Most people think they know American history. Greg Jackson is not so sure.

A historian, professor, and creator of the hit podcast History That Doesn’t Suck!, Jackson has built a following by challenging familiar narratives and making the past feel urgent again. His work extends well beyond the classroom, from his live stage show The Unlikely Union, which has sold out theaters nationwide, to appearances on HISTORY Channel and National Geographic.

Jackson brings real scholarship without the distance that usually comes with it. As a tenured professor and America 250 Professor at Utah Valley University, his work is grounded in primary sources, but his delivery is built for audiences who want clarity, not lectures. His forthcoming book, Been There, Done That, continues that approach, using history to show what people have actually navigated before.

On stage, Jackson focuses on the moments where things could have gone differently. He draws a direct line between past decisions and the pressures leaders face now, giving audiences a sharper way to think about the present.

Alex Spiro is the lawyer people call when the stakes are sky-high and the spotlight is unforgiving. A former Manhattan prosecutor and former coordinator of an autism children’s program Harvard’s psychiatric hospital, he brings behavioral insight to every decision, tactic, and read of the room. He has represented Jay-Z in cases that tested the limits of brand protection, defended Alec Baldwin in the “Rust” matter, and navigated legal firestorms for clients who make headlines by simply walking into a room. Spiro teaches at Harvard Law School, is Chairman of Glassbridge Enterprises, and advises companies operating at the frontier of innovation and risk.

As a speaker, Spiro uncovers what really happens when pressure closes in. Drawing on trials that dominated the news cycle and boardrooms that demand absolute precision, he shows how risk is read, narratives are shaped, and decisions made at the edge hold steady. Audiences leave with a sharper sense of how to read people, manage conflict, and perform when the margin for error is nearly zero.

Few leaders have had a closer view of how global power is shifting than David Lammy. One of the UK’s most senior statesmen, Lammy served as Foreign Secretary during a period of extraordinary geopolitical upheaval, helping steer British diplomacy through crises in the Middle East and deepening support for Ukraine while navigating a changing relationship with the United States.

From the UK’s reset with Europe to the challenges posed by China and Iran, Lammy has been at the table as governments confront a more volatile world order. His relationships across the Atlantic and beyond give him an unusually global perspective on the decisions shaping international affairs.

On stage, Lammy brings audiences inside the rooms where consequential decisions are made. Drawing on more than two decades at the center of British public life, he offers an authoritative perspective on shifting global power and what geopolitical disruption means for leaders navigating uncertainty.

Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi is a true triple threat: a world-class astrophysicist, transformational leader, and master communicator. A Stanford-trained scientist and accomplished inventor, he has spent decades advancing our understanding of the universe and the technologies that make exploration possible. As CEO of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and former NASA Space Science Education Lead, he pairs deep scientific expertise with visionary leadership and a passion for public engagement.

Holding a dozen U.S. and international patents, Oluseyi has made pioneering contributions to computer chip manufacturing and space technology. Seen on PBS NOVA, Discovery, and NASA programs, he is known globally for making science accessible and inspiring through humor, clarity, and heart. His bestselling memoir A Quantum Life traces his journey from hardship to discovery, showing how curiosity and determination can open doors once thought closed. His latest book, Why Do We Exist?, maps the universe across nine interconnected realms, translating complex physics into a clear, compelling framework for understanding how everything fits together and what that means for our place within it. Hakeem helps leaders apply the mindset of cosmic curiosity to everyday business disruption, empowering teams to stay inventive and future-ready.

Columbia Business School professor Dr. Sheena Iyengar is a world expert on choice and decision-making. Her book The Art of Choosing received the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year and inspired an eponymous TED Talk.  Her subsequent book, Think Bigger, was a Gold Medal Winner of the 2024 Axiom Business Book Award. Her research is regularly cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist as well as in popular books, such as Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink and Aziz Ansari’s Modern Romance. Dr. Iyengar has also appeared on television, including The Today Show, The Daily Show, and Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN. Her TED Talks have collectively received 7M views and her research continues to inform markets, businesses, and individuals around the world.

