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Penny Hay
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Imagination Is Our Human Superpower: Prof. Penny Hay on Why Every Child Is Already an Artist

Prof. Penny Hay holds a title that does work before she says a single word: Professor of Imagination. In a world of educational metrics, league tables, and STEM priorities, that title stakes a deliberate claim — that imagination isn't peripheral to education. It's the substance itself, the foundational human capability from which everything education is supposed to produce actually grows.

Jon Ward
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Don't Ask What AI Can Do For You: Jon Ward on Why Transformation Fails in the Corridors, Not the Boardroom

Jon Ward has spent thirty years at the frontier of enterprise transformation as a management consultant, three-time Group CEO, Business Agility Ambassador, published author, and now, architect of governance frameworks for agentic AI. His central message to boards in 2026 is blunt: don't ask what AI can do for you. Ask what your business is actually for and only then ask which mechanism, human or machine, gets you there fastest without losing control of it.

Martie Smith
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Reinvention Is Not a Destination: How Martie M. Smith Turned a Lifetime of Change Into a Mission of Resilience

Martie M. Smith has been a mechanic, a U.S. Air Force veteran, a radiation therapist, a STEM educator, a furniture builder, a photographer, an award-winning bilingual author, and a global mentor. On paper, it reads like someone who couldn't settle. In practice, it's the story of someone who kept learning to begin again — and built a life's mission out of teaching others to do the same.

Rebecca Sacks
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How Rebecca Sacks Is Proving the Best Growth Strategy Starts With the Right Hire

There is a version of leadership most people learn first, the one built on hierarchy, control, and being served. Rebecca Sacks, Founder & Principal Consultant of Authentic Talent Edge, built her 20+ year career proving there's a better one. In this exclusive Pulse Magazine feature, she breaks down why talent acquisition is the most under-leveraged growth lever in business, what AI can never replace in recruiting, and why the organizations that treat hiring as a human experience, not a process and are the ones that build lasting, high-performing teams.