Coaching Science, Company-building and Venture Capital. Chris Gannett believes Business is the leverage point for global change, and founded Gannett.Partners to open doors to sustainable progress and superior returns by integrating coaching science, company-building and private capital. Chris helps companies transform and grow by mining for gems in people, businesses and brands. An exited entrepreneur, investor and coach with expertise in consumer, media, entertainment, financial services and tech, he partners with founders, CEOs, investors and sports & entertainment talent to help them build companies, identify strengths and blind spots, and clarify issues focused on growth and impact. Widely known as an intrapreneur and CMO with Sony, "American Idol," "So You Think You Can Dance," Muhammad Ali Enterprises and Elvis Presley Enterprises, and Creator / Writer / Executive Producer of Microsoft's "ChangeMakers" series, Chris has contributed to 5 Emmys, 3 Guinness Records, 3 turnarounds, 2 Magic Quadrant Leaders and Sony's CEO Award for Global Entrepreneurial Achievement. He is also an active circuit speaker at Convergence AI, IBM Think, Cannes Lions and Engage Dallas, and an academic visitor at SMU, Columbia University, London Business School and Washington University in St. Louis. Chris pioneered and practices Integral Resilience® methodology and is affiliated with Harvard's McLean Institute of Coaching and the International Coaching Federation. He is also a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at Haas School of Business.