Eric Ries is a serial entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way. In his latest book, Incorruptible—a New York Times bestseller—Ries redefines profit as the maximization of human flourishing, offering a roadmap for building ethical, resilient, high-trust companies that last.
Ries offers lessons on scaling your company without selling your soul in the process, presenting frameworks rooted in continuous innovation, learning from failure, and mastering the art and science of the pivot. In a departure from "move fast and break things" ideology, he offers strategies for avoiding mission-drift, maintaining stakeholder trust, and prioritizing long-term growth over short-term profits.
His perspectives are especially relevant for corporate leadership teams and boards navigating governance and oversight in tech, finance, healthcare, and law.