Anders Indset

Anders Indset is a Norwegian philosopher, author[1][2][3] investor[4][5] and public speaker.[6][7][8] Among the philosophical and socio-political ideas he has advanced are The Quantum Economy, Reflection on the Simulation Hypothesis, Weltbildung (a new educational narrative) and the final narcissistic injury of mankind. Business ventures Indset has a background as an entrepreneur and worked for a decade as a consultant for “Hidden champions” and Forbes Global 2000 companies. He

Kaoru Ishikawa

Kaoru Ishikawa (石川 馨, Ishikawa Kaoru, July 13, 1915 – April 16, 1989) was a Japanese organizational theorist and a professor in the engineering faculty at the University of Tokyo noted for his quality management innovations. He is considered a key figure in the development of quality initiatives in Japan, particularly the quality circle.[1] He is best known outside Japan for the Ishikawa or cause and

Mike Jackson

Michael Christopher Jackson OBE (born 1951) is a British systems scientist, consultant and Emeritus Professor of Management Systems and former Dean of Hull University Business School, known for his work in the field of systems thinking and management.[1][2] Biography Jackson studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University from 1970 to 1973, where he received his PPE. After spending 4 years in the civil service, he received his MA in Systems

Lars Jaeger

Lars Jaeger (born 1969 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a Swiss-German author, entrepreneur, financial theorist, and alternative investment manager. He writes on the history and philosophy of science, technology, and has in the past been an author on hedge funds, quantitative investing, and risk management. In his widely read blog as well as other media he frequently writes

John Jantsch

John Jantsch (born April 2, 1960) is an author, speaker, and marketing consultant who specializes in assisting small businesses.[1] He is the author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, and The Commitment Engine.[2] Early career Jantsch grew up in Kansas City and attended the University of Kansas.[3] In 2002, Jantsch created the Duct Tape Marketing System, which trains and licenses small business consultants.[4] Two

Dave Jenks

Dave Jenks (July 9, 1942 – September 14, 2021) was an American author[1] and business person. In 2003, with the release of The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, co-authored by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan, Jenks became a best-selling author when the book spent time on BusinessWeek’s best-seller list. In 2005, they co-authored their second book, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, which reached The New

Anita Jose

Anita Jose (born 1960-1970s) is an Indian-born educator, business strategist, Professor of Management at Hood College, and essayist in the field of business management and policy.[1][2] Life and work Jose was born in India, and emigrate to the United States. In the 1990s she received her doctorate from the University of North Texas and her MBA and MMGT from

Joseph M. Juran

Joseph Moses Juran (December 24, 1904 – February 28, 2008) was a Romanian-born American engineer, management consultant and author. He was an advocate for quality and quality management and wrote several books on the topics.[1] He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan Juran. Early life Juran was born in Brăila, Romania, one of six children born to Gitel and Jakob Juran; they

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (born March 15, 1943)[3] is the Ernest L. Arbuckle professor of business at Harvard Business School.[4] She is also director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative.[5] Early life and education Kanter was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Helen (Smolen) Moss, a schoolteacher, and Nelson Nathan Moss, a lawyer and small-business owner.[6] She has a

Robert S. Kaplan

Robert Samuel Kaplan (born 1940) is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is known as co-creator of Balanced Scorecard.[1][2] together with David P. Norton. Biography Kaplan started his academic career at Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1968. Kaplan did Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineering

Dexter Keezer

Dexter Morriam Keezer (24 August 1895 – June 24, 1991) was an American economist who served as president of Reed College from 1934 to 1942. Biography Dexter Merriam Keezer was born Aug. 24, 1895, in Acton, Massachusetts.[1] He graduated from Amherst College in 1920, received an M.A. from Cornell University in 1923 and a Ph.D. from the Brookings Graduate School of Economics and

Kevin Lane Keller

Kevin Lane Keller (born June 23, 1956) is the E. B. Osborn Professor of Marketing at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is most notable for having authored Strategic Brand Management (Prentice Hall, 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2012), a widely used text on brand management. The book is focused on the “how to” and “why” of brand management, this strategy

Roy B. Kester

Roy Bernard Kester (September 11, 1882 – October 21, 1965) was an American accountant, and Professor of accounting at the Columbia University. He is known as a prolific author in the field of accounting.[1] Biography Born in Cameron, Missouri to Julius B. and Jessie M. Corn Kester, Kester attended Cameron High School, and obtained his BA in economics in

Tarun Khanna

Tarun Khanna (born; 1968) is an Indian-born American academic, author, and an economic strategist. He is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School; where he is a member of the strategy group, and the director of Harvard University’s South Asia initiative since 2010.[2] He joined the HBS faculty in 1993, after obtaining a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and

Walter Kickert

Walter Julius Michael Kickert (born 1950) is a Dutch academic, and Professor of Public Management at the department of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, known for his work on “Public policy and administration sciences in the Netherlands.”[1][2] Biography Kickert obtained his MA in experimental physics from the University of Utrecht, and his PhD from the Eindhoven University of Technology in

John Warren Kindt

John W. Kindt, MBA, J.D., LL.M., SJD, is a gambling critic and a Professor of Business and Legal Policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 1990, Professor Kindt has probably been best known as one of the most well-published academics in issues relating to gambling. He has served as a senior editor, contributing

Charles Edward Knoeppel

Charles Edward (C. E.) Knoeppel (15 April 1881 – 29 November 1936)[1] was an American organizational theorist and consultant, who was among the foremost writers on management techniques early 20th century.[2][3] Biography Knoeppel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as son of John C. Knoeppel, a practical molder and foundryman,[4] who had received some patents in 1878,[5] 1881,[6][7] and later on in 1909.[8] The family moved to Buffalo,

Richard Koch

Richard John Koch (born 28 July 1950 in London) is a British management consultant, venture capital investor and author of books on management, marketing and lifestyle. Career Koch has an M.A. from Oxford University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School. Initially Koch worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Subsequently he became a partner at Bain and Company. After leaving Bain

Lars Kolind

Lars Kolind (born 5 May 1947) is a Danish businessman.[1] Kolind holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics from Aarhus University from 1972 and a B.Comm. from the Copenhagen Business School from 1977. He is adjunct professor of leadership and strategy at Aarhus University Business School (Aarhus School of Business) since 2000.[1][2] He serves as Detao Master of Leadership and Strategy since 2012.[1] Career Kolind was executive vice president of Risø National Laboratory from 1981 to 1984

Monika Kostera

Monika Maria Kostera (born 28 February 1963) is a Polish sociologist of management. She is known for her contribution to organization theory, organizational archetypes and myths, storytelling and narrative analysis in organizational anthropology. She holds professorships at University of Warsaw, Södertörn University in Sweden and Institut Mines-Télécom Business School in France. Career Monika Kostera graduated from the Lund University, Sweden (1983) and Warsaw University, Poland (1988). She defended her doctoral dissertation