Author - Stephen Wunker

Steve Wunker is the Managing Director of New Markets Advisors, a global consulting firm that helps ambitious innovators—including 29 of the Fortune 500—find their next wave of growth. He’s founded four pioneering companies, developed one of the world’s first smartphones, and worked with AI initiatives for over a dozen years. A longtime collaborator of Harvard Business School legend Clayton Christensen, Wunker has advised hundreds of organizations and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation. He’s written over 100 articles for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and others, and authored four bestselling books. His new book is AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm (Menlo Park Books; September 8, 2025). Learn more at www.aiandtheoctopus.com.