THINKERS50
Management thinker rankings, awards and thought-leadership programmes for business schools and organisations
Highlights
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-31
About THINKERS50
Thinkers50 identifies, ranks and shares management ideas. Its Thinkers50 Ranking of management thinkers has been published since 2001, alongside the Distinguished Achievement Awards, the Hall of Fame, the annual Radar list of 30 thinkers, Booklists, Coaching Legends, Coaches50 and the biennial Leaders50 list.
Services include curated webinar programmes co-designed with organisations, faculty development and one-to-one coaching for business school faculty, workshops for faculty and students, and thought-leadership development for individual thinkers. Customers include business schools, organisations and individual thought leaders, who engage the company through its sales contact for pricing.
The legal entity, Thinkers50 Limited, was founded in 2016 and is based in Wargrave, United Kingdom. Its London Summit and Leaders50 Awards Gala is held in central London. The company was co-founded by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer, and its CEO is Mikko Leskelä.
Product: Thinkers50 management thinker rankings and awards, plus curated webinar, faculty coaching and thought-leadership programmes
Jobs at THINKERS50
Leadership
- Des Dearlove · Co-founderSource: company website
- Stuart Crainer · Co-founderSource: company website
- Mikko Leskelä · CEOSource: company website
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