Simon Oliver Sinek is an American author and inspirational speaker on business leadership.

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is an American psychologist and author best known for her research on mindset, motivation, and success. She coined the term "growth mindset" and brought it mainstream with her 2006 book *Mindset: The New Psychology of Success*. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured worldwide, and is married to David Goldman, a national theatre director and founder of the National Center for New Plays at Stanford.

Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin..

Steven David Levitt is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels.

Stephen Joseph Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host.

Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer.