ART KLEINER

Art Kleiner is an educator, editor, and writer who specializes in leadership and management theory and practice. His book The Age of Heretics (1996, 2010) is a history of organizational development and other emerging management concepts; his book about how organizations work, Who Really Matters is, according to venture capitalist Marc Andreesen, “perhaps the best underappreciated business book ever written.” He was coauthor with Peter Senge of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, and editorial director of the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series, including the bestseller Schools That Learn.         

 Kleiner was managing director at PwC and editor-in-chief of PwC global publications, including the award-winning management magazine Strategy+Business. He teaches content strategy, future studies and scenario planning at New York University’s Interactive Media Arts program. 

 His most recent book, The Wise Advocate: The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership (2019, Columbia University Press), coauthored with Jeffrey Schwartz and Josie Thomson, is the basis for this workshop. Marshall Goldsmith praised it as “a key book for aspiring leaders aiming to make the best―and hardest―choices.”

 Kleiner is a partner with Wise Advocate Enterprises, and a principal at Kleiner Powell International (KPI), a content strategy and media consultation firm. He lives in Connecticut.