Core Field: Conceptual Age

The Academic

Receiving a BA, with honours in linguistics, from Northwestern University, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a JD from Yale Law School.

The Author

Daniel’s newest book, A Whole New Mind (published in Feb. 2005), is about the six essential aptitudes white-collar workers must master to survive and thrive in an outsourced, automated, upside-down world. This book is soon to be published in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, France and the United Kingdom.

He is also the author of Free Agent Nation, the provocative and acclaimed Washington Post bestseller about the growing ranks of people who work for themselves. This book has been a best seller in the United States, Canada and Japan – and is now used in some undergraduate and MBA education programs. Several publications name it one of the best business books of 2001. While Tom Peters (another Global Leaders Speaker) called it ‘The best book on work since The Organisation Man’ and Fortune Small Business rated it as one of the ten milestones in management thinking in the last century.

Daniel is a Contributing Editor at Wired and his business and technology articles have featured in New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other publications.

The Speaker

Daniel Pink has lectured on work, business, and economic transformation to corporate, association, and university audiences around the world. He's provided analysis

on dozens of television and radio broadcasts - including CNBC's "Power Lunch," ABC's "World News Tonight," NPR's "Morning Edition," and American Public Media's. Dan is a thought provoking speaker with an entertaining style, and he doesn’t shy away from illustrating his points with unusual presentation techniques.

In Business

Daniel held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He’s also worked as an aide to United States Secretary of Labour Robert B. Reich, an economic policy staffer in the United States Senate, a legal researcher in India, and a latrine builder in Botswana. As an independent business consultant, he's advised start-up ventures and Fortune 100 companies on recruiting, business trends, and work practices.

For more information visit: www.danpink.com