James Clear is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, a transformative book that has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 60 languages. Clear’s work delves deeply into behavioral psychology, addressing the profound question, “How can we live better?” with actionable, research-based strategies that resonate across cultures and industries. He is also the creator of the 3-2-1 weekly newsletter, which reaches over 3 million email subscribers and offers distilled wisdom on habits, decision-making, and self-improvement.

Trust and Inspire: Unleashing Greatness in Others

• Research-based, proven strategies to build good habits and break bad ones
• The laws of behavior change: Key strategies for getting 1% better every day
• Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower: Building systems for success even when you’re not feeling motivated
• Identity-based habits: Shifting your mindset to create lasting change
• How to overcome procrastination and build consistency through small, daily actions

Una delle donne più influenti del mondo della finanza

Carla Harris è Senior Client Advisor presso Morgan Stanley, responsabile dell'aumento della client connectivity per migliorare la revenue generation in tutta l'azienda. Con una vasta esperienza nei settori della tecnologia, dei media, della vendita al dettaglio, delle telecomunicazioni, dei trasporti, dell'industria e della sanità, Harris fa parte di numerosi consigli di amministrazione finanziari e filantropici. Nel 2013 è stata nominata dal Presidente Barack Obama alla presidenza del National Women's Business Council.

Harris è stata inserita dalla rivista Fortune nell'elenco dei 50 dirigenti neri più potenti dell'America corporativa, nella U.S. Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance ed è autrice di Strategize to Win and Expect to Win. È anche conduttrice del podcast premiato con il Webby Award Access & Opportunity with Carla Harris.

Lead to Win

• Re-examining leadership fundamentals: From taking risks and creating a vision, to leveraging assets like relationships and partnerships
• How the great leaders excel at creating other leaders
• Common leadership gaps that could impede or damage any leader’s effectiveness
• Bringing intentionality to diversity and inclusion

The world’s leading authority on competitive strategy

Widely recognized as the father of modern business strategy, Michael Porter is a renowned economist and one of the world’s most legendary thinkers on management and competitiveness. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, Porter has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies and societies today. He is the creator of influential concepts such as the Five Forces framework, which transformed how organizations analyze competition. Porter is also the author of seminal works including Competitive Advantage, Competitive Strategy e The Competitive Advantage of Nations, which have profoundly impacted both academic thought and practical management approaches around the world.

The Transformation of Competition

• The fundamental drivers of industry competition and how to analyze the industry structure to identify and maximize competitive advantage
• Keys to design a correct strategic positioning: creating unique value through a lasting competitive advantage
• How companies can integrate social issues into strategy to benefit society and, at the same time, strengthen profitability

World’s leading authority on talent management

A Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Dave Ulrich is considered the father of modern human resource management and one of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world. He is the author and co-author of more than 30 books and 200 articles, and since he published his Human Resource Management in the 1990s, he has remained one of the key references to define new ways of seeing leadership, talent, and human resources.

In addition, Ulrich is a partner in the RBL Group, a consultancy focused on helping leaders and their organizations make better use of the human resources they already have. He also sits on the board of directors for Herman Miller and Southern Virginia University.

Moving beyond the war for talent

• The societal forces that make HR more relevant than ever
• Why your organization’s success lies, not in the talent you have, but what you do with the talent once you have it
• Leveraging talent throughout your organization to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts
• How to build capabilities, strengthen systems, and empower human capital—for longer lasting success

Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate and Co-founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice

Described as “a brilliant legal mind,” Amal Clooney is the co-founder, along with her husband, George Clooney, of the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Operating in more than 40 countries, the CFJ provides free legal support to victims of vulnerable communities, including women, LGBTQ+ individuals, democracy defenders, and journalists. A barrister specializing in international law and human rights, Amal Clooney represents victims of human rights violations in international courts, including the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the European Court of Human Rights.

In addition to her court work, she advises governments and individuals on legal issues within her areas of expertise. In 2024, Amal Clooney received the Legal 500 Lawyer of the Year award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to international law. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School and a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute.

Empowering Change Through Social Justice

• Exploring the role of business in building a more just society
• Advocating for women’s empowerment
• Harnessing the power of purpose to inspire and drive meaningful change

Leader trasformazionale ed ex CEO di PepsiCo

L'ex CEO e presidente di PepsiCo Indra Nooyi è una figura di spicco del mondo degli affari, nota a livello globale per aver guidato l'azienda in un decennio di crescita e cambiamenti straordinari. È stata responsabile della crescita del fatturato di PepsiCo da 35 miliardi di dollari quando è diventata CEO, a 63,5 miliardi di dollari nel 2017. Attualmente fa parte dei consigli di amministrazione di Amazon, Philips e Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ed è direttore autonomo dell'International Cricket Council.