Dr. Iyengar has been named a member of Thinkers50, a global ranking of the top 50 management thinkers. She won the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Core Teaching from Columbia Business School in 2012 and was named one of the World’s Best B-School Professors by Poets and Quants. She has also given keynotes and consulted for companies as wide-ranging as Deloitte, Google, Bloomberg, Blizzard Entertainment, J.P. Morgan & Chase, and The North Face.

Renowned conductor James Conlon has cultivated a vast symphonic, operatic, and choral repertoire and is one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors and educators. Mr. Conlon has spoken internationally about the power of creativity, the enduring importance of classical music, and leadership insights that resonate across industries.

Since his 1974 debut with the New York Philharmonic, Mr. Conlon has conducted virtually every major American and European symphony orchestra. He is Music Director of LA Opera, with whom he has won four Grammy Awards and led more performances than any other conductor in the company’s history, and also serves as Artistic Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Through worldwide touring, an extensive discography and videography, numerous writings, television appearances and guest speaking engagements, he is one of classical music’s most recognized and prolific figures.

Mr. Conlon is an enthusiastic advocate of the role music plays in our shared humanity and civic life. He has worked to call attention to the works of composers silenced by the Nazi regime – which led to the creation of The OREL Foundation, the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices, and his popular TEDx Talk “Resurrecting Forbidden Music.” Mr. Conlon has received numerous honorary doctorates and accolades including the Legion d’Honneur – France’s highest honor – and was personally inducted by then-President Jacques Chirac.

DeMaurice Smith spent fifteen years negotiating against the most powerful owners in sports and walked away having delivered more than $100 billion to players.

As Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, he took on what ESPN called the toughest job in sports and turned it into a platform for leverage. Smith led high-stakes labor battles, navigated public crises from "Deflategate" to player protests, and built a business engine that reshaped how athletes generate value beyond the field.

In his recent book, Turf Wars: The Fight for America’s Game, Smith pulls back the curtain on those moments, offering a clear look at how power, money, and influence actually operate behind closed doors. The same dynamics shaping the NFL are playing out across business and leadership today, which makes his perspective feel less like sports commentary and more like a real-time playbook.

On stage, Smith breaks down how power actually works. He shows how to negotiate when the other side has more resources, how to manage risk when every decision is public, and how to build systems that hold under pressure. His perspective is grounded in experience where the consequences were immediate and the stakes could not be higher.

When the rules of global trade are being rewritten, Kirsten Hillman is in the room.

As Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, she managed one of the world’s most important economic relationships through volatility, political turnover, and shifting trade doctrine. Trusted across party lines, she became a steady hand in Washington at a time when stability was anything but guaranteed.

She helped shape major international agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and played a key role in delivering USMCA—one of the most closely watched trade negotiations in recent history.

On stage, she breaks down what global uncertainty actually means for leaders, offering a clear, experience-backed view of how to navigate risk, protect partnerships, and make decisions when the landscape keeps changing.

What does a healthy childhood look like in a world where screens are almost impossible to escape? Katherine Martinko is an author and leading voice on helping families and schools rethink kids’ relationships with smartphones, social media, and technology.

Author of Childhood Unplugged and Hold the Phone, and a speaker for Jonathan Haidt’s Anxious Generation campaign, Martinko moves the conversation beyond warnings about screen time to what parents, educators, and communities can actually do about it. She offers practical strategies for delaying smartphones, navigating social media, addressing technology in the classroom, and creating more space for independence and free play.

With more than 70 talks across the U.S. and Canada, Martinko brings an accessible, solutions-focused approach to one of the most pressing questions facing families and schools today. Audiences leave with concrete tools they can use immediately and a hopeful vision for raising more independent, resilient kids in the digital age.

Funny, provocative, and endlessly engaging, Harvard Business School professor Leslie John has a gift for making people rethink what they thought they knew about human behavior. An award-winning behavioral scientist, she studies the choices people make in conversation and why our instincts about trust and influence are often spectacularly wrong.

