The biennial Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards were created in 2011 to recognise the exceptional contributions of individual thinkers.
Distinguished Achievement Award Categories:
In addition to the category awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual thinker in recognition of an outstanding body of work over an entire lifetime; and a Founders’ Award is given to individuals in the world of business ideas who provide industry leadership and inspiration.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Recognising an outstanding body of work over an entire lifetime.
The Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award is given to someone who has had a long-term impact on the way people think about and practice management. The first-ever award in this category was given to Charles Handy in 2011. Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award gain automatic entry into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame.
See the complete list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
FOUNDERS’ AWARD
For an individual who has paved the way for thought leadership to flourish.
The Thinkers50 Founders’ Award, introduced in 2019, recognises individuals in the world of business ideas who provide industry leadership and inspiration. It acknowledges the invaluable contribution of the architects who lay the foundations for ideas to flourish. The first Thinkers50 Founders’ Award recipient was Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño, President of IE University.
Nominations for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Category Awards are open from May to July in Thinkers50 Awards Gala years (odd-numbered years), and shortlists are announced in late summer. Awards are conferred in November at the biennial Thinkers50 Awards Gala event.
All nominations for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards are considered by the Thinkers50 Panel of Advisors.
Public participation is an important part of the Awards process. In Thinkers50 Awards years (odd-numbered years) all interested parties are invited to participate in the nomination process by submitting online the names and qualifications of thinkers they wish to put forward for consideration. Nominations from across the globe are accepted – and encouraged.
The Thinkers50 Distinguished
Achievement Awards have been described by the Financial Times as
because, like the Oscars, they are highly prestigious in their industry and are presented at a gala event attended by scores of the great management thinkers of our time. The Thinkers50 Awards Gala also features the announcement of the new Thinkers50 Ranking.
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Putting purpose at the heart of management.
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Christian Sarkar is an author, artist, and activist. He is involved in numerous public-education projects including The Wicked7 Project, ActivistBrands.com, FIXCapitalism.com, and the $300 House Project. Philip Kotler is known as “the father of modern marketing.” He is the S. C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the J.L. Kellogg School of Management, where he has taught for over 50 years. Philip and Christian have co-authored several books including Wicked Problems: What Can We Do in this Time of Collapse? Losing Our Democracy, and Brand Activism: From Purpose to Action.
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Pioneering architect of corporate reform.
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Psychology professor working to create wholly inclusive and equitable workplaces.
Psychologist, with a unique focus on organizational change, and the movement of business from a competitive to a more collaborative work space.
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