Più volte presente nelle classifiche Forbes The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Fortune's Most Powerful Women e TIME's 100 Most Influential People in The World, Nooyi è ricercata per le sue impareggiabili intuizioni commerciali e per i suoi messaggi responsabilizzanti su leadership, inclusività e cambiamento. È autrice del bestseller del New York Times My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future.

Leading Through Times of Change

• Actionable takeaways on how to foster large-scale cultural change
• On challenging the status-quo and creating room for new ideas even when it seems to threaten a business’ foundations
• Performance with Purpose: What it means to “do well by doing good”
• Building a diverse and inclusive workplace where every voice is heard and person is welcome

Renowned psychologist and leading authority on Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman’s contributions to the field of psychology have had a transformational impact on the world of business and beyond. He has been named by the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times as one of their most influential business thinkers and is the author of numerous best-selling books including Emotional Intelligence e Focus.

The Harvard Business Review called Emotional Intelligence “a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea” and chose his article What Makes a Leader as one of ten “must-read” articles from its pages. Goleman has received many journalistic awards for his writing, including two nominations for the Pulitzer Prize. His best seller, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, argues that leadership that gets results demands a triple focus: On our ourselves; on others, for our relationships; and on the outer forces that shape organizations and society.

Building an Emotionally Intelligent Workplace

• How to learn to face new daily adversities
• Keys to developing Emotional Intelligence at every level of your organization
• How to dynamize teams by leveraging Emotional Intelligence

Ex Chairman e CEO di Hewlett-Packard Company e autrice di best seller

Entusiasta e stimolante sostenitrice del problem-solving, dell’innovazione e di uno stile di leadership efficace, Carly Fiorina è stata la prima donna alla guida di un’azienda della Fortune 50, quando è stata ingaggiata per guidare la Hewlett Packard (HP) nel 1999. Sotto la sua guida, il fatturato è cresciuto, l’innovazione è triplicata, la crescita è quadruplicata e HP è diventata l’undicesima azienda più grande degli Stati Uniti.

La sua vasta esperienza spazia dal marketing alla produzione, dalle vendite alla pianificazione strategica, dalle risorse umane alla ricerca e sviluppo, dalla finanza all’ingegneria, alla supply chain fino alla logistica. Ha guidato team e organizzazioni nel settore privato, pubblico e sociale. Oggi è Founder e Chairman di Carly Fiorina Enterprises e di Unlocking Potential, un’organizzazione no-profit che investe nel potenziale umano, sostenendo i leader locali che stanno affrontando problemi di varia natura nelle loro comunità e nei posti di lavoro.

Leading Organizational Transformation

• How to increase the problem-solving and leadership capacity of organizations
• What it takes to help others reach their highest leadership potential
• A blueprint for navigating uncertainty, managing change, and building a high-performance culture
• What it takes to drive transformational change

Bestselling author and Publisher of Optimism Press

Simon Sinek è un irremovibile ottimista. Crede in un futuro luminoso e nella nostra capacità di costruirlo insieme. Descritto come "un pensatore visionario dal raro intelletto", Sinek ha dedicato la sua vita professionale a sviluppare una visione del mondo che ancora non esiste: un mondo in cui la maggioranza delle persone si sveglia ogni mattina ispirata, si sente al sicuro ovunque si trovi e termina la giornata appagata dal proprio lavoro.

He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including Start with WHY, Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism. In addition, Sinek is the Founder of The Optimism Company, a leadership learning and development company, and he publishes other inspiring thinkers and doers through his publishing partnership with Penguin Random House called Optimism Press.

Leading and Managing Talent Through the Infinite Game

• Explore a new way of looking at your leadership, your organization, and the environment in which it operates
• Practices to maintain and rebuild trust, and how to avoid breaking it
• Learn how to build stronger relationships, which are the basis for the The Courage to Lead
• How to combat the inevitable stresses and dangers that threaten your organization, team, and each individual in your charge

Prima CEO donna di IBM (2012-2020)

Ginni Rometty è l'ex direttore generale, presidente e CEO di IBM. Sotto la sua guida, IBM si è trasformata, gettando le basi per una nuova era tecnologica e raggiungendo risultati record in termini di diversità e inclusione.