John is the James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, but her work starts with questions that are anything but academic. How much is too much to share? Why can asking questions be more powerful than making an argument? Her forthcoming book, Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing, turns one of our most familiar social anxieties into a surprising case for greater openness.

On stage, John brings the energy of a great storyteller to the rigor of a Harvard researcher. Through humor and counterintuitive findings, she gives audiences a fresh way to understand the people around them and practical ideas for becoming more effective leaders and communicators.

Attachment insecurity at work is the rule, not the exception. And it can be changed.

Dr. Levine's Global Attachment Survey has been completed more than 80,000 times across 100+ countries and 18 languages. 2 in 3 respondents reported an insecure relationship with a boss or co-worker. Even among those who are secure with their spouse, family, and friends, 64% still tested insecure at work. Workplace insecurity is linked in research to lower satisfaction, weaker retention, and lost productivity. The good news: security at work can be measured, built, and improved. These talks and workshops will give you the tools to get there. Find out your attachment style at work and in your other relationships.

Before attachment styles became part of everyday conversation, there was Dr. Amir Levine.

The psychiatrist whose international bestseller Attached transformed modern relationships, Dr. Levine has spent his career explaining one of the most fundamental questions in human behavior: why we connect the way we do. His work combines groundbreaking neuroscience with practical insights that resonate far beyond the therapist’s office, helping audiences understand the hidden forces that shape trust, communication, and resilience in every relationship.

Today, Dr. Levine is expanding that conversation. The science now shows that attachment styles don’t stay home when we go to work: they shape how we collaborate, how we lead, and how we relate to the people we spend most of our days with. Through his groundbreaking work on emotional security, he reveals that secure relationships aren’t something we’re simply born into—they’re something we can build and cultivate. Blending scientific rigor with accessible storytelling, his talks leave audiences with a new way of thinking about connection and a practical roadmap for creating healthier relationships at work, at home, and everywhere in between.

Jennifer Granholm is an American lawyer, educator, author and politician who served most recently as the 16^th United States Secretary of Energy, and previously as the two-term governor of Michigan. As governor, she spearheaded Michigan’s economic recovery after the Great Recession by diversifying the state’s economy to focus on clean energy and revitalizing the auto industry to build electric vehicles. 

As Secretary of Energy (2021-2025), Granholm restructured the U.S. Department of Energy to focus on research and development of advanced clean energy solutions and, importantly, deployment of zero-carbon technologies. She oversaw $200 billion of U.S. DOE investments into companies and projects to accelerate the clean energy transition. During her tenure as Secretary, thanks to the policies and laws that she helped to shape, the country saw record deployment of clean energy — adding the equivalent of 30 Hoover Dams of zero-carbon energy to the nation’s electricity grid in 2024, more than twice as much solar power deployed as ever before. Due to incentives to manufacture in America, businesses announced almost 1,000 factories were coming or expanding in the U.S. to build clean energy products -- solar panels, EVs, batteries, small nuclear reactors, clean hydrogen, geothermal and more. Thanks to DOE’s work, the nation’s transmission grid is seeing an 11X expansion of new transmission miles.

During her tenure as Secretary, DOE with its 110,000 employees was ranked among the Top 10 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. Secretary Granholm was named in 2024 to the "TIME 100 Most Influential People" list, and Forbes’ list of "Top Climate Leaders."

Secretary Granholm taught law and public policy at UC Berkeley from 2011-2020, specializing in clean energy and public leadership. A former Attorney General of Michigan (1998-2002) and an honors graduate of Harvard Law School (1987), she is the author of A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America’s Economic Future, has penned scores of articles and opinion pieces on clean energy, and continues to play a leading role in shaping America’s energy future. Heralded for her forward-looking insight, Granholm brings a balanced and nuanced perspective sorely needed in today's divisive times. 

A Super Bowl champion and one of his generation’s most influential athletes, Russell Wilson continues to inspire the next generation through his unwavering commitment to excellence.

