Thinkers50

Thinkers50 - the first-ever global ranking of management thinkers - was created in 2001 by Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove. A new ranking has been announced every two years since, and each is the culmination of an intensive Thinkers50 campaign to identify the very best management thinking in the world. The Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards were introduced in 2011 as a way to recognize and celebrate business and management thinkers in a number of specific categories. Thinkers50 partners include The Brightline Initiative, Fujitsu, The Growth Faculty, Management Centre Turkey, India's Institute for Competitiveness and the European Centre for Strategic Innovation. Thinkers50 has established Ideas Labs in Odense, Denmark, which is home to Thinkers50 Europe, and Qingdao, China, where Thinkers50 China is hosted by the Haier Group.