Michael B. Horn

Author/Speaker, The Future of Education Substack

Michael Horn is the award-winning author of several books, including the national bestseller, Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career; teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and co-founded the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, a non-profit think tank. He strives to create a world in which all individuals can build their passions, fulfill their potential, and live a life of meaning through his writing, speaking, and work with a portfolio of education organizations. Michael is also the author of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns and From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)creating School for Every Child, and he cohosts the top education podcasts Class Disrupted and Future U. His 2024 Harvard Business Review article "Why Employees Quit" won the 2025 Warren Bennis Award for the best HBR article on leadership. Michael holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

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