Authors

HBE has the pleasure of working with Seth Kahan on his second book, Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success.  Seth helps leaders on large scale change and innovation and he has spoken at numerous events for HBE clients this spring.  In addition to being a great speaker, Seth also “gives back” and he serves on the board of the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind.  CLB is holding an event to celebrate Seth’s new book – […]

Event Details Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm CQ Roll Call 77 K Street, NE Washington, DC 20002  Admission Click Here to Register! Joshua C. Kendall is the author of The Man Who Made Lists, about the creation of Roget’s Thesaurus, and The Forgotten Founding Father, a biography of Noah Webster, the lexicographer responsible for Webster’s Dictionary. He is also an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, […]

John Hunter, a native Virginian and graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, is an award-winning teacher and educational consultant. Hunter led his first sessions of the World Peace Game at Richmond Community High School in 1978. Since then, he has taught the game successfully in a variety of settings, from public schools in Virginia and Maryland to a session with Norwegian students sponsored by the European Youth Initiative. He has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Google’s Palo Alto campus, the Pentagon, the […]

John S. Hendricks is the founder of Discovery Communications, the world’s #1 nonfiction media company, and serves as Executive Chairman. Hendricks created Discovery Channel in 1985 as the first cable network in the United States designed to provide high-quality documentary programming enabling people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity. He has been the driving force behind Discovery’s dramatic growth, including its expansion to current global operations in 218 countries and territories with more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers. […]

Jeff Benedict is considered one of America’s top non-fiction writers. He is the author of nine books including bestsellers Little Pink House, Without Reservation, and Pros and Cons. His reporting has been the basis of feature segments on 60 Minutes, ABC’s 20/20, Dateline NBC, HBO’s Real Sports, and the Discovery Channel. He is a contributor for Sports Illustrated and The Deseret News and his articles have also been published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek and The […]

Jonathan Levy is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. About Freaks of Fortune:  The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America Until the early nineteenth century, “risk” was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain […]

Charles Wheelan is the author of the internationally best-selling Naked Economics and a former correspondent for The Economist. He teaches public policy and economics at Dartmouth College and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his family. About Naked Statistics:  Stripping the Dread from the Data The best-selling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you’ll welcome and enjoy. Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief […]