Alain is the author of seven non-fiction books that look at the great questions of ordinary life - love, friendship, work, travel, home - in a way that is intellectually rigorous, therapeutic, amusing and always highly readable. His goal is to bring ideas back to where they belong: at the center of our lives.

Alexander Osterwalder (1974) is an entrepreneur, speaker and business model innovator. Together with Professor Yves Pigneur he invented the Business Model Canvas, a practical tool to visualize, challenge and (re-) invent business models. The Canvas is used by leading organizations around the world, like GE, P&G, Ericsson, and 3M. Alexander is a frequent keynote speaker and has held guest lectures in top universities around the world, including Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, IESE and IMD. The Busines