George Yip is an author and leading authority on global strategy and marketing, managing global customers, internationalization, and multinational strategies for the Asia-Pacific region. In January 2008, Yip was named dean of the Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management. Previously, he was vice president and director of research and innovation at Capgemini Consulting, UK, where he helped develop the intellectual capital of the €7 billion global company. Yip is a senior fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research, the UK’s research initiative on management, and a fellow of the Academy of International Business.

Tamara J. Erickson is an expert on the changing workforce and innovative ways to shift the relationship between individuals and organizations, and, in so doing, powerfully enhance workforce productivity. She is president of The Concours Institute, the research and education arm of The Concours Group, a professional service firm supporting senior executives through the blend of leading-edge intellectual capital and pragmatic business results, and an executive officer and member of the board of directors of the firm.