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September 7th, 2023
Kurt Lewin (1890 – 1947) was a German-American psychologist, who is known as one of the modern pioneers of social, organizational and applied psychology. He is recognized as the founder of the first study group dynamics and organizational development. Famous…
September 1st, 2023
Amy Cuddy (Amy Joy Casselberry Cuddy; July 1972) is an American social psychologist, professor, and author. She is known for her research on body languages, power poses and presence, and she is famous for her TED talks. She is…
August 31st, 2023
Richard Branson (Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson; 18 July 1950) is a business magnate, investor, adventurer, and philanthropist. He is known as the founder of Virgin Group which comprises more than 400 companies in various industries. At this moment, Richard …
August 31st, 2023
Ricardo Semler (São Paulo, 1959) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and CEO and majority shareholder of Semco Partners. This company, originally specialized in marine pumps, is particularly known for its transformation and radical form of leadership and industrial democracy. Under Semler’s…
August 29th, 2023
Raymond Vernon (1913 – 1999) was Professor Emeritus at the Kennedy School of Government in the United States. Raymond Vernon is especially known for his Product Life Cycle Stages theory, also known as the International Product Life Cycle.
The…
August 27th, 2023
Robert Kiyosaki (1947) is an American self-made businessman, investor, author and motivational speaker. He is also the founder of the Cash flow board, a personal leadership tool that helps people organize their personal finance. Robert Kiyosaki is best known…
August 23rd, 2023
Gary Hamel ranks as one of the world’s most influential business thinkers (according to Wall Street Journal). Gary Hamel is particularly known for the work he conducted with C.K. Prahalad with whom he developed the Core Competence Model.
Gary…
August 23rd, 2023
Eliyahu Goldratt (1947 – 2011) was a lecturer, researcher, scientist and a business management guru. Eliyahu Goldratt became famous with his ground breaking Theory of Constraints (TOC) within management systems, the Drum Buffer Rope method and Critical Chain Project Management …
August 23rd, 2023
Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney; 5 December 1901 – 1966) is one of the most globally known American film producers, also film director, voice actor, business magnate, and philanthropist. Walt Disney transformed the entertainment industry and is the…
August 23rd, 2023
Taiichi Ohno (1912 – 1990) was a successful Japanese engineer and the founding father of the Toyota Production System (TPS). This became later the LEAN Manufacturing philosophy which is still used in today’s business and manufacturing world.
Taiichi Ohno…
August 23rd, 2023
Warren Bennis (Warren Gamaliel Bennis: 1925 – 2014), was an American scientist, organizational consultant, leadership expert, author, and pioneer of contemporary leadership studies. He was best known for his contributions to researching the problems of different types of…
August 23rd, 2023
Otto Scharmer is Senior lecturer in the area of Organization Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Claus Otto Scharmer is also the founder and director of the Presencing Institute and developer of the Theory U and the…
