NEW THINKING - Key Persons
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- Contributor
- Health
- Leadership / Equal Pay in Hollywood
- Sustainability / How to Combat the Climate Crisis Without Gluing Yourself to Works of Art
- the Power of Words
Amanda is a bestselling comic book and television writer best known for DC Superhero Girls graphic novels, John Carpenters Tales for a HalloweenNight and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on Netflix. She also spent four years as the writer for former Vice President Al Gore's annual climate broadcast, 24 Hours of Reality.
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- Business
- CEO of Brown Harris Stevens
- Contributor
Bess Freedman is CEO of Brown Harris Stevens. She is not only a real estate leader, but also a champion of social change, philanthropy, and building a culture-first brokerage for agents, staff, and clients.
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- Business / How to Network the Right Way
- Contributor
- Founder of the Monday Revolution
- Leadership
- Leadership / Immediacy and the Power of Now
- Leadership / Making Your Own Luck
David is founder of The Monday Revolution, a company that advises organisations on business simplification and fast growth strategies. His latest book, The Monday Revolution, captures 50 years' business experience with immediately actionable, real-life examples of how to improve your working week.
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- Business / Tikkun Olam Investing: Using Innovation to Repair the World
- Contributor
A philanthropic entrepreneur and highly-acclaimed paediatric dentist, Dr. Michael Atar has received many awards for his extensive research and regularly lectures at New York University. In his multifaceted career, he's embraced his scientific and artistic proclivities with the consistent aim of improving others' lives.
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- Contributor
- Cranfield Aerospace Solutions' Chief Strategy Officer
- Leadership
Jenny Kavanagh is Cranfield Aerospace Solutions' chief strategy officer. She has been a Chartered Engineer for two decades and has been leading aerospace product development programmes for 16 years.
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- Business / the Future of Working from Home
- Contributor
Through his work as editorial director for some of the UK's leading regional media organisations, Jeremy Clifford developed a keen eye for improving content strategies, departmental restructuring, and collaborative working. As Editor In Chief at Archant, he leads editorial strategy whilst nurturing talent and establishing development programmes.
Job Titles:
- Contributor
- Founder and Chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
- Why We Have an Artist in the Corner Office
John B. Quinn is the founder and chairman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the largest law firm in the world devoted solely to business litigation and arbitration, and is regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the world.
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- Business / It 's Okay Not to Be the Smartest Person in the Room
- Chief Executive at the Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Contributor
- Leadership / Doomed to Be Human
John Worne is Chief Executive at the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the UK's Royal Chartered body for language professionals. He has lived and worked around the world in the UK, Europe and internationally for businesses, public bodies, not-for-profits and universities.
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- Contributor
- Health
- Leadership
- Leadership / Why Does Japan Rank so Poorly for Gender Equality
Mairi McLaren has worked in Japan for over 16 years as a teacher, writer and translator. She is the founder of popular English-learning website britisheigo.com and has published a number of best-selling language books.
Mask Dependency: Why the Japanese won't be ditching their face masks anytime soon
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- Business / Lessons Learned at 4 AM in Tokyo
- Leadership
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- Head of Digital Marketing
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- Managing Editor
- Business
- Contributor
- Health
- Leadership
- Leadership / Who Runs the World? WOMEN
- Sustainability
A writer, comedian, and self-producer, Nikki has covered everything from business and finance to arts and entertainment. Creatively, she's known for her viral video "The Ivy League Hustle" and her award-winning physical theatre show, Definition of Man, which she and her partner have toured internationally.
Job Titles:
- Contributor
- Health
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Writer, Consultant
Pat Kane is a musician, writer, consultant, futurist, curator, activist. Projects he has initiated, co-founded or designed over the last three decades include FutureFest, the Sunday Herald, Common Weal, The Alternative Global and Unboxed. His 2004 book The Play Ethic started his global career as an advisor/strategist on play & creativity. Pat was a core "Yes" campaigner in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, & is still one half of the 80's "sophisti-pop" legends Hue And Cry.
Job Titles:
- Contributor
- Leadership / 2022: the Vortex of Volatility
- Managing Director With Alvarez & Marsal
Paul Aversano is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal and the Global Practice Leader of A&M's Global Transaction Advisory Group. For over 25 years, he has led both buy-side and sell-side financial and accounting due diligence projects for complex public and private company transactions, as well as transactions in the capital markets.
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- Contributor
- Leadership
- Leadership / What Does Business Leadership Look Like in 2022
Having spent his career in senior positions at some of the world's foremost companies, Tim has spearheaded work in world-class brand building, leading transformational efforts for companies including Procter and Gamble, Kelloggs and Beam Suntory. Tim now brings his firsthand knowledge of what it takes to create strategic client agency partnerships to drive extraordinary brand development and client services as CEO of the UNLIMITED Group.
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- Contributor
- Leadership / Women Vs Capitalism: Why Quotas Are More Necessary Than Ever
Vicky Pryce is a Board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research and author of Why Women Need Quotas (Biteback) and Women Vs Capitalism (Hurst Publishers).