Tamara Carleton, PhD, is an award-winning professor, industry advisor, and author of radical innovation and strategic foresight. As the founder and CEO of Innovation Leadership Group, Tamara helps leaders and teams to build innovation capacity and map bold futures. She is the rare leader who truly works globally and multidisciplinary. As a professor of practice, Tamara is on the faculty of multiple business schools and technical universities around the world. Tamara holds the UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Leadership for Innovative and Better Futures at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Education (in 2023 and 2024) by Women We Admire. She has written several seminal books on innovation, including Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality, Inventing the Almost Impossible, and the Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation. She holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.