Corporations & Associations

CEO of The MPI Group and former editor-in-chief of IndustryWeek, APB speaker John Brandt will release Nincompoopery: Why Your Customers Hate You – and How to Fix It on July 16. In Nincompoopery, Brandt offers concrete examples of how any organization can innovate in ways that delight customers and attract top-level talent. Using research from thousands of companies, Brandt creates a blueprint for success by sharing how leaders can kill “corporate stupidity,” which is what prevents organizations from getting the value that it and its customers deserve. Says Brandt: “Ill-planned, outdated or ludicrous organizational structures can turn even the most eager employee into a nincompoop—or at least force him or her to seem like one.”

After fifteen years, the Mars exploration mission spearheaded by APB speaker Steven Squyres ended after a planet-wide dust storm destroyed the last remaining rover “Opportunity.” 

John King, CNN’s chief national correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics, comments on Bernie Sander’s 2020 Presidential bid saying, “Don’t underestimate him.” On a segment of Inside Politics, King analyzes polling numbers for the candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic nominee.

Co-founder of Netflix, entrepreneur and business speaker Marc Randolph is set to release a book this September titled This Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea. A memoir following Randolph’s journey with the streaming service empire, This Will Never Work shares the origins of Netflix, triumphs and failures along the way, and the valuable business—and life—lessons learned.

Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Laureate known as “Africa’s Iron Lady,” has been appointed Health Workforce Ambassador by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Former U.S. Navy Officer and groundbreaking leadership speaker Admiral Michelle J. Howard has been appointed to IBM’s Board. She was the first woman to become a 4-star admiral in addition to becoming the first African-American woman to command a U.S. Navy ship.

What’s the most effective path to success in virtually any profession or organization? It’s not what you think. In his acclaimed new book, Range—recently recognized by TIME as one of the best books of May—David Epstein, the New York Times best-selling author of The Sports Gene, debunks the myth that specialization is the secret to success.

Called a “multi-tasking pro” in the latest edition of InStyle, New York Times best-selling author, Crooked Media contributor, keynote speaker and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco shared some top tier productivity advice. Read on. Then, triumph over your to-do list to become your own chief of staff.

After a suffering a miscarriage, the death of her father and her husband dying of a brain tumor all within six weeks, APB speaker Nora McInerny’s world turned upside down. Author and host of the Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast, McInerny recently released her new book The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief (TED Books).  

Distinguished political-financial expert and APB speaker Nomi Prins is set to release the paperback version of her searing exposé on how the 2007-2008 financial crisis turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Prins is an independent journalist, author of seven books, and a captivating speaker on such topics as politics, finance and the economy.