economics and the Lagrange Prize in complexity science.

Arthur pioneered the modern study of positive feedbacks/ increasing returns in the economy -- in particular, their role in magnifying small, random economic events -- and this work became the basis of our understanding of the high-tech economy. Arthur is also one of the pioneers of the science of complexity.

His most recent book is The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves, in which he argued that technology is self-creating (though it requires human agency to build it up and reproduce it) and evolves much like organisms evolve (though radical novelty in technology cannot be explained by the Darwinian model of variation and selection, and instead arises by combining existing elements).

Arthur was the Morrison Professor of Economics and Population Studies at Stanford University, and the first director of the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. from Berkeley in Operations Research and has other degrees in economics, engineering, and mathematics including two honorary doctorates.

Among his many honors, Arthur received the Schumpeter Prize in economics and the Lagrange Prize in complexity science.

An Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, Eric has advised a number of startups, large companies, and venture capital firms on business and product strategy. His Lean Startup methodology has been written about in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, and many other publications.

An Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School, Eric has advised a number of startups, large companies, and venture capital firms on business and product strategy. His Lean Startup methodology has been written about in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, and many other publications.

An anthropologist with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, Gillian wrote about the financial instruments -- such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs -- that partially contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, famously predicting the collapse of the financial markets two years ahead of the curve.

Gillian is the author of New York Times bestseller Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets, and Unleashed a Catastrophe (Little Brown, UK and Simon and Schuster, US, 2009), and Saving the Sun: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from its Trillion Dollar Meltdown (Harper Collins, 2003).  Fool’s Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the Spear’s Book Awards in 2009.

Gillian has received numerous prestigious awards for her work. She  was named Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) by the British Press Awards, and Senior Financial Journalist of the Year (2007) by the Wincott Awards.

In her younger years, Gillian lived the life of a nomad -- leaving home at 18 to live in Pakistan, followed by Tibet, and later with stints in the Soviet Union, Japan, and other locales. A mother of two and an avid hiker and backpacker, she speaks French and Russian, as well as some Japanese and Persian.

An anthropologist with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, Gillian wrote about the financial instruments -- such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs -- that partially contributed to the 2008 financial crisis, famously predicting the collapse of the financial markets two years ahead of the curve.

Gillian is the author of New York Times bestseller Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets, and Unleashed a Catastrophe (Little Brown, UK and Simon and Schuster, US, 2009), and Saving the Sun: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from its Trillion Dollar Meltdown (Harper Collins, 2003).  Fool’s Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the Spear’s Book Awards in 2009.

Gillian has received numerous prestigious awards for her work. She  was named Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) by the British Press Awards, and Senior Financial Journalist of the Year (2007) by the Wincott Awards.

In her younger years, Gillian lived the life of a nomad -- leaving home at 18 to live in Pakistan, followed by Tibet, and later with stints in the Soviet Union, Japan, and other locales. A mother of two and an avid hiker and backpacker, she speaks French and Russian, as well as some Japanese and Persian.

Merchant has been a founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar services company; been VP of a startup earning the initial millions that allowed for a successful exit; ran the P&L for a $200M division (and grew it to a nearly $300M); and has advised many Fortune 500 firms' C-suite in make-or-break situations.

Merchant most recently authored The New How, a book that helps big organizations act "flatter" and be more nimble. She is a regular Harvard Business Review contributor and has written for BusinessWeek, Forbes, and AdAge. Through successes and failures, Nilofer has honed a framework for solving tough problems including MurderBoarding™.

Merchant has been a founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar services company; been VP of a startup earning the initial millions that allowed for a successful exit; ran the P&L for a $200M division (and grew it to a nearly $300M); and has advised many Fortune 500 firms' C-suite in make-or-break situations.

Merchant most recently authored The New How, a book that helps big organizations act "flatter" and be more nimble. She is a regular Harvard Business Review contributor and has written for BusinessWeek, Forbes, and AdAge. Through successes and failures, Nilofer has honed a framework for solving tough problems including MurderBoarding™.

Dr. Amabile is the author of The Progress Principle, Creativity in Context, and Growing Up Creative, as well as over 150 scholarly papers, chapters, case studies, and presentations. She serves on the editorial boards of Creativity Research Journal, Creativity and Innovation Management, and Journal of Creative Behavior. She was also the host/instructor of Against All Odds: Inside Statistics, a 26-part instructional series originally produced for broadcast on PBS.

Before joining HBS, Dr. Amabile held several research grants as a professor at Brandeis University, including "Creativity and Motivation," from the National Institute of Mental Health, and "Downsizing Industrial R&D," from the Center for Innovation Management Studies. Dr. Amabile was originally trained and employed as a chemist, but she received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. She was awarded the E. Paul Torrance Award by the Creativity Division of the National Association for Gifted Children in 1998, and the Leadership Quarterly Best Paper Award by the Center for Creative Leadership in 2005.

