Christian Rangen
Christian Rangen is a strategist, author, entrepreneur and business school lecturer. He consults companies around the world on innovation, business models, leadership and change. He helps companies on strategic transformation and corporate entrepreneurship. Most recently, he has been developing and running corporate accelerator programmes on smart cities, energy, digital...
Nayla Al Khaja
Nayla Al Khaja is the first female film Director/Producer in the United Arab Emirates. CEO of Nayla Al Khaja Films (previously D-Seven Motion Pictures), she founded in 2007 The Scene Club, Dubai’s first film club, which now counts over 22,000 registered members. Al Khaja wrote and directed several films,...
Steve Blank
Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, having worked in 8 start-ups in two decades (with four IPOs). He currently works as an academic, teaching at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and NYU. Blank has changed how start-ups are built; how entrepreneurship is taught world-wide; how science is commercialised in the...
Erik Heinelt
Erik Heinelt is one of the leading startup entrepreneurs. He has started and run internet startups on three continents and “Wirtschaftswoche” rated him one of the leaders of the startup-scene. Heinelt (born 1987) studied at European Business School in Reutlingen and started his career at Rocket Internet AG, where...
Sophie Bialaszewski
Sophie Bialaszewski isn’t your usual digital leader, neither is how she got there. With a background in public policy and communications her differentiator is her ability to combine culture change, innovation and communications to deliver campaigns and programmes that inspire and excite people. Sophie is passionate about helping people...
Simon Woodroffe
Founder, owner and creative driving force behind all things YO!, Simon Woodroffe left school at the age of 16 and spent 30 years in the entertainment business. His production companies in London and Los Angeles designed and staged concerts for many artists during the 70′s and 80′s, including The...
Mick Cornett
Mick Cornett was the mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, having served in that position since 2004. He was the first mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to four terms and was the longest-serving mayor among the 50 largest cities in America. One of Cornett’s most...
Luc Besson
Luc Besson is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Starting out in 1977 as an assistant director in France and the USA, he gradually emerged as one of very few French directors and producers of international stature. In 1983, Luc Besson directed his first feature, The Last Battle, which...
Lynda Gratton
Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at London Business School. Lynda is considered one of the world’s authorities on people in organisations. A trained psychologist, she worked for British Airways for several years as an occupational psychologist. Prior to joining London Business School she was director of HR...
James Bannerman
James Bannerman is author of GENIUS!, the best selling book which sets out to increase the number of genius moments in your life. He is also a creative change agent who combines creativity with psychology to help businesses innovate. As an innovation consultant he has worked with many leading...
