Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott is a seasoned executive, former CEO, co-founder of  Future Forum and the author of the WSJ bestseller, How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to do the Best Work of Their Lives. As an advisor, Brian’s work enables leaders to drive transformation at work. 

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Brian has spent 25 years leading teams and building companies as a startup CEO, as a product leader at Google, and as an executive at Slack and Salesforce. Most recently, Brian co-founded and led Future Forum, a research-driven consortium backed by Slack and partners Boston Consulting Group, Management Leadership for Tomorrow and MillerKnoll that brought together research-driven insights with best practices gathered from organizations around the world.

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Brian started his career at Boston Consulting Group, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. His work has been published in a wide range of publications including The Economist, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a proud father of two young men. 

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His book, How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams To Do the Best Work of Their Lives, is a WSJ bestseller. Co-authored with Sheela Subramanian and Helen Kupp, the book is a blueprint for empowering teams with the flexibility and choice they need to do their best work based on two years of original research and work with leaders across industries.