The Authors & Innovators Business Ideas Festival hosted by Gennari Aronson, and sponsored by New England Invents, is jam-packed with insights, idea exchange, and thoughtful, intelligent conversation with business book authors, innovators, and top business minds.

Thursday’s Featured Conversation: Knowing What Matters: The Changing Mindset of Business

Today’s emerging leaders face unprecedented challenges.  They need to work harder, smarter, and know what matters.  That means tracking the latest developments in tech, retaining and attracting the right team, considering the broader community, and understanding that the only constant is change.  Join us as we explore how leaders can navigate these challenges with determination, humility, and humor.

• Saul Austerlitz: Adjunct professor of writing and comedy history at New York University
• Clayton Fletcher: Popular stand-up comedian who performs all over the world.
• Kashmir Hill: Features writer on the business desk at The New York Times, covering technology and privacy
• Ron Shaich: Founder and former Chairman and CEO of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain and current Chairman and Lead investor in Cava, Tatte, Life Alive, and Level99.

Doors open @4:30. Event starts @6:00.