Leadership looks different when the whole world thinks it has the answer. Wilson has spent his career learning how to earn trust without chasing approval, remain focused through passion and overcoming adversity, and lead people toward a common goal to achieve ultimate success. Wilson's perspective carried him and his team to a Super Bowl championship, ten Pro Bowls, and a career that has expanded far beyond football through entrepreneurship with 3BRAND, Why Not You Productions and Limitless Minds. His commitment to uplifting the next generation and create change is cemented in the global work he does through his Why Not You Foundation and being recognized as NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year and Bart Starr Award.

On stage, Wilson explores what it really takes to lead when expectations never disappear. His message goes beyond sports. It's about conviction and dedication to the craft. Audiences leave with a new understanding of how resilient leaders build trust, respond to adversity, and inspire people to believe in something bigger than the moment in front of them.

Glenn Youngkin served as the 74th Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In 2020, Governor Youngkin took a bold step and left his role as Co-CEO of one of the largest investments firms in the world, The Carlyle Group, to win the 2021 historic race in Virginia and ignite the Great Virginia Renaissance during his term-limited four years as Governor. Business investment soared to $157 billion - more than the previous six governors combined. His pro-growth policies spurred record job growth with over 270,000 more Virginians working. With over 200,000 open and available jobs and 85,000 more jobs on the way, he drove unprecedented business investment in the Commonwealth.

As America's Education Governor, Youngkin delivered record education investment, lead in recovering learning loss after the pandemic, set a national standard for bell-to-bell cellphone-free education, expanded choice, and put parents at the head of the table. Governor Youngkin’s Back-the-Blue pro law enforcement policies led to a 30% reduction in the murder rate and a nationally leading 60% reduction in fentanyl overdoses. Governor Youngkin brought a business mindset to government - reducing wait times at the DMV from 35 minutes to 6 minutes, transforming the behavioral health system and delivering $10 billion in budget surpluses. Governor Youngkin's commonsense conservative leadership delivered on his frequent refrain that "results matter."

Today, Governor Youngkin serves as Chairman of venture firm, Red Cell Partners, in addition to providing board and advisory services to several companies and non-profits.

From a family ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley to the Cabinet Room, the U.S. Senate, and the ambassador's residence in Mexico City, Ken Salazar has spent a lifetime helping shape America's future.

A fifth-generation Coloradan whose family has lived in the American Southwest for more than four centuries, Salazar brings a worldview shaped by deep personal roots and decades of public service. As U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Secretary of the Interior, and U.S. Senator, he worked at the center of some of the defining issues shaping North America, including immigration, border security, energy, trade, and economic opportunity. His forthcoming book, Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America, reflects his lifelong commitment to building stronger connections across communities and across borders.

Drawing on a career spent navigating complex challenges across government, diplomacy, and business, Salazar helps audiences understand the forces reshaping the United States and its relationship with Mexico. He offers a thoughtful perspective on leadership, public service, the opportunities that emerge when people work across divides, and on the urgent need for a New American Alliance.

When the stakes are highest, there is no time for perfect information. Dr. Darria Long has spent her career making life-or-death decisions anyway.

That's what emergency medicine demands. As a Harvard and Yale-trained emergency physician, Dr. Long has spent years making consequential decisions in an environment where hesitation has real consequences. Today, she brings that experience beyond the hospital, revealing how the mindset that saves lives can help leaders navigate uncertainty with greater confidence and better judgment. Her keynotes turn the realities of the emergency room into practical lessons for a world where change is constant and the pressure never lets up.

A trusted medical expert for CNN, NBC, and Netflix, bestselling author, and national spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians, Dr. Long has a rare ability to make high-pressure decision-making both compelling and immediately useful. Audiences leave with practical tools they can apply the moment they're back at work—and a new perspective on what it really means to lead when the answers aren't obvious.

Composer. Producer. Visionary. One of the most influential storytellers of our time.

