Innovative Thinkers

We asked around: we came up with the tag of innovative thinkers. You might call them something else, or have heard them called something else, but at Enable Leaders, we wanted to bring you people that are sharp, smart and those that will help you in your journey as a leader. And no, leader doesn’t necessarily mean you’re the CEO: even if you lead yourself, you ARE a leader.

Whether it’s through a book, a podcast, a newsletter or some other form of content, we believe you’re going to enjoy the people below. Check them out and check back for updates!

Social psychologist Deb Mashek helps leaders of mission-driven organizations, philanthropists, and groups of organizations avoid the predictable pitfalls of complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives so that they can drive impact and achieve their visions.  An experienced nonprofit executive, business advisor, and professor, her writing appears in MIT-Sloan Management Review, Fortune, Reworked, Inside Higher Education, and Psychology Today. Deb has been an invited speaker on collaboration and viewpoint diversity at leading organizations including the United Nations, Asian Development Bank, American Psychological Association, and Fortune. She is the author of Collabor(h)ate. www.debmashek.com

Why we enjoy Deb’s thinking: Deb has a clear-cutting quality when it comes to her thinking and writing. We love her work on collaboration and the messy factors of how to bring alignment, great communication and clarity for what matters most.

Ellen McGirt is an author, podcaster, speaker, community builder, and award-winning business journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of Design Observer, a media company that has maintained the same clear vision for more than two decades: to expand the definition of design in service of a better world. Ellen established the inclusive leadership beat at Fortune in 2016 with raceAhead, an award-winning newsletter on race, culture, and business. The Fortune, Time, Money, and Fast Company alumna has published over twenty magazine cover stories throughout her twenty-year career, exploring the people and ideas changing business for good. Ask her about fly fishing if you get the chance.

Why we enjoy Ellen: Ellen’s honest effort to take on difficult topics that are relevant to leaders of all kinds are praiseworthy. We admire her gumption and persistence to tell challenging and compelling stories in a world that needs to hear them.

Mark Crowley hosts a leadership podcast, sponsored by Chevron, featuring world-class guests, has an audience in 175 countries & ranks in the top 1.5% in the world. He is a leadership columnist for Fast Company. His work has been featured in USA Today, the Huffington Post, Stanford University, NPR, The Financial Times et al. Two LinkedIn Pulse articles he wrote on engagement & managing millennials have been read well over one million times, and a Forbes Magazine article says his “Lead From The Heart” thesis represents the “future of workplace leadership”. That thesis, taken from his hit book, Lead From The Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century, is the driving force for his work.

Why we enjoy Mark: Mark is truly passionate about the importance of heart in leadership: his compassion is obvious and shines through in what he communicates. If you’re tried of lackluster, early 20th century style of management practices, you will enjoy Mark.

Michele Wucker is a strategic advisor, Qualified Risk Director®, author, and global economic policy analyst who coined the term “gray rhino” as a challenge to take a fresh look at obvious, impactful, probable events and to help decision-makers respond more effectively.

Why we enjoy Michele: Her vast array of experience, both from industry and culture, come shining through in her work. She brings an informed, global, multi-sided view of many issues, which will make you think.