Few people have dominated a single business discipline as Philip Kotler has dominated marketing. The author of the definitive marketing textbook tells Stuart Crainer that marketing is a fluid discipline and explains how companies that see the opportunity side of turbulence and recession can thrive.

Unlike most management thinkers, Henry Mintzberg focuses on what managers actually do. And as he tells Stuart Crainer, today's narcissistic obsession with leadership is undermining management and pushing organisations off the rails.

Steve Radcliffe, one of Europe's leading coaches, wants to promote better leadership. He argues that leadership is something we can all rise to. It's not complicated or theoretical - it's all about practise.

Des Dearlove explores the secrets of successful change with John P. Kotter, Professor of Leadership Emeritus at Harvard Business School and one of the world's foremost authorities on change and leadership.

Technology is a means to better performance but, laments IE Business School's Professor Oswaldo Lorenzo, it is often regarded as the ends rather than means. Instead, organisations need to look to the future rather than becoming fixated on the present.

Marc Silvester and Mohi Ahmed of Fujitsu map talk about a new approach to service which they anticipate as being as powerful in the service world as Toyota's has been in manufacturing.

Dr Michael Jarrett, one of Europe's leading experts on organizational change, talks to us about the five factors that most influence the success or failure of almost every change initiative.

Peter Senge, once described as the "strategist of the century", explains to Stuart Crainer the steps we need to take towards creating a more sustainable world and why this change is imperative.

Roger Martin, Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto, tells Des Dearlove that the traditional preoccupation with what a leader does is misplaced. It's what they think and at the decisions they make that matter.

Des Dearlove talks to psychologist Howard Gardner about the qualities of thinking that will allow people to survive and prosper in the 21st century, both in work and life generally.

Professor Richard D'Aveni has been described as a combination of Henry Kissinger and Sun Tzu. He talks to Stuart Crainer about his work and the challenges posed by emerging economies.

Tony Buzan's mind mapping technique has become a global phenomenon, spawning almost 100 books as well as a multi-million dollar industry. Stuart Crainer spoke to him about mind mapping and how it can help businesses to be better.

Professor Mark H. Moore talks to Des Dearlove about public value and citizenship and poses some challenging questions about the way we view public services

Professor David Bach discusses the effect on competitiveness of nonmarket strategy – the way that companies manage relationships with governments, regulators, NGOs, the media and society at large.

Professor Niall Ferguson tells Des Dearlove why an ability to think historically and make sense of the past is an indispensable business skill – and why leaders have to acknowledge their fallibility.

How can an organisation create meaning? How can it be invigorating for its employees as well as its respected by its customers? We talk to Gurnek Bains, CEO of psychology consultancy YSC and author of Meaning Inc, to find out.

From Carrefour to Wal-Mart, Tesco to Best Buy, retailing has never been sexier or generated so much money. But, says Nirmalya Kumar, there is one area whose continuing rise in importance has been consistently overlooked: private labels.

Marshall Goldsmith, one of the world's best known – and best paid – executive coaches, talks to Des Dearlove about his coaching philosophy and how he helps successful leaders get better.

Arun Sinha, author of "Sweet Spot: How to Maximize Marketing for Business Growth", and Chief Marketing Officer of Pitney Bowes, shares his thinking on 21st Century marketing with Des Dearlove.

Stuart Crainer talks to José Luis Álvarez, Associate Dean at the Instituto de Empresa business school in Spain, about models of leadership that involve more than one person at the top of an organisation.

Larry Bossidy, credited for transforming the fortunes of AlliedSignal, discusses why organisations need to confront reality if they are to succeed.

Des Dearlove talks to David Norton, who, with Robert Kaplan, devised the concept of the balanced scorecard in 1993, revolutionizing the way that managers view the performance of a business.

Des Dearlove talks to London Business School Professor Lynda Gratton about the need for greater flexibility and co-operation in organisations and how more cooperative organisations can encourage innovation.