Speaker Spotlight: Harnessing Introversion with Susan Cain
About Susan Cain Susan Cain is the co-founder of Quiet Revolution and the author of the bestsellers Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in A World That Can’t Stop Talking, which has been translated into 40 languages, has been on the New York Times bestseller list for almost […]
Speaker Spotlight: President Obama’s Summer Reading List
Below is an extract from President Obama’s summer reading list: One of my favorite parts of summer is deciding what to read when things slow down just a bit, whether it’s on a vacation with family or just a quiet afternoon. This summer I’ve been absorbed by new novels, revisited an old classic, and reaffirmed […]
Speaker Spotlight: Finding Purpose in Business with John Mackey
About John Mackey John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market, has taken the natural and organic grocer from a single store in Austin, Texas in 1978, to a $15.7 billion Fortune 500 company and a top U.S. supermarket. In 1981, Austin’s worst flood in history almost bankrupted the original store, and community efforts […]
Speaker Spotlight: Deciphering Value with Don Tapscott
About Don Tapscott Don Tapscott, CEO of The Tapscott Group, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored over 15 books, including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, which has been translated into over 25 languages. Don has been advancing groundbreaking concepts for over […]
Everything you missed @ Stockholm Final
August 15th made company history for Nordic Business Forum! It was the final round of our Speaker Sourcing Contest, which took place in the heart of Stockholm, and we had audiences joining us in person and online via our livestream broadcast. This event was the culmination of a half-year-long contest to find fresh, new talent […]
Speaker Spotlight: Talking Strengths with Marcus Buckingham
About Marcus Buckingham Marcus Buckingham is a global researcher and thought leader focused on unlocking strengths, increasing performance, and pioneering the future of how people work. Building on nearly two decades of experience as a senior researcher at Gallup Organization, he currently guides the vision of ADP Research Institute as head and talent expert. He […]
Speaker Spotlight: Getting to Flow with Steven Kotler
About Steven Kotler Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the co-founder & director of research for the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on ultimate human performance. His 2016 book, BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World, is a […]
Speaker Spotlight: Rapid Fire with Lindsey Vonn
About Lindsey Vonn Lindsey Vonn is the most successful female alpine skier in the history of the sport and is on her way to becoming the most successful ski racer ever. Over the course of her career, she has captured a world-record 82 World Cup wins en route to 20 FIS Alpine World Cup titles […]
#NBForum2018 Speaker Protips
Our brand new Speaker Sourcing Contest has hit the ground running this year, and it’s hard to believe that we are already in the home stretch. The contest, which set out to find individuals with fresh perspectives and management ideas and give them a platform to speak, is coming to a close on Wednesday 15 […]
Speaker Spotlight: Separating Minds from Machines with Andrew McAfee
About Andrew McAfee Andrew McAfee is the co-founder and co-director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy and a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing business, the economy, and society. His 2014 book on these topics, The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity […]
Speaker Spotlight: Number Crunching with Aswath Damodaran
About Aswath Damodaran Aswath Damodaran is the Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. He teaches the corporate finance and valuation courses in the MBA program. In addition to being the author of multiple books on valuation, his accomplished teaching has earned him the Stern School […]
Speaker Spotlight: Feeling the Power with Amy Cuddy
About Amy Cuddy Social psychologist and bestselling author Amy Cuddy is an expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice. She is known around the world for her 2012 TED Talk, which is the second-most-viewed talk in TED’s history. Amy, who teaches leadership at Harvard, earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University and has […]