Dr. Alex Bryson is Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, and a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and WISERD. He is Chief Editor of Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society and an editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A and the Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership. 

Bertram F. Malle earned his Master’s degrees in philosophy/linguistics (1987) and psychology (1989) at the University of Graz, Austria.  After coming to the United States in 1990 he received his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1995 and joined the University of Oregon Psychology Department.  Since 2008 he is Professor at the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University.  He received the Society of Experimental Social Psychology Outstanding Dissertation award, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and he is past president of the Society of Philosophy and Psychology. Malle’s research has been funded by the NSF, Army, Templeton Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and DARPA. He has distributed his work in 130 articles and several books.

Frank Cespedes teaches at Harvard Business School, ran a business, and has consulted with companies around the world. At Harvard, he has developed and taught a variety of MBA and executive courses, led the Strategic Marketing Management program for senior executives, was co-lead of the Sustainable Market Leadership program for CEOs and their teams. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Marketing in the MBA program, in the Owner President Management (OPM) executive program, and he heads the executive program on Aligning Strategy and Sales.

Harold Langlois has been working with decision makers in the financial sector for 25 years. As a professor teaching management at Harvard University, Division of Continuing Education, Harold continues to inspire graduate students in the areas of Change, Leadership, and Team Challenges, and in 2002 was the recipient of the Joanne Fussa Award for Outstanding Teaching. Known for his dynamic and motivating presentations, Harold has been a featured speaker at national and international conferences, and is recognized as a thought leader utilizing research on neurobiology, leadership, and communication to enhance skill sets for today’s decision makers. 

Henry David Schlinger Jr. is an American psychologist specializing in applied behavior analysis. He is a professor at California State University, Los Angeles—formerly directing its M.S. Program in Applied Behavior Analysis—and also serves part‐time as an associate professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. A former editor‐in‐chief of Analysis of Verbal Behavior and Behavior Analyst, Schlinger is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis International and sits on the board of trustees for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.

Dr. James McKenna is an award-winning educator, speaker, and consultant with more than 20 years of experience in learning design and development, inclusive practices, and teaching and training. He is the author of Upskill, Reskill, Thrive! Optimizing Learning & Development in the Workplace (2023). 

Karolin Helbig is a leadership consultant focusing on mindset and emotional intelligence. Her background is in science with a PhD in human genetics. She firmly believes in the transformative power of bringing your whole self to work and making the workplace psychologically safe for all of us. She integrates neuroscience findings that revolutionize the way we understand how human brains function and translates them into applicable and powerful leadership practices. Karolin spent more than 15 years as a top management consultant with McKinsey & Comp., working as a trusted advisor and in some cases, a hands-on coach, to solve her clients’ toughest issues. She loves supporting her messages with visuals and illustrated the Playbook.

Kasper Spiro is the Co-founder and Chief Learning Strategist at Easygenerator. He has been involved in e-learning and content development for over two decades. Aiming to improve the e-learning creation process, he developed the Employee-generated Learning (EGL) approach in 2013. Since then, he and Easygenerator have guided thousands of companies to adopt EGL, including Danone, Astra Zeneca, and DHL Group. Kasper is also an international speaker, podcast host, blogger, and L&D author.

Kathrine (Kati) Livingston, M.A., Ed.M., Adult Development and Psychology, has worked in several leadership positions at Harvard University, including the Assistant Director of the Change Leadership Group at the Graduate School of Education. Presently Kati focuses on executive coaching, team dynamics, and adult development, delivering team and leadership initiatives to clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, communication, and finance sectors, and teaches in the graduate Management Program (MLA) at the Harvard University Extension School. She is also a certified yoga instructor, mindfulness meditation facilitator, and augments her work with somatic practices and principles from the neuroscience of change. 

Dr. Kenneth M. Baylor boasts an illustrious career marked by his ability to spearhead organizations through rapid growth and drive enhanced operational effectiveness. As an Executive Officer and Vice President of leading multi-billion dollar service entities, he has championed strategies that cemented competitive advantages. Recognized widely for his leadership, Dr. Baylor has been honored with awards such as the NWRA's “Distinguished Service Award” and SWANA's “Robert L. Lawrence Lecturer Award.” A sought-after keynote speaker, his insights have graced the pages of esteemed journals, with his work on authentic leadership and talent retention standing out. Notably, his contributions to academia are underscored by top-rated courses at Harvard University and other prestigious institutions, reflecting his expertise in leadership, management, and business strategy.  

Max Krasnow, received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in the area of Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology. His primary line of research focuses on the evolutionary origins and computational design of the mechanisms underlying human cooperation and social behavior. One line of this research, appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has explored how facets of the ancestral information landscape—that the future of any interaction is uncertain—conspire with distinctive features of the hominin social niche to select for organisms that are more generous, trusting and cooperative than an otherwise rational analysis would predict. In related work, he has shown how fundamental components of human social behavior show intricate design to support the cultivation of mutually beneficial cooperative relationships and to improve their terms when they begin to function poorly.

