Consistently topping influential business thinkers lists, Gratton is a Professor at the London Business School and an international authority on creating innovative organizations ready for the future.

Founder of the Hot Spots Movement, a consulting team that specializes in helping companies boost innovation and value creation, Gratton was ranked number one in the Human Resources Magazine's "Top 25 HR Most Influential UK Thinkers 2011" poll. She is the author of seven books on people development within organizations. Her latest, The Shift, was released in 2010.