The Insightful Leader Live
A series of live, virtual events providing an hour of critical leadership and business insights from a Kellogg professor.
The Insightful Leader Live: What Hostage Negotiators Can Teach Us About Everyday Negotiations


Cynthia Wang is a Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She is also the Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution and Research Center (DRRC) and Kellogg Teaching Resources (KTR). Her research interests include intergroup relations, intergroup-conflict management, cultural and social diversity, and negotiations.
Danielle Gilbert is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. Her research explores the causes and consequences of hostage-taking in international security, including projects on rebel kidnapping, hostage-recovery policy, and hostage diplomacy.
We look at the business of climate change, asking what happens when corporate leaders, investors, policymakers, and technologists try to make changes—and why they keep hitting a wall.