Adm. Thad Allen, USCG (Ret.)

Leslie Gaines-Ross, chief reputation strategist at Weber Shandwick and author of the HBR article "Reputation Warfare."

Larry Kramer, founder of MarketWatch, Inc., and author of "C-Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today."

Thomas Hout, visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong's School of Business and coauthor of the HBR article "China vs the World: Whose Technology Is It?"

Dan McGinn and Scott Berinato, HBR editors.

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and coauthor of "Discovery-Driven Growth."

Frank Flynn, Stanford Business School professor and subject of the HBR article "Guilt-Ridden People Make Great Leaders."

With insights from A.G. Lafley, Dan Ariely, Bob Sutton, Daniel Pink, and more.

John Donahoe, CEO of eBay.

Saul Berman, vice president and global lead partner for Strategy Consulting at IBM Global Business Services and author of "Not for Free."

Andrew Waldeck, partner at Innosight and coauthor of the HBR article "The New M&A Playbook."

Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the HBR article "Building Resilience."

Ben Dattner, founder of Dattner Consulting and author of "The Blame Game."

Jonah Keri, sports and stock market writer; author of "The Extra 2%."

Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and author of "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other."

Bob Pozen, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of the HBR article "Extreme Productivity."

Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and host of the Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations."

Pankaj Ghemawat, IESE Business School professor and author of "World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It."

Tom DeLong, Harvard Business School professor and author of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."

Stefano Puntoni, professor at the Rotterdam School of Management and author of the HBR article "The Color Pink Is Bad for Fighting Breast Cancer."

Robert Iger, CEO of Disney.

Justin Fox, editorial director of the HBR Group and author of the article "Disrupting Higher Ed."

Morten Hansen, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and author of "Collaboration."

Dan McGinn and Scott Berinato, HBR senior editors.

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

Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, executive director of UN Women.

Rick Ridgeway, vice president of environmental initiatives at Patagonia.

Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola.

Francis Ford Coppola, acclaimed film director.

Sir Michael Rake, chairman of BT Group, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications director, sat down with editor in chief Adi Ignatius at the launch of Harvard Business Review's London office.

Douglas Conant, former CEO of Campbell's Soup Company.

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

Heidi Grant Halvorson, motivational psychologist and author of "Nine Things Successful People Do Differently."

Misiek Piskorski and Anthony J. Bradley, of Harvard Business School and Gartner Research, respectively.

John Coleman, coauthor of "Passion and Purpose," with contributors Patrick Chun, Umaimah Mendhro, and Rye Barcott.

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

Dan Pallotta, president of Advertising for Humanity and author of "Uncharitable."

Stephanie Coontz, professor of history at The Evergreen State College and author of "A Strange Stirring."

Carol Dweck, professor at Stanford University and author of "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success."

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.

Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors of "Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business."

Andy O'Connell and Scott Berinato, editors of the Idea Watch section of HBR and The Daily Stat.

Tiziana Casciaro and Lotte Bailyn discuss the HBR case study "When to Make Private News Public."

John Lees, career strategist and author of "How to Get a Job You'll Love."

Chris Zook, partner at Bain & Company and co-head of the firm's global strategy practice.

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

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the consultancy 20-first and author of "How Women Mean Business."

Charlotte Fritz, assistant professor at Portland State University.

Christiane Amanpour, renowned war correspondent and news anchor.