Terry Jones, the innovator who created Travelocity.com, helps organizations navigate the uncertain future through sharing the tools and techniques he has perfected to create electric corporate cultures that spark new ideas and blaze a path to future success. As Travelocity’s founder as well as chariman of Kayak.com and CIP at America Airlines, Jones has been on the cutting edge of innovations that have changed an industry and altered how we all travel. … [Read more...]

Erik Wahl, renowned graffiti artist and entrepreneur, communicates with audiences through his fast-paced painting and creative message. Using his art to inspire professionals to greater levels of performance, Wahl creates experiences for audiences that spark their creativity, their powers of innovation, and their viewpoint on problems and how to solve them.  McKain has spoken before and consulted for the world’s most influential corporations. … [Read more...]

Neal Petersen’s life journey has taken him from a poverty-stricken childhood in Apartheid South Africa to a round-the-world yacht race in a craft he built himself, giving him a firsthand view of the seemingly insurmountable barriers that face us in life. An award-winning author, world-class solo racing yachtsman, and global investor, Petersen shares real life examples of how he overcame his own daunting challenges by always turning "perceived" disadvantages into advantages—and then into … [Read more...]

Jeff DeGraff’s life reads like an innovation playbook.  The pages are speckled with failures followed by great successes all because of the mantra adopted at an early age from icon Walt Disney: “Keep moving forward.” Jeff knows how to innovate because he has been through the wringer and rolled with the punches, each time adding a new, better, and cleverer play than the last to his dossier. Jeff’s creative and direct take on making innovation really happen have made him a world renowned thought … [Read more...]

Douglas R. Conant, New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker founded Conant Leadership, a growing community of people dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century, in 2011. He is also honored to serve as Chairman of Avon Products as well as Chairman of the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute (KELI) at Northwestern University.  The newly formed KELI initiative is designed to help leaders of today enhance their ability to lead in the “here and now.” This … [Read more...]

Steve Farber is the president of Extreme Leadership, Incorporated, and the founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute, organizations devoted to the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community, non-profits and education. His third book, Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson In Leadership, was a Wall Street Journal® and USA Today® bestseller. His second book, The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World, was hailed as “a playbook for … [Read more...]

Michael Treacy helps business leaders raise their growth ambitions by providing a fresh look at competition, customers, employees and markets – especially the globalizing marketplace. “Companies that have the discipline to focus and the vision to lean into the future, even in unpredictable times, will gain scale, scope and power,” says Treacy, “Those who don’t are at risk.” The author of two bestselling books, The Discipline of Market Leaders and Double-Digit Growth, Treacy draws on a broad and … [Read more...]