Michael Domjan is a Professor of Psychology at UT Austin and Distinguished Signature Course Faculty. He was Department Chair (1999–2005) and founded the Imaging Research Center (2005–2008). Known for his work on classical conditioning—including sexual conditioning and taste aversion—he received the 2014 D.O. Hebb Award (APA Division 6) and an honorary doctorate from Konrad Lorenz University, Bogotá. His 30‐year research, supported by NSF and NIH grants, yielded a MERIT Award (NIMH) and a Golden Fleece Award. He edited Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes and serves on various editorial boards. His textbook, Principles of Learning and Behavior, is used worldwide in English and Spanish, and his YouTube channel has nearly 100K views. A former president of the Pavlovian Society and APA Division of Behavioral Neuroscience, he also teaches a freshman course on Music and Psychology and hosts the Tertis/Pavlov Project.

Dr. Richard Malott, with more than 40 years of experience at Western Michigan University, has used the principles of behavior to construct teaching models and behavioral systems that have been sustained over several decades. As a result, he has taught generations of students to use behavior analysis in their everyday lives as learners, teachers, practitioners, and citizens, and has provided the training grounds for many of the field's leaders in behavioral systems design. Richard Malott is a prolific, creative, and engaging writer who has authored some of the field's most important and widely read publications, including Elementary Principles of Behavior (first with Donald Whaley and then with Maria E. Malott and Elizabeth Trojan Suarez), which is in its eight ed

Robert Lopez, Jr. retired from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) after 34 years, having joined as their thirteenth employee in 1987. Starting as a test technician, he rose to senior engineering manager, known for developing reliable products and solving complex equipment issues. Robert valued teamwork and personal growth, both in his professional and personal life, emphasizing community service and mentorship. Post-retirement, he plans to coach youth sports, mentor a robotics team, and teach calculus, while also spending more time with his family. His tenure at SEL is remembered for his dedication to technical excellence and a strong commitment to serving others.  

Dr. Ryan Smerek is an Associate Professor & Associate Director of Academic Affairs at Master of Science in Learning & Organizational Change at Northwestern University where he teaches classes on learning and development, organizational learning, design thinking, cognitive design, and people analytics. He is the author of “Speaking Up at Work: Leading Change as an Independent Thinker,” and “Organizational Learning and Performance: The Science and Practice of Building a Learning Culture." Both books integrate compelling stories with scientific research about how to make a positive difference in organizations. 

Ryan T. W. McCreedy is a Leadership and Organizational Psychology scholar-practitioner based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, dedicated to creating inclusive, equitable workforces and economic systems. He works as a Principal Organizational Effectiveness Consultant at Slalom Consulting in Boston, focusing on talent and organizational development for Fortune 100 clients, and leads Slalom's global Leadership and Team Development capabilities. With a background in engineering and behavioral sciences, Ryan has contributed to transformative changes in various industries. He also engages in organizational behavior research and helps teach graduate courses at Harvard. Ryan holds several degrees, including a B.S. from George Mason University, an A.L.M from Harvard Extension School, and is pursuing a doctoral degree at William James College focusing in applications of neuroscience in workplaces.

Sara is interested in how people learn from and with others. Her work aims at understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms of human learning as it occurs in the real-world. She is particularly interested in naturalistic social interaction and whether/how this support acquisition of new knowledge (as compared to solo-learning). She has conducted work on learner-teacher interaction in a variety of contexts and population, including online and face-to-face, with neurotypical adults and adults with Autistic Spectrum Condition. She is currently extending her work on adolescence, a sensitive period for development of brain networks involved in social cognition, as well as the age when school and peer relationships constitute a central part in people's life. Sara combined fNIRS hyperscanning neuroimaging with physiology and behvaioural measures, as she sees the importance of adopting a multi-modal experimental approach to study (interacting) brains within (interacting) bodies.

Tim Ringo is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and board advisor on topics related to HR and Human Capital. His latest book is Solving the Productivity Puzzle, published August 2020, on Kogan Page. Former Sr Exec at Accenture, IBM and SAP. Listed in "HR Most Influential Thinkers" - HR Magazine 2022. Awarded “Most Outstanding HR Consultant & Conference Speaker 2021 – UK” from Corporate Vision Magazine, and his book Solving the Productivity Puzzle won 2021 Business Book of the Year - HR and Management category. Most recently he was Vice President in SAP SuccessFactors Cloud HR Line of Business - Europe, Middle East and Africa. He led SuccessFactors' HR Advisory teams across the region. Tim is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD (FCIPD).

Dr. Werner van Zyl, B. Comm (Hons), MBA, DBL, is highly passionate about complex systems, blending his doctoral research in complexity with practical experience. His specialization lies at the nexus of human behaviour and technology, with a keen focus on the psychology and neuroscience underpinning human actions. This unique perspective guides his approach in consulting and daily work improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency. He uses his experience in knowledge management, human behaviour and complex systems to provide novel perspectives on problem solving at Jizni Performance, where he is a business development principal, always looking for ways to ensure processes and workflows improvement in a complex environment.