David Burkus

About David Burkus

David Burkus is a bestselling author and international speaker who writes about leadership and teamwork. He is a former business school professor. He studied organizational psychology at the University of Oklahoma for his master's and earned a doctorate in strategic leadership at Regent University. Thinkers50 has ranked him among the world's top business thought leaders since 2017. His ideas have been featured in outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and the BBC, and his TED Talk has been viewed more than 2 million times. He has worked with leaders at organizations such as Google, Fidelity and Adobe. His books in our catalog include Friend of a Friend, Leading from Anywhere and The Myths of Creativity.