Rishad was named by BusinessWeek as one of the top business leaders for his pioneering innovation, and Time magazine dubbed him one of five “Marketing Innovators. He is one of only 300 people elected to the Advertising Hall of Fame since 1948. Rishad is the author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in The Age of Data” which helps people think, feel, and see differently about how to grow their companies, their teams and themselves to remain relevant in a transformational time and “Rethinking Work” which helps people thrive amidst the seismic changes that will occur at work due a combination of changing demographics, new mindsets, the rise of distributed work, and the spread of AI. He is also the host of the What Next? podcast and publishes a thought letter called “The Future Does Not Fit into the Containers of the Past,” which is read by 30,000 individuals every week. Rishad remains a Senior Advisor to the Publicis Groupe where he has spent his entire 37 year career, most recently serving as the Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist of the 100,000+personfirm. Prior to those roles, he was the Chairman of Digitas and Razorfish. In addition, Rishad serves as a board director or advisor to a host of firms, including LoopMe, Journey, GrowthCatalyst Partners, Dumbstruck, Shift Paradigm, Quilt. Ai and Qualsights. He is also the Chairman of the Tobaccowala Foundation, which helps over 10,000+ people in India. Rishad holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Bombay.