Art Kleiner

Principal and editor-in-chief, KPI

Art Kleiner is a writer, editor and entrepreneur whose work addresses today’s business and technological challenges. His most recent book, co-authored with Juliette Powell, is “The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology” (August 2023). He writes, speaks and consults on topics related to responsible AI and human behavior, organizational learning, the future of work, scenario planning, and the neuroscience of leadership. He is also one of the world’s leading consulting editors in business, a faculty member at New York University and editor-in-chief at the content strategy firm Kleiner Powell International [KPI]. 

Kleiner began his career at the Whole Earth Catalog and was editorial director of the best-selling “Fifth Discipline Fieldbook” series with Peter Senge et al. As editor-in-chief of the award-winning management magazine strategy+business, Kleiner published many influential thinkers and business leaders, and became a managing director at PwC.

His previous books include “The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management” (1996/2018), which describes the hidden history of business innovation. His book “Who Really Matters: The Core Group Theory of Power, Privilege and Success” (2003) was praised by Jim Collins and Marc Andreesen for its exposure of the underlying clan dynamics that drive company decision-making. His book “The Wise Advocate: The Inner Voice of Strategic Leadership” (2019), explains the neuroscience underlying long-term decision making.

Kleiner has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches group.