This year’s speakers educated, entertained, and challenged us to think and see in new ways. They all inspired us with new motivation to help clients achieve their goals.
Susan David is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. Her no. 1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life—based on the concept that Harvard Business Review heralded as a “Management Idea of the Year” and winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award—describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. Dr. David’s TED Talk on emotional agility has been viewed by more than 8 million people.
Named to the Thinkers50 global list of the top management thinkers, Dr. David is a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor, with clients that include the World Economic Forum, EY, the United Nations, Google, Microsoft, Nasdaq, and many other national and multinational organizations. She is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal and a guest on national radio and television.
Dr. David is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and is a cofounder of the Institute of Coaching (a Harvard Medical School/McLean affiliate). She lives with her family outside of Boston.
