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March 25th, 2023
Elon Musk is a South-African-Canadian-American entrepreneur who lives in the United States. He is the founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and Zip2, among others. He was also one of the people responsible for the success of PayPal. Currently, Elon Musk serves…
March 24th, 2023
Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was an American psychologist and the developer of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, which became the basis for today’s cognitive behavioral therapy. Albert Ellis is one of the most influential…
March 23rd, 2023
Douglas McGregor (1906 –1964) was a famous management professor in the field of personal development and motivational theory. He is best known for his development of the Theory X and Theory Y, a leadership theory on two different leadership…
March 23rd, 2023
Cor Molenaar: Dr. Cor Molenaar is a Dutch economist and professor of eMarketing and Distance Selling at Erasmus University. Molenaar is also director of the company eXQuo Consultancy, a consultancy firm that offers strategic advice on disruption, strategy and…
March 23rd, 2023
Clayton Alderfer ABPP (1940) is an American psychologist, speaker, writer, entrepreneur, consultant and scholar. Clayton Alderfer has become famous with his ERG Theory. The starting point for the development of this theory is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs which he…
March 16th, 2023
Masaaki Imai (1930) is one of the founders and a very famous advisor in the field of the Kaizen, Gemba Kaizen, LEAN Manufacturing and quality philosophies. Especially the further development of continuous improvement within organizations in the form of…
March 15th, 2023
Genrich Altshuller (Genrich Saulovich Altshuller; 15 October 1926 – 24 September 1998) was a Soviet inventor, engineer, scientist, journalist, and author. He is best known for his TRIZ Method of Problem Solving, a methodology for systematic innovation.
Genrich Altshuller biography…
March 14th, 2023
Ronald Heifetz (1951) founded the Centre for Public Leadership and is the King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and at Harvard University. Additionally, he is co-founder of Cambridge Leadership…
March 8th, 2023
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish inventor, scientist and engineer. Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing and patenting the first telephone. He was president of the Bell Telephone Company in 1877 and…
February 20th, 2023
John Grinder (Dr. John Thomas Grinder Jr., born January 10, 1940) is an American linguist, management consultant, trainer, author, and speaker. John Grinder is credited with developing neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) along with Richard Bandler. He is also co-director of…
February 16th, 2023
Ghanshyam Das Birla (April 10, 1894 – June 11, 1983) was one of the most famous Indian businessmen and a member of the well-known and influential Birla family. Ghanshyam Das Birla, also known as G.D. Birla, is considered the…
January 16th, 2023
Michael Treacy is a professor of management and has over 30 years of experience dealing with organizational issues in the field of market leadership. The ideas of Michael Treacy about value and growth disciplines, together with Fred Wiersema,…
