Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is a visionary thinker and trained ethnographer fascinated by the people and organizations that make the greatest, lasting impact in their organizations and in the world. Over the years, he has discovered some remarkable patterns about how they think, act, and communicate and the environments in which people operate at their natural best. Sinek has devoted his life to sharing his thinking in order to help other leaders and organizations inspire action. With a vision to change the way businesses think, act, and operate, Sinek helps transform company culture and create a better working world.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Advisor of 15Five
- Adjunct Staff Member of the RAND Corporation
- Member of Advisory Board of The First Thirty Days
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
- Sinek may be best known for popularizing the concept of Why in his first Ted Talk in 2009. It rose to become one of the most-watched talk of all time on TED.com, with over 35 million views and subtitled in 45 languages.
- His interview on Millennials in the Workplace broke the internet in 2016. It garnered over 80 million views in a week and is now up to more than 200 million views, inspiring conversations on the subject around the world.
APPEARANCES
- Sinek’s unconventional and innovative views on business and leadership have attracted international attention.
- From American Airlines to Disney, from Deutsche Bank to MARS, from big business to entrepreneurs to police forces, he has been invited to meet with an array of leaders and organizations in nearly every industry.
- He has had the honor of sharing his ideas at the United Nations, the United States Congress and with the senior-most leaders of the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard.
ACADEMIA AND MEDIA
- Sinek teaches graduate-level strategic communications at Columbia University.
- He is a contributor writer to such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, FastCompany, BusinessWeek, and NPR.