Amy Wilkinson is author of "The Creator's Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs" based on 200 interviews with today's leading entrepreneurs. She is a lecturer at Stanford Business School, senior fellow at Harvard University, a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Ms. Wilkinson frequently speaks to corporate, association, and university audiences on entrepreneurial leadership, and advises startups and large corporations on innovation and business strategy. Her career spans leadership roles with McKinsey & Company and JP Morgan and as founder of a small foreign-based export company. She has also served as a White House Fellow and senior policy advisor in the White House Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Ms. Wilkinson frequently comments on business strategy for national media outlets such as CNN and FoxNews. She holds a BA, MA, and MBA from Stanford University and is member of the Council on Foreign Relations.