Robert Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and author of "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror."

Rick Ridgeway, vice president of environmental initiatives at Patagonia.

Michael Beer, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of "Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value."

Scott Berinato, HBR senior editor, featuring the ideas of Yale economist Robert Shiller, journalist Gregg Easterbrook, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman.

Peter Bregman, author of "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done."

Scott Doorley and Scott Witthoft, co-directors of the Environments Collaborative at the Stanford University d.school and authors of "Make Space."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend, New York Times best-selling author, and filmmaker.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Enriching the Ecosystem."

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right."

Christiane Amanpour, renowned war correspondent and news anchor.

Doc Searls, alumnus fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and author of "The Intention Economy."

Sally Ride, former NASA astronaut and founder of Sally Ride Science.

Tom Ricks, journalist and author of the HBR article "What Ever Happened to Accountability?"

Tim Sullivan, editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press and coauthor of "The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office."

Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Bruce Nussbaum, professor at Parsons The New School of Design and author of "Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire."

Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tory Higgins, authors of "Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World to Power Success and Influence."

Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School professor.

Richard Adelstein, professor of economics at Wesleyan University and author of "The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1864-1914."

The HBS sage and McKinsey head discuss how to stay on top in a rapidly changing industry.

Ram Charan, coauthor of "Boards that Lead," talks about what he's learned in three decades of helping executives make tough decisions.

Roger Schwarz, author of "Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams," explains how to build trust and accountability on your team.

The founder of the Khan Academy talks with HBR senior editor Alison Beard.

The iconic comedian speaks with HBR's Adi Ignatius about work, life, and, yes, comedy.

Andrew O'Connell, HBR editor, explains why we find tales of disaster so compelling.

David Zweig, author of "Invisibles," on employees who value good work over self-promotion.

Bill George and Mihir Desai, professors at Harvard Business School, explain why our corporate tax code is driving American business overseas.

Steve J. Martin, coauthor of "The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence," on the little things that persuade.

The mayor of London explains why Churchill is a role model and whether his aspirations include the Prime Minister's office.

Stanford's Ron Howard, one of the fathers of decision analysis, explains how it's done.

Pamela Stone, professor at Hunter College, on the surprising findings from a massive study of MBAs.

David Duncan, senior partner at Innosight and coauthor of "Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days," explains how to organize corporate creativity.

The Oscar-winning producer explains why a passion for learning--about other people and pursuits--has been the key to his success.

R. "Ray" Wang, author of "Disrupting Digital Business" on how business is transforming.

The former U.S. Senate majority leader and U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland and the Middle East describes his approach to resolving disputes and fostering bipartisan compromise.

David Krantz, the CEO of YP (formerly the Yellow Pages), explains how they've reinvented their business.

Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr, coauthors of "Get Backed," on how to win someone over with PowerPoint.

Paul Leinwand, co-author of the book "Strategy That Works," explains how successful companies solve this thorny problem.

There's a lot of crying and shouting both in politics and at the office. Gautam Mukunda of Harvard Business School and Gianpiero Petriglieri of INSEAD help us try to make sense of it all.

The bestselling author describes her creative process and explains why she was always determined to have a career.

Therese Huston, Ph.D. and author of "How Women Decide," offers research-based tips for both men and women on how to make high quality, defensible decisions -- and sell them to your team.

The acclaimed cellist explains how he chooses and works with partners and shares advice on honing one's talent.

Bill von Hippel, professor at the University of Queensland, on how the ability to think and respond quickly makes someone seem more charismatic.

Rob Cross, professor at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, explains how work became an exhausting marathon of group projects. He's the coauthor of the HBR article "Collaborative Overload."

Susan David, author of "Emotional Agility" and psychologist at Harvard Medical School, on learning to unhook from strong feelings.

Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood, authors of "ReOrg: How to Get It Right" explain how good planning and communication can help employees adapt.

Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn talks about the surprising election of businessman Donald Trump as U.S. president, and what leaders throughout history can tell us about bridging divides and leading in times of uncertainty.

Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School, builds upon the theory of disruptive innovation for which he is well-known. He speaks about his new book examining how successful companies know how to grow.

Pankaj Ghemawat, professor at NYU Stern and IESE business schools, debunks common misconceptions about the current state and extent of globalization. (Hint: the world is not nearly as globalized as people think.) He also discusses how popular reactions in Europe and the U.S. against globalization recently could affect the global economy, and how companies will need to adapt to the new reality. Ghemawat is the author of several books on globalization, including “World 3.0” and most recently “The Laws of Globalization and Business Applications.”

Michael Mankins, Bain & Company partner and head of the firm's Organization practice, explains how organizations unintentionally fail to manage their employees' time and energy. He also lays out what managers can do to reduce what he calls organizational drag. Mankins is a coauthor of "Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power."