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Johann Hari is a British journalist who argues that addiction, depression, attention loss, and obesity arise largely from our environments rather than individual biological flaws. His work asks how social conditions shape health, behavior, and recovery.
Jordan Peterson is a psychologist and former University of Toronto professor examining religious narratives and human behavior. He argues that meaning requires structure and responsibility rather than happiness, linking psychology, speech, and action into a worldview.
Chris Williamson is a podcaster and YouTuber who hosts Modern Wisdom, interviewing psychologists and entrepreneurs about human nature and self-improvement. His counsel focuses on relationships and habits without turning life into an endless exercise in optimization.
Jon Favreau, President Obama’s former speechwriting director and a Crooked Media co-founder, treats persuasion as storytelling. He replaces academic jargon with conversational language, offering clear guidance on writing, digital media, civic engagement, and persuasion.
Bob Metcalfe co-invented Ethernet to connect computers to a shared printer, founded 3Com to commercialize it, and formulated a law describing network value. His career offers lessons in moving technology from the lab and managing early startup growth.
Debbie Millman is a designer, author, and host of Design Matters who sees branding as the manufacture of meaning. Her frameworks place courage before confidence, helping creatives navigate rejection, choose deliberately, protect time, and design a life’s arc.
Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS and popularized the One for One model, embedding social impact in business operations. He shows how purpose-driven storytelling can shape companies while offering lessons on fear, entrepreneurship, and separating identity from success.
Sophia Amoruso bootstrapped Nasty Gal from an eBay store into a major retailer, then turned her story into #GIRLBOSS. Her experience spans self-reliance, bankruptcy, media, and early-stage investing, offering a candid study of rebuilding after professional collapse.