
Our Team

Jeffrey Cohn,
Team Leader
Jeff was an assessment and CEO succession expert at Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles; a former case writer at Harvard Business School; and a member of research team at the CEO Leadership Institute at Yale. Here is Jeff's most recent article in the Harvard Business Review (2024): What Boards of Public Companies can Learn from Private Equity.

Dr. Peter Finkelstein,
Group Facilitator
Trained as a physician and psychiatrist, Peter has worked for the past twenty years helping organizations achieve high performance by examining and changing their internal dynamics, leadership and team practices, and culture. He has worked with some of Stanford’s and Silicon Valley’s most talented and successful scientists, entrepreneurs, and executives, and educators.

Dr. Carrie Muchow,
Team Leader
Dr. Carrie Muchow is a sought after executive coach, executive assessor, and behavioral therapist. Using cognitive behavioral therapy, her specialty is case study facilitation and helping managers better understand personal blindspots. Dr. Muchow received a Masters and Ph.D. in race relations and applied psychology from Columbia University in New York.

Dr. Janna Koretz, Group Facilitator
Janna is an experienced psychologist and case facilitator who specializes in entrepreneur mental health — especially around imposter syndrome, burnout, difficulty making decisions under stress, and effective leadership. Janna is also a proven entrepreneur and engages with leaders on a practical level to help them deal effectively with personal challenges.
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Dr. David Teece,
Advisor
Dr. Teece is one of the world's top global thinkers in leadership and innovation. He is a rare individual who is equally adept in the classroom (Professor at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School) and in the boardroom (Founder and Board Chair of the Berkeley Research Group, with offices around the world).

Erich Joachimsthaler,
Group Facilitator
Erich Joachimsthaler, Ph.D. is an award-winning author of several books and over 100 articles, Erich is a strategy, innovation and branding expert, “one of the most sought-after keynote speakers on the topic of marketing,” the founder & CEO of VIVALDI, and a visiting professor and lecturer at prestigious universities around the world.

Dr. Linda Hill,
Invited Guest
Harvard Business School Professor Linda A. Hill is the Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is the co-author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation (Harvard Business Review Press 2014), co-founder of Paradox Strategies, and co-creator of the Innovation Quotient, re:Route.

Roger Martin,
Invited Guest
Roger Martin was named the world's #1 management thinker in 2017 by Thinkers50, a prestigious global ranking of the most influential business thinkers. Roger is a world-renowned author, professors, and strategic advisor to CEOs of companies including Procter & Gamble, Lego, Ford, BHP & Verizon. Roger is the former Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Rich Ditizio,
Invited Guest
Richard Ditizio is the CEO of the Milken Institute, responsible for all pillars and departments across the organization's global footprint. The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank focused on accelerating measurable progress on the path to a meaningful life.

Brad Karp,
Invited Guest
Brad Karp is the Chairman of Paul, Weiss – one of the nation's top 10 law firms. Brad is described by Chambers as “the best strategic adviser in the business,” “the best litigator in the country,” and “someone who every CEO in America should have on speed dial.” Brad is described by The New York Times and by Bloomberg as “the most connected lawyer in the country,” and by Best Lawyers as “the most talented, responsive, client-sensitive, creative, effective lawyer of his generation in the country, no question.”

Rakesh Khurana,
Invited Guest
Rakesh Khurana is Dean of Harvard College. He is also the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School and a alo Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College.

Brad D. Smith,
Invited Guest
Brad Smith is the President of Marshall University, Co-Founder of the Wing 2 Wing Foundation and former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Intuit. Under his leadership at Intuit, he helped increase the market capitalization by a factor of 10. Brad's North Star is fueling possibility and leveling the playing field through education, entrepreneurship and equal opportunity.

Bernie Jaworski,
Advisor
Bernie Jaworski is the Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts, which is named in honor of Peter Drucker, the founder of modern management and the namesake of the Drucker School. Jaworski comes to the Drucker School from the Switzerland-based IMD, a highly regarded international business school. Before working at IMD, Jaworski spent a decade as a senior partner of the Monitor Group, a global management consulting firm.

Dr. Srinivasa Rangan,
Invited Guest
Dr. Rangan is a world-renowned executive educator and a distinguished professor at Babson University. He was former a faculty member, lecturer, and case writer at Harvard Business School and IMD. He received his doctorate at HBS under the supervision of legendary strategy guru: Michael Porter. Here is Professor Rangan's most recent HBR article, Why CEOs Should Model Vulnerability.

Amy Edmondson,
Invited Guest
Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011,