Segment 1:Bob Frisch, managing partner of the Strategic Offsites Group, is considered one of the world’s leading strategic facilitators, having worked with executives and boards in sixteen countries on five continents. He is the author of Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace.

Segment 2: Elizabeth Gore is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Dell, where she is working with Dell to extend its global advocacy efforts to raise entrepreneurship to the public policy agenda, encouraging policies and practices that support and enable entrepreneurial growth globally. 

Segment 3: Bryan Mattimore is co-founder and chief idea guy at the sixteen-year old Growth Engine Company, an innovation agency based in Norwalk, CT. Bryan and his firm have managed over 200 successful innovation projects leading to over $3 Billion in new revenue for his clients.  He is the author of three books on business creativity and innovation including the recently re-leased, 21 Days to a Big Idea.

Segment 4: Katherine Darnstadt is founder of Latent Design, which specializes in ideation, strategy, and execution of scalable and highly experiential architecture and urban design. They have created Boombox which is a prefabricated micro retail kiosk installed in high volume public spaces to provide short-term pop up commercial opportunities and cultural experiences. Erik Harmon is of Executive Director of the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce in Chicago.

Segment 5: Aaron T. Walker is a Businessman and Life Coach who has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence.

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