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

Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, authors of the HBR article "Creating the Best Workplace on Earth."

Dr. Maya Angelou, renowned author.

Jonah Berger, Wharton School professor and author of "Contagious: Why Things Catch On."

Sandeep Baliga and Jeff Ely, professors at the Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University.

Russell Sanna, executive director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Thomas Mooney, co-owner and CEO of House Spirits Distillery.

Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen, coauthors of the HBR article "Make Time for the Work that Matters."

Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California and coauthor of the forthcoming book, "What Works for Women at Work."

Jonathan Berman, author of "Success in Africa," busts media myths about the continent.

William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan, authors of "The Solution Revolution," discuss why "triple-strength" leaders are the best problem solvers.

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

Lisa Rosh, assistant professor of management at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University, explains how to build trust through skillful self-disclosure.

Erica Ariel Fox, who teaches negotiation at Harvard Law School, discusses how to resolve inner conflict to lead wisely and live well.

Eric Clayberg, Google software-engineering manager, talks with Harvard Business School professor David Garvin about the feedback and training that he and others at the company receive through Project Oxygen.

Paul Oyer, Stanford economist and the author of "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating," explains the marketplace of online love.

Freek Vermeulen of London Business School explains how best practices become bad practices.

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

Jeffrey Joerres, CEO of ManpowerGroup, on finding the talent you need in an unpredictable world.

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor, talks about his book, "Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less" (coauthored by Huggy Rao).

John Jullens of Booz & Company says multinationals from China and other emerging markets must learn to innovate and manage quality while remaining nimble.

Stewart D. Friedman, Wharton professor and author of "Baby Bust," presents new research.

Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, on how big data is revealing the science behind how we work together, based on his book "Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread."

The renowned author and former editor of Gourmet talks about the magazine's closure and her recent transition to fiction writing.

Gautam Mukunda, HBS professor, on the dangers of managing companies for shareholders.

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

Lenovo's CEO on how the PC leader is poised to win in the "PC plus" world.

Greg McKeown, author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," on the importance of being "absurdly selective" in how we use our time.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College London, on how confidence masks incompetence.

J. Craig Venter, the biologist who led the effort to sequence human DNA, on unlocking the human genome and the importance of building extraordinary teams for long-term results.

David Upton and Sadie Creese, both of Oxford, explain why the scariest threats are from insiders.

Scott Berinato, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, on how companies benefit from transparency about customer data.

Sanjeev Agrawal, Collegefeed cofounder and CEO, explains what recruiters, new graduates, and college career centers need to do differently.

Famed producer Norman Lear on developing groundbreaking sitcoms, managing creative partnerships and the lessons he wants to pass on to the next generation.

Jennifer Magnolfi, Founder & Principal Investigator at Programmable Habitats LLC, on how digital work, and the Internet of Things will fundamentally change the how we use the buildings and neighborhoods we work in.

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

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

Dorothy Leonard, author of "Critical Knowledge Transfer" ​and Harvard Business School professor, on retaining organizational expertise.

AnnaLee Saxenian, author of the classic book "Regional Advantage," still thinks the area's future is bright.

Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of "Own the Room," on the flaws everyone's too polite to point out.

Blake Irving talks about the company's renewed focus on small businesses and bringing on a new leadership team.

Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School professor, talks about how to dismantle the barriers to innovation in care delivery.

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

James Bessen, economist and former software executive, on what we can learn from 19th century mill workers about innovation, wages, and technology.

Alexandra Samuel, online engagement expert and author of "Work Smarter with Social Media," on the tools you should use--and the ones you could be ignoring.

The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions.

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

Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans explain how we're "evolving ourselves."

Mary Shapiro, author of the "HBR Guide to Leading Teams" and professor at Simmons, on dealing with conflict and other issues.