Creativity is the key to navigating today's uncertain economic climate and fast-changing consumer preferences, and the need to create and nurture an innovative workplace has never been greater.

Marc-David Seidel, associate professor and director of the Maurice Young Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Centre at the UBC Sauder School of Business. Worked in Internet development before the creation of the World Wide Web and launched several successful tech start-ups — including the first online airline portal.

Associate professor and executive director of the UBC Sauder Centre for Social Innovation and Impact Investing, which works to create real-world change in areas such as the low carbon economy, social innovation and First Nations economic development.

Katherine White, professor and division chair of marketing and behavioural science at the UBC Sauder School of Business. White is a leading expert on prosocial consumption and social marketing, and in 2016, was named one of the top five marketing researchers in the world by the American Marketing Association.

Professor Kai Li, W. Maurice Young Chair in finance at the UBC Sauder School of Business, and senior associate dean, equity and diversity. Li specializes in corporate governance - including executive compensation, activist shareholders and mergers and acquisitions - as well as the Chinese economy and stock market.