Through her work with the Business Roundtable, Rometty helped redefine the purpose of the corporation. Today, she serves on multiple boards and is co-chair of OneTen, an organization of companies committed to upskilling, hiring, and promoting one million Black Americans over the next ten years into family-sustaining jobs. She is also the author of Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work and World.

Leading Positive Change

• Exercising good power: How to drive meaningful change in positive ways
• Meeting the challenge of building belief and trust on the path to real change
• How to engage multiple stakeholders when implementing a new strategic direction
• Making difficult choices and staying resilient when times are tough

L’olimpionico di maggior successo di sempre

Uno degli atleti più ammirati al mondo e l'olimpionico più decorato di tutti i tempi, Phelps ha partecipato ai suoi primi Giochi Olimpici all'età di 15 anni. Ha un totale di 28 medaglie, di cui 23 d'oro, e ha partecipato ai Giochi Olimpici di Atene, Pechino, Londra e Rio de Janeiro. È il primo nuotatore americano a far parte di cinque squadre olimpiche e ai Giochi olimpici del 2016 è diventato il più anziano vincitore di una medaglia d'oro individuale nella storia del nuoto olimpico.

Nel 2008 Phelps ha creato la Michael Phelps Foundation e nel 2010, in collaborazione con la Michael Phelps Swim School e KidsHealth.org, ha sviluppato il programma "im" che insegna ai bambini l'importanza di essere attivi e sani, concentrandosi sullo sport del nuoto. Da quando si è ritirato dal nuoto agonistico, Phelps si è anche impegnato attivamente nella sensibilizzazione e nella promozione della salute mentale.

Sustaining High Performance

• Insights on goal setting and the mindset necessary to prepare for success
• Facing failure and self-doubt: Lessons learnt from when times were toughest
• Staying motivated: Developing the desire to keep setting the bar higher year after year
• The importance of raising awareness around mental health and personal wellbeing to sustain high performance

One of the most influential and successful filmmakers of all time

James Cameron is an acclaimed film-maker, explorer and environmental advocate. As Director, writer and producer he is responsible for some of the most memorable films of the past three decades, such as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Titanic, and Avatar. This last film was, for 10 years, the highest grossing film in history with over $2.7 billion in global box office, beating the previous record holder, Cameron’s own film Titanic, which held that record for 12 years. The second part of the movie, Avatar 2: The Way of Water, raised 2.1$ billion of income. In brief, three of the four highest grossing films in history are signed by Cameron.

His films have also earned numerous nominations and awards, most notably Titanic’s 14 Academy Award nominations (tied for the record) and 11 Oscars (also a record), including Cameron’s own 3 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Editing. His fascination with technical developments has led him to important contributions in 3D filming, underwater filming and remote vehicle technology.

Lessons from a Hollywood Pioneer

• The skills and characteristics needed to consistently and effectively push technological and creative boundaries
• How to deal with doubt and uncertainty when faced with failures along the way
• The evolution of storytelling: How to develop powerful stories that capture people’s imaginations
• Using technology in a way that amplifies rather than diminishes the human experience

A globally-recognized thinker on how AI affects human judgment, Renée Richardson Gosline is an award-winning Research Scientist and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the head of the Human-First AI group at MIT’s Initiative on The Digital Economy. Named a Digital Fellow at Stanford’s Digital Economy Lab, Gosline has also been recognized as one of the World’s Top 40 Professors under 40 by Poets and Quants, and as “one of the brightest minds in AI” by Inc. Magazine in 2024. Her research specializes in AI CX strategy, creating a culture of experimentation, and Responsible AI.  She is the author of the forthcoming book, In Praise of Friction.

Human-Centered AI for a Breakthrough Customer Experience

• Key principles of a successful customer experience strategy: Balancing data-driven insights with human emotion
• Finding the friction sweet spot: Why friction can be good and how to harness its power for a seamless customer journey
• Ethical AI and inclusive leadership: Strategies to craft unbiased, customer-centric experiences that resonate with all clients
• Cultivating a culture of innovation through behavioral science and human-centered AI
  

A former senior robotics researcher and Mars Exploration research engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Ayanna Howard is the current Dean of Engineering at The Ohio State University.   She is the co-founder and board director of Zyrobotics, a STEM education and therapy company that designs products for children with special needs. Foremost authority on human emotion-centered robotic design, her work and accomplishments have been the subject of numerous articles and profiles, including in Time, USA Today and Black Enterprise.  Howard is also the author of the best-selling audiobook Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI.

