Clayton M. Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. In addition to his most recent book, Competing Against Luck, he is the author of nine books, including several New York Times bestsellers — The Innovator's Dilemma, The Innovator's Solution, Disrupting Class, and and most recently How Will You Measure Your Life?. Christensen is the co-founder of Innosight, a growth-strategy consultancy; Rose Park Advisors, an investment firm; and the Christensen Institute, a non-profit think tank. In 2011 and 2013, he was named the world’s most influential business thinker by Thinkers50.

KAREN DILLON is a former editor of the Harvard Business Review and co-author of three books with Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, including the New York Times bestseller How Will You Measure Your Life? She is also the co-author The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems – and What to Do about It, which was named one of Thinkers50 Best Management Books of 2023. Currently on the faculty of Intermountain Healthcare Leadership Institute and a contributing editor to Harvard Business Review, Dillon was previously named by Ashoka as one of the world’s most influential and inspiring women.

Taddy Hall is a Senior Partner in the innovation practice at Lippincott. Taddy helps senior client executives create successful new businesses and improve innovation outcomes. Taddy also works extensively in with executives in emerging markets to launch new growth businesses in his capacities as a Global Advisor to the non-profit Endeavor and as Managing Partner of Innovation Without Borders®.

David S. Duncan is a featured speaker and author on topics of innovation and growth, and a trusted advisor to senior executives at many of the world's most iconic companies.

He is the co-author of two books and a number of influential articles. His latest book is “Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice” (HarperCollins, October 2016), co-authored with Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen. A groundbreaking book with the potential to reframe industries, “Competing Against Luck” is based on a simple yet profound idea: customers don’t buy products and services; they hire them to do a job. And understanding which jobs your customers need done is key to innovation success.

David is also the co-author of the e-book, “Building a Growth Factory” (Harvard Business Press, November 2012) and several Harvard Business Review articles, including “Knowing When to Reinvent” (December 2015), coauthored with the CEO of Aetna, Mark Bertolini, and "Build Your Innovation Engine in 90 Days" (December 2014).

He is currently a Senior Partner at Innosight, where he helps leaders to navigate disruptive change, create sustainable growth, and transform their organizations to thrive for the long-term. In his decade with Innosight he has worked with a diverse set of clients including Proctor & Gamble, General Electric, Medtronic, Mercer, Citigroup, and Aetna.

David holds a PhD in physics from Harvard University, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University. Follow him on Twitter @DavidScDuncan.