Rich Karlgaard

Author of Team Genius: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations

Small teams are 40% more likely to create a breakthrough than an individual genius. Forbes publisher Rich Kaarlgard talks about how small, diverse teams are essential for innovation.

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Rich Karlgaard is the publisher of Forbes magazine, where he writes a featured column, Innovation Rules, on technology, business and leadership issues. Karlgaard has been a regular panelist on cable news’ most popular business show, Forbes on FOX, since the show’s inception in 2001. He is a co-founder of Upside magazine, Garage Technology Partners (with Guy Kawasaki) and Silicon Valley’s premier public business forum, the 7,500-member Churchill Club. Karlgaard’s 2004 book, Life 2.0, was a Wall Street Journal business bestseller. Karlgaard’s 2014 book, The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success, made the lists of top business books of 2014 for Inc., Value Walk, 800-CEO-READ, Huffington Post, and Forbes India.