Isaacson’s lecture considers the role creativity plays in yielding novel solutions to scientific, social, and political problems. Isaacson is currently the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, which sponsors policy programs and leadership development initiatives with the goal of finding solutions to pressing global issues. Born in New Orleans, he is a graduate of Harvard University and Pembroke College of Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar. A frequent contributor to Time Magazine, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications, Isaacson is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992) and coauthor (with Evan Thomas) of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986).