Make AI Work For Your Business

• How AI and robotics will define the future of businesses across industries: An optimistic approach
• Understanding and mitigating the unintended consequences and ethical challenges of AI
• How to generate a culture of trust and accountability among employees
• Leveraging AI for human-centered innovation: Strategies for enhancing productivity and connection
• Diverse teams in AI development: Keys to creating inclusive products

Autorità in materia di sicurezza psicologica presso la Harvard Business School

A renowned expert on organisational learning and leadership and the world’s #1 ranked management thinker, Amy Edmondson has been studying psychological safety and workplace behaviours for more than 20 years.  The Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, Edmondson helps organisations identify barriers to success that are often hidden inside a workplace culture. Her work has helped major firms vastly improve performance by building an environment of psychological safety, transparency and collaborative teaming. She is the bestselling author of The Fearless Organization, e del recente Right Kind of Wrong, which won the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2023. 

Psychological Safety: Unlocking Growth Through Intelligent Failure

• How to nurture an environment where employees feel safe and empowered
• Improve learning, cooperation and performance by fostering a culture of psychological safety
• How leaders can transform their perspective on setbacks by embracing the intelligent failures that are vital to innovation
• Tailored practices, skills and mindsets for taking smart risks and using mistakes as springboards for profound learning and competitive differentiation

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author who explores the science of motivation, generosity, rethinking, and potential.  Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years, he is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of six books that have sold millions of copies and been translated into 45 languages: Hidden Potential, Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B, and Power Moves. ​Grant earned tenure at Wharton while still in his twenties and he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, rethink assumptions, and live more generous and creative lives.

Unlocking Hidden Potential for Exceptional Leadership

• A new framework for raising aspirations, exceeding expectations, and leveraging strengths for success
• How to build the character skills and motivational structures to develop your leadership potential
• Designing systems to create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked
• Developing the competencies needed to respond to and find strength in adversity
  

Research Professor and Author

Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She also holds the position of visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She is the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers and is the host of two award-winning podcasts, Unlocking Us e Dare to Lead. Brown spends most of her time working in organizations around the world, helping develop braver leaders and more courageous cultures.

The Courage to Lead

• Building the Strength and Grounded Confidence to Lead
• Armored leadership vs. Daring leadership
• The Role of Curiosity and Humility in Mental Toughness

Seth Godin is one of the most inspiring, influential, and creative business thinkers of our time. Author of 22 international bestselling books translated into 39 languages, Godin covers a wide range of topics from creativity and change processes to how ideas are transmitted. Notable works include Purple Cow e Linchpin, and his most recent book, This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans. A serial entrepreneur, Godin also writes one of the world’s most prestigious and widely read blogs, where he publishes daily insights on management and the digital world.

Leading Creativity through the Pursuit of the Unconventional

• The importance of “doing work that matters”: Creating value and impact rather than following trends
• Keys to embracing originality and breaking away from conventional norms
• The skills and characteristics needed to consistently and effectively push creative boundaries
• How to promote a mindset of lifelong learning and curiosity to keep ideas fresh and innovative
• How creativity connects with marketing and is the act of solving interesting problems

Widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles has revolutionized the sport with her extraordinary skill, and in the process has become a symbol of resilience, humility, and advocacy for mental health. She has captured six All-Around World Championship titles, making her the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history with 30 medals, including 23 gold. An eleven-time Olympic medalist, Biles’ technical prowess has led to an unprecedented five gymnastic skills being named after her.  Her autobiography, Courage to Soar, became a New York Times bestseller, and her remarkable story was brought to life in the Netflix series Simone Biles Rising. She also supports initiatives that help young people in foster care and adoption systems.

Rising Stronger: Well-Being, Performance, and the Road to Greatness

• Facing failure and self-doubt: Lessons learnt from when times were toughest
• The importance of raising awareness around mental health and personal wellbeing to sustain high performance
• Knowing when to step back, recover, and rise stronger: Keys to achieving greatness
• Managing pressure and prioritizing self-care while in the spotlight

Scott Galloway, an influential expert in brand strategy, is the clinical professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, a position he has held for more than twenty years. He is also a tech entrepreneur who founded several firms, including L2, Red Envelope, and Prophet Brand Strategy. Galloway is the author of several New York Times bestselling books, including The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google e Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity. Recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of the “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” he has advised prominent brands and organizations such as Gateway Inc. and Urban Outfitters.

The Future of Strategy: Navigating Trends to Discover Creative Solutions

• Cuts through the noise: The products and trends that are receiving too much vs. too little attention and investment
• Creative solutions that will shape the future across various sectors over the next decade and beyond
• AI Strategy: Its rise, impact, driving innovation, and creating new opportunities
• What winning brands have in common and how to implement their strategies