Michael Michalowicz is an American author, entrepreneur, and lecturer known for his irreverent, practical approach to building healthy, profitable companies.

Sunil Kuruvilla is a Canadian playwright from Waterloo, Ontario, and the Canadian-born son of East Indian immigrants. He began writing as a child, winning two United Nations literary awards for his short stories. He holds master's degrees in creative writing from the University of Windsor and in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. He is best known for his play *Rice Boy*, a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.

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.

Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the field of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment.

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker.

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian descent who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1993, where he is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, and was named an Institute Professor at MIT in 2019.