Martin Gutmann

Author | Business Historian | Keynote Speaker

Professor at the Lucerne School of Business

Books

#1 Amazon Bestseller

The Unseen Leader

“A provocative look at what history really teaches us about effective leadership. This book will challenge you to rethink some of your core assumptions about what it takes to align people around common goals.” 

Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the podcast Re:Thinking 

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Recent Articles, Commentary & Interviews

For a list of my academic publication, see my university profile

I am a contributor to Forbes.com where I write on leadership, technology, and history.

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Speaking

TEDx Berlin, February 2024

Interview on BigThink+ "How to Build a Leader," September 2024

To enquire about a speaking engagement or keynote, please email management@getapeptalk.com.

You can also take a look at my PepTalk speaker profile here

I am a regular corporate and keynote speaker

Recent topics include:

  • Why we celebrate the wrong leaders (and what to do about it)

  • Effective leadership—in history and today

  • Leadership in the age of poly-crisis and AI

  • Dealing with complexity—in history, today, and in the future

  • Building high-performance teams through empathetic leadership

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