Barry Barnes is a “Dead Head” business professor who found business wisdom in the teachings of the Grateful Dead. We discuss the 10 most innovative lessons from a long, strange trip from his book Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead.

Jeffrey Sachs has been named among the 100 most influential leaders in the world by Time Magazine—not once, but twice. We discuss how to reawaken American Virtue and Prosperity from his latest book The Price of Civilization.

Dan Roam is the “back of the napkin” consultant. He shows us how images can help us determine what to do when words don’t work from his latest book Blah, Blah, Blah.

Aaron Shapiro is the CEO of a consultancy that helps companies interact with their customers and manage their business in the online economy. We discuss who really determines the success of a business from his book Users, Not Customers.

Simon Mainwaring is a branding consultant for the digital age who was dismayed at the Me First attitude of many in business before the Great Recession. He blends the need to do good with the need for profits and helps companies do both. We look at the principles in his book We First and relate them to Occupy Wall Street and other worldwide movements.

Peter Bielagus is the top financial coach to young Americans. He describes his search for financial freedom and explain his system for college students and young professionals to Get Loaded, from his book of the same name.