Ali Velshi is the Chief Business Correspondent at CNN. He shares the secret language of money—what to know and how to speak it—from his latest book How to Speak Money.

Andreas Kluth is a correspondent for the Economist—the world’s greatest magazine. We learn the factors of success and failure from one of history’s most grassroots leaders who conquered an empire from his book Hannibal and Me.

Chris Zane stared as a grassroots entrepreneur and realized people and business processes differentiate one retailer from another. We discuss how customer service—a very grassroots activity—can propel any business from his book Reinventing the Wheel.

Ken Winans is the show’s financial guru. I invited him to return to the show to discuss 2011’s top financial headlines and to forecast the financial markets for 2012.

Jim Mathis is a business consultant, change leader and founder of Reinvention Nation. He provides some common-sense ideas for reinventing ourselves for 2012 from his book Reinvention Made Easy.

Robert Fishbone is a serial entrepreneur with an artistic bent. He provides us motivation to turn our “off the wall” ideas into action in the year ahead.