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ZOOM EVENT

Validation: Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life

Caroline Fleck, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist, Author, and Corporate Consultant

Kelly Leonard

Vice President, Creative Strategy, Innovation, and Business Development at The Second City

Oct 22 2025
ZOOM EVENT

Robin Hood Math: Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life

Noah Giansiracusa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bentley University

Karen Saxe, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Government Relations, American Mathematical Society

Oct 20 2025
ZOOM EVENT

The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups

Colin M. Fisher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation at University College London's School of Management

Amy C. Edmondson, Ph.D.

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School

Oct 15 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef

Curtis Duffy

World-renowned Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Oct 9 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Mastery: Why Deeper Learning is Essential in an Age of Distraction

Tony Wagner, Ed.D.

Senior Research Fellow at the Learning Policy Institute and bestselling author

Ulrik Juul Christensen, MD

Chief Strategist at the Area9 Group

Fernande Raine, Ph.D.

Historian, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder and Co-Lead of History Co:Lab

Sep 25 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours

Corinne Low, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Calarco, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sep 18 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People

Michael Geruso, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin

Katy Milkman, Ph.D.

James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Sep 17 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You

Jeff Selingo

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author

Frank Bruni

Journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and the Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University

Sep 3 2025
ZOOM EVENT! BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing, Ed.D.

Writer, cultural organizer, and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago

Ta-Nehisi Coates

National Book Award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow

May 22 2025