These are the dynamic men and women leading the way in the next phase of human evolution.
K. Anders Ericsson is the Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. His research focuses on the question of how expert performers – in fields ranging from music, to chess, to sports – attain superior performance. In addition to a series of groundbreaking scientific articles on the topic of expert learning, Dr. Ericsson has published several books including, most recently (2016) “Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise,” which he co-authored with Robert Pool. He is a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science, and a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. His research has been featured in cover stories in Scientific American, Time, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and New York Timesand was also the centerpiece of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers.
