<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:23f6b250-c862-4f39-a381-c58aab645af6" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><a id="p245"/> <h1 class="backtitle ">About the Author</h1> <div class="half both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_authorphoto" src="images/authorphoto.jpg"/> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left ">D<span class="smallcaps">AVID</span> B<span class="smallcaps">URKUS</span> is an associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. He is a regular contributor to the <em>Harvard Business Review</em>, <em>Forbes</em>, <em>Bloomberg BusinessWeek</em>, and the <em>Financial Times</em>. A popular corporate speaker, he has worked with a variety of businesses, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="buttonbox"> <a class="websitebutton" href="http://www.davidburkus.com"> <div class="websitebutton">Learn more at www.davidburkus.com.</div> </a> </div> </body> </html>