Dr. Amabile is the author of The Progress Principle, Creativity in Context, and Growing Up Creative, as well as over 150 scholarly papers, chapters, case studies, and presentations. She serves on the editorial boards of Creativity Research Journal, Creativity and Innovation Management, and Journal of Creative Behavior. She was also the host/instructor of Against All Odds: Inside Statistics, a 26-part instructional series originally produced for broadcast on PBS.

Before joining HBS, Dr. Amabile held several research grants as a professor at Brandeis University, including "Creativity and Motivation," from the National Institute of Mental Health, and "Downsizing Industrial R&D," from the Center for Innovation Management Studies. Dr. Amabile was originally trained and employed as a chemist, but she received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. She was awarded the E. Paul Torrance Award by the Creativity Division of the National Association for Gifted Children in 1998, and the Leadership Quarterly Best Paper Award by the Center for Creative Leadership in 2005.

Vivek has led groundbreaking research projects and helped many students prepare for the "real world", as well as advised several startup companies. He is also a columnist for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, a contributor to the popular technology blog TechCrunch, and writes occasionally for several international publications. Prior to joining academia in 2005, Vivek founded two software companies.

Vivek has led groundbreaking research projects and helped many students prepare for the "real world", as well as advised several startup companies. He is also a columnist for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, a contributor to the popular technology blog TechCrunch, and writes occasionally for several international publications. Prior to joining academia in 2005, Vivek founded two software companies.

Before joining Deloitte, John was an independent consultant and writer. Prior to that, he held significant positions at leading consulting firms and companies. He was a principal at McKinsey & Co., where he was a leader of the Strategy Practice, and where he also founded and led McKinsey’s Electronic Commerce Practice. He has also served as senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc., and earlier in his career, worked at Boston Consulting Group. He is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups.

John is the author of The Power of Pull, which makes the case that we are struggling to adapt to a long-term shift in our business environment that changes the nature of competition. He is also the author of a series of earlier best-selling business books, beginning with Net Gain and including Net Worth, Out of the Box, and The Only Sustainable Edge. He is widely published and quoted in publications such as The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NBC, and BBC. He has won two awards from Harvard Business Review for best articles and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by a variety of publications and institutions, including the World Economic Forum and Business Week.

John holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a B.Phil. from Oxford University, and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Before joining Deloitte, John was an independent consultant and writer. Prior to that, he held significant positions at leading consulting firms and companies. He was a principal at McKinsey & Co., where he was a leader of the Strategy Practice, and where he also founded and led McKinsey’s Electronic Commerce Practice. He has also served as senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc., and earlier in his career, worked at Boston Consulting Group. He is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups.

John is the author of The Power of Pull, which makes the case that we are struggling to adapt to a long-term shift in our business environment that changes the nature of competition. He is also the author of a series of earlier best-selling business books, beginning with Net Gain and including Net Worth, Out of the Box, and The Only Sustainable Edge. He is widely published and quoted in publications such as The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NBC, and BBC. He has won two awards from Harvard Business Review for best articles and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by a variety of publications and institutions, including the World Economic Forum and Business Week.

John holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a B.Phil. from Oxford University, and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Previously, David was at Google, where he led new business development efforts in video, media, and content/data partnerships. David also led all business development-related efforts for StumbleUpon; was a partner at Baseline Ventures; and represented high-tech companies in commercial transactions as an attorney at Morrison and Foerster. David is a graduate of Johns Hopkins; New York University, where he earned his JD; and Stanford, where he earned his MS in Electrical Engineering and was a National Science Foundation Graduate fellow.

Previously, David was at Google, where he led new business development efforts in video, media, and content/data partnerships. David also led all business development-related efforts for StumbleUpon; was a partner at Baseline Ventures; and represented high-tech companies in commercial transactions as an attorney at Morrison and Foerster. David is a graduate of Johns Hopkins; New York University, where he earned his JD; and Stanford, where he earned his MS in Electrical Engineering and was a National Science Foundation Graduate fellow.

He has conducted significant research in the field of collective intelligence, leadership and human systems and is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal Bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Harper Business June 2010), Bringing out the Best in Your People in the May 2010 edition of Harvard Business Review and Are You An Accidental Diminisher? in the August 2010 edition of Ivey Business Journal.

Prior to this research and teaching, Greg worked for Heidrick & Struggles’ GlobalLeadership Practice assessing senior executives around the world. His work included a year-long project for Mark Hurd (then CEO of Hewlett Packard) assessing the top 300 executives at HP.

Greg holds a B.S. in Journalism and an MBA from Stanford University. Originally from London, England, he now lives in Menlo Park, California with his wife, Anna, and their four children.