SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group and author of the new book Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead (Jossey-Bass/May 2010), is among "The 100 Most Creative People in Business for 2010," according to a new list compiled by Fast Company magazine.
The list of 100, announced this week, appears as a feature story in the June issue of Fast Company. It represents a wide range of fields, from entertainment to medicine to technology; companies such as Apple, Pepsi, and Nissan; and entities as diverse as the Pentagon, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of Missouri.
The release of the list this week coincides with the publication of Li's new book Open Leadership, which went on sale Tuesday.
Li is one of the foremost experts on social media and technologies and a consultant and independent thought leader on leadership, strategy, social technologies, interactive media and marketing. Formerly Li was vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research and a consultant with Monitor Group. She is the co-author of a previous bestselling book, Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (2008), written with Josh Bernoff.
Fast Company has previously honored Li as one of "The 12 Most Creative Minds of 2008" and as one of "The Most Influential Women in Technology" in 2009.
Fast Company plans a special event to celebrate the 100 honorees, to take place in New York City on June 16th.
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