John uses data analytics to identify social change and help leaders and organizations anticipate and adapt to new trends and demands. A New York Times best-selling author, social scientist, speaker, and consultant, he is an expert on management of social change. His latest book with Pulitzer-Prize winner Michael D'Antonio explores the rise of soft power in leadership. Tom Peters says, ‘The Athena Doctrine is a powerful book. Extraordinary research. Great storytelling. A message both timely and monumental importance.’ As CEO of The Harris Poll, John has compiled one of the world’s largest data sets on public sentiment during COVID and is informing guidance to organizations including The CDC, BRT, and corporations around the world. John is Chairman of The National Kidney Foundation and Distinguished Fellow, at The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard, and board advisor to The U.Ns Girl Up Campaign and University of The People. He has presented his research at WEF; was named ‘Top Management Articles of the Decade' by Strategy & Business and his TED talks are widely viewed. In 2014, John was inducted into The Hall of Achievement' at The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.