Innovators and Experts
HCI events showcase the best and brightest thought leaders from private and public sector organizations, world-renowned professors and authors, and game-changing new economy leaders. Our presenters are the innovators and proven experts in business and talent strategy. We invite you to learn, share and build relationships with the speakers, mentors and advisors in HCI’s global community.
Recent Contributors
Dr. David Ulrich
Professor of Business
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Author of: Human Resource Champions, HR Competencies: Mastery at the Intersection of People and Business, The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance, The HR Value Proposition, The Future of Human Resource Management: 64 Thought Leaders Explore the Critical HR Issues of Today and Tomorrow.
Dr. Robert Reich
Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley
Former Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton
Author of: Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life, Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America, The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism, Locked in the Cabinet, I’ll Be Short: Essentials for a Decent Working Society, The Next American Frontier, The Future of Success, Tales of a New America, Public Management in a Democratic Society
Dr. Thomas Davenport
Director of Research, School of Executive Education
Babson College
Author of: Competing on Analytics: the New Science of Winning, Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performances and Results from Knowledge Workers, What’s the Big Idea: Creating and Capitalizing on the Best Management Thinking, The Attention Economy: Understanind the New Currency of Business, Knowledge Management Case Book: Siemens Best Practices, Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know.
Dr. Roger Martin
Dean of the Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Author of: The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage, The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future, The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking, The Responsibility Virus: How Control Freaks, Shrinking Violets and the Rest of Us Can Harness the Power of True Partnership
Dr. Gary Hamel
Professor of Strategic and International Management
London Business School
Author of: The Future of Management, Leading the Revolution, Competing for the Future, Funding Growth in an Age of Austerity, The World Bank’s Innovation Market, Strategy as Revolution
Dr. C.K. Prahalad
Professor of Corporate Strategy
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Author of: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co-created Value Through Global Networks, The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers, The Multinational Mission: Balancing Local Demands and Global Vision, The End of Corporate Imperialism
Dr. Vijay Govindarajan
Founding Director of the Center for Global Leadership
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Author: Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution, Management Control Ssytems, The Quest for Global Dominance: Transforming Global Presence into Global Competitive Advantage, Strategic Cost Management: The New Tool for Competitive Advantage, Global Strategy and the Organization
Dr. Peter Cappelli
Director, Center for Human Resources
Wharton School
Author of: Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty, The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce
Dr. Noel Tichy
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Director of Global Leadership Program
University of Michigan
Author of: Judgement: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, Leadership Engine: Building Leaders at Every Level, Control your Destiny or Someone Else Will, Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year, The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win
Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer
Professor of Organizationl Behavior
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Author of: What Were They Thinking: Unconventional Wisdom About Management, Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations, Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management, The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First, The Knowing-doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action, Competitive Advantage Through People
Dr. Robert Cross
Associate Professor of Management
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Author of: The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations, Driving Results through Social Networks: How Top Organizations Leverage Networks for Performance and Growth
Dr. John Boudreau
Professor of Management
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Author of: Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital Achieving Excellence in Human Resources Management: An Assessment of Human Resource Functions, Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives, Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations
Dr. Richard Florida
Professor of Business and Creativity
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Author of: The Rise of the Creative Class, Who's Your City?, The Flight of the Creative Class, Cities and the Creative Class, The Breakthrough Illusion, Beyond Mass Production