Founder of Strategos, an international management consulting firm and visiting Professor of Strategic Management at London Business School, Gary Hamel is the originator of the concept of core competencies. He is also the director of the Woodside Institute, a non-profit research foundation.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an internationally known business leader, best-selling author, and expert on strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. She is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She advises major corporations and governments worldwide, and is the author or co-author of 15 books.

Watts Wacker is one of the world's most respected futurists. He helps the world's top corporations and organizations navigate the changes and challenges of the new millennium through his work as a lecturer, best-selling author, political commentator and social critic. He was also Time magazine's 2006 Person of the Year.

Entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe started the sushi chain YO! Sushi. The concept was to make eating a complete entertainment experience and featured call buttons, robot drinks trolleys and Japanese TV. Simon has most recently appeared on the BBC 2 produced worldwide hit program Dragons' Den as one of the formidable panelists, who make and break the dreams of would-be entrepreneurs as they pitch their business ideas for financing.

Tyler Brule was trained as a journalist with the BBC, but eventually left the journalism field and launched a style and fashion magazine called Wallpaper*, one of the most influential fashion magazines of the 1990s. He's been a regular columnist for the Financial Times, The New York Times, and others.

Tim Smit is a millionaire record producer who enjoyed popular triumph with artists including Barry Manilow and the Nolan Sisters. Called the "Richard Branson of Cornwall", Smit's humble mission is to tell the world the story of plants that changed history. His "Eden Project" in Cornwall is what he calls a "living theatre of plants" -- 250,000 of them!

The subject of numerous magazine articles, including two profiles in Vanity Fair, an interview on Larry King Live, and an entry in Marquis Who's Who, Barbara Guggenheim regularly contributes humor to W and ELLE magazines. She's written several books, including Decorating on eBay and How to Be Smart Money in Art.

Featured in FORTUNE magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company magazine in recognition for his work for HP, Nike, PBS, and others, Keith Yamashita is a strategist and writer with years of experience in helping CEOs turn their companies around. He has a strong background in launching new companies and brands, as well as transforming large, multinational companies.

Dr. Edward de Bono is widely regarded as the world's leading authority in the field of creative and conceptual thinking, and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He has authored 60 books translated into 35 languages on the topic of thinking. His sessions, invariably sellouts, are sought after by business, government and education globally.

"Catching what is right in the world and playfully sparking people and businesses to grow toward the extraordinary" describes Joseph Michelli. Featured on the best selling lists of the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek Magazine, and USA Today, Dr. Joseph Michelli is an internationally sought-after speaker, organizational psychologist, and business consultant.