Few composers in history have shaped the global soundscape of musical theatre as profoundly as Andrew Lloyd Webber. Across his career his work has transcended the stage to become one of the most commercially successful and culturally influential catalogues of all time.

From Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita to Jesus Christ Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, School of Rock and many more, his productions continue to captivate audiences around the globe, entertaining generations and redefining what musical theatre is. His most successful production Phantom of the Opera has become a global phenomenon, with productions playing to 160 million people in 217 cities, 52 territories and in 23 languages since it first premiered in London.

Known for constant innovation, recent successes include CATS: The Jellicle Ball - a reimagined version of CATS inspired by New York's ballroom culture – that transferred to Broadway and won three Tony Awards. While Off-Broadway, Masquerade - an immersive reimagining of Phantom of the Opera - received widespread critical acclaim and was recognised with a Drama Desk Special Award for Excellence.

Beyond musical theatre, Lloyd Webber has a deep interest and knowledge of art and architecture. He owns one of the finest private collections of pre-Raphaelite art and is a passionate advocate for music education, supporting tens of thousands of children through the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.

In rare and personal conversations, he reflects on the risks, triumphs, and setbacks that have shaped his career. Audiences gain insight into the making of iconic productions, his collaborations with leading artists, and the lessons behind sustaining creative excellence.

Candid, reflective, and often surprisingly funny, Lloyd Webber offers an unforgettable evening of stories and insights from a life spent shaping culture on a global scale. His perspective extends beyond the stage, touching on creativity, leadership, reinvention, and what it takes to build work that endures.

One of the select few artists to achieve EGOT status, his other honors include a UK peerage and his appointment as Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, the oldest and highest Order of Chivalry in Britain. Typically reserved for members of the Royal Family or former heads of state, Lloyd Webber is the first person from the arts to receive this honour in its 700-year history.

With a career spanning five decades and counting, Andrew Lloyd Webber continues to be one of the most influential figures in modern entertainment.

Most people know Hank Azaria’s voice long before they know his face.

A six-time Emmy Award winner, Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and Tony Award nominee, Azaria is best known as the voice behind more than 100 characters on The Simpsons, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, and Comic Book Guy. Across film, television, and theater, from The Birdcage to Brockmire and Ray Donovan, his career has been defined by an unusual ability to inhabit wildly different personalities while revealing something deeply human underneath.

That perspective has not come without reflection. In recent years, Azaria has spoken openly about voicing Apu, The Simpsons’ Indian convenience store owner, and the responsibility that comes with representation, ultimately stepping away from the role. He also shares his decades-long recovery from addiction and the ongoing discipline it requires, offering an honest look at the personal work behind growth and change.

On stage, Azaria reflects on creativity and reinvention through the lens of a lifetime spent studying how people communicate. Moving between personal stories and live character moments, he shares what performance reveals about empathy, adaptability, and connection. Audiences leave laughing and suddenly recognizing just how often Hank Azaria has been in their heads for years.

Jack Lew is a distinguished attorney, diplomat, and policymaker with a remarkable career spanning both public service and the private sector. As the 76th Secretary of the Treasury (2013–2017) and United States Ambassador to Israel, Lew played a pivotal role in shaping global economic policy and U.S. foreign relations. He also served as White House Chief of Staff (2012–2013) and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under both the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Lew’s extensive experience extends beyond government service. Prior to 2010, Lew served as managing director and chief operating officer for two different Citigroup business units. Lew was tapped by Citigroup for his work as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of New York​ University, where he was responsible for budget, finance, and operations, and served as a professor of public administration. From 2004 through 2008, Lew served on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service and chaired its Management, Administration, and Governance Committee. As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1993 to 1994, Mr. Lew helped design Americorps, the national service program.

Lew began his career in Washington in 1973 as a legislative aide. From 1979 to 1987, he was a principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr, when he served the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee as Assistant Director and then Executive Director. He was the Speaker's liaison to the Greenspan Commission, which negotiated a bipartisan solution to extend the solvency of Social Security in 1983, and he was responsible for domestic and economic issues, including Medicare, budget, tax, trade, appropriations, and energy issues. With deep expertise in public finance, policy, and international relations, Lew offers invaluable insights into leadership, economic strategy, and governance, making him an ideal speaker for audiences seeking perspectives on global economics and public service.

