A former US Army general who retired after thirty years of honourable service, Stanley McChrystal has been a key figure in US missions including those in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he served as Commander General of the Army and Coalition forces. Today he divides his time between his leadership consultancy at the McChrystal Group, which he co-founded, and teaching at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He has written several books, including Team of Teams and the autobiographical memoir, My Share of The Task.
While studying China and the Middle East and institutional design at Yale University, Tantum Collins took General Stanley McChrystal's leadership course. After earning a bachelor's degree in Global Affairs, he is now studying for a PhD in International Relations and Politics at the University of Cambridge, UK, with particular focus on institutional global design. He is co-author of Team of Teams.
A graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former US Navy Special Corps officer for twelve years, David Silverman is a highly decorated veteran with countless missions under his belt from all around the world; among these he has fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and Asia. Today he is co-founder of CrossLead, an initiative created with General Stanley McChrystal to facilitate the process of adaptation within organisations of all kinds and all sizes, and to achieve success even in the most complex of working environments.
A former US Navy Special Corps officer for over fifteen years and aide-de-camp for General Stanley McChrystal during his senior year at the head of Joint Special Operations Command, Chris Fussell is now a partner of the CrossLead group which deals with development, customer relations and marketing. A graduate with a master's degree in Unconventional Warfare, he is a senior fellow in naval security at New America, a group of experts dedicated to understanding future challenges for the United States.