Anna Wintour is one of the most influential leaders in modern media. For more than thirty years, she has led Vogue and Condé Nast, demonstrating an uncommon ability to read the cultural and commercial moment. As a speaker, Ms. Wintour talks from the vantage point of someone who has spent decades making consequential decisions and steadying institutions through disruption.

Her name signals authority and discernment. That judgment extended beyond publishing, transforming the Met Gala into a global philanthropic engine and raising more than $400 million for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work also spans public health and philanthropy, including long-standing advocacy in the fight against HIV and AIDS, recognized by the American Foundation for AIDS Research, and her role as Co-Founder of the Center for Youth Mental Health.

Wintour’s influence has been recognized at the highest levels internationally. She has received a damehood from Queen Elizabeth II, been appointed a Companion of Honour by King Charles III, awarded France’s Légion d’Honneur by President Nicolas Sarkozy, and honored with the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Audiences hear from a voice whose experience is singular and whose influence has defined how modern media operates at scale.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is a father, humanitarian, military veteran, and mental health advocate dedicated to driving permanent global change. During his ten years in the British Armed Forces, he completed two tours in Afghanistan. After, he founded the Invictus Games Foundation, a world-renowned sports platform for the rehabilitation of wounded and injured service personnel.

Prince Harry is also the founder and/or patron of a number of global charities including Travalyst, Sentebale, WellChild, and Scotty’s Little Soldiers, and he sits on the board of African Parks. Alongside his wife, Meghan, he co-founded Archewell Philanthropies to support communities in need, and Archewell Productions to produce inspiring content. He was named Chief Impact Officer at BetterUp in 2021, the largest mental health and coaching startup in the world. His leadership in both environment and mental health advocacy has earned him recognition from TIME Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People" alongside his wife in 2018, 2021, and for his climate work in 2024.

A New York Times bestselling author, his memoir Spare became the fastest-selling non-fiction book in history on its first day. Prince Harry lives in California with Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

An Academy Award. A billion-dollar franchise. A presence the camera cannot ignore.

Lupita Nyong’o commands space in any medium she enters. Her Oscar-winning breakthrough in 12 Years a Slave announced a singular talent. Black Panther helped redefine what a global blockbuster could look like. In Us and A Quiet Place: Day One, she anchors high-stakes storytelling on restraint and control alone, holding audiences in complete silence or collective breath.

Her reach extends well beyond Hollywood. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sulwe and host of the Webby Award–winning podcast Mind Your Own, Nyong’o shapes global conversations about identity and belonging. Her advocacy for women’s health, including funding research for uterine fibroids, reflects a clear throughline: influence is most powerful when used with intention. 

Jonathan Kanter — Leading Authority on AI, Competition, and the Future of Market Power

As the former Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the U.S. Department of Justice (2021–2024), Jonathan Kanter has been at the forefront of the most defining economic and technological battles of our time—namely, the rise of artificial intelligence, digital dominance, and fair competition in global markets. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s most influential antitrust thinkers, he led landmark efforts to modernize enforcement for the AI era, ensuring innovation thrives while preventing monopoly abuses from stifling new entrants.

Today, Kanter is uniquely positioned to help companies understand what’s coming next. His insights translate complex regulatory shifts into clear, strategic guidance for leaders navigating rapid technological change. Whether discussing responsible AI deployment, market fairness, or the evolving dynamics between Big Tech and emerging disruptors, Kanter delivers a powerful message: organizations that prepare for competitive resilience now will be the ones shaping the future economy.

Perfect for leadership teams, corporate boards, and industries undergoing digital transformation, Kanter’s keynotes and conversations equip audiences with a forward-looking playbook to stay compliant, innovative, and ahead of the curve in a world where AI is rewriting the rules.