Andrew Razeghi is a writer, educator, and adviser to organizations on growth strategy, creativity, and innovation.

As founder of StrategyLab, Inc., he works with organizations seeking growth through the creation and introduction of new ideas. His work spans industries – from consumer packaged goods to healthcare, tourism to media, and non-profit organizations to professional sports teams. A few of his clients include Aurora Healthcare, Brinker International, Carlson Restaurants, Darden Restaurants, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, the Houston Texans, Motorola, Novartis, Switzerland Tourism, and World Kitchen. Moreover, Andrew speaks to thousands of people each year at trade association and organization events on topics related to creativity and innovation. Andrew has appeared in a number of media outlets including ABC-TV, Air America, the Chicago Sun-Times, China Daily, El Norte (Mexico), FAST COMPANY, NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Andrew taught the capstone MBA course on strategy and organization at The Graduate School of Business at Loyola University Chicago. And shortly after the fall of communism in Central Europe, he was invited to be among the first American professors to teach free market economics at The Prague University of Economics in Prague, The Czech Republic.

In addition to his work as an educator and adviser, Andrew is a review panelist for The Wright Centers of Innovation at The National Academies of Science in Washington, D.C.; a Thought Leader with Knowledge Dialogue; and an Advisory Board Member of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) – a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization working to raise global awareness on more than 500 university campuses and in more than 10 countries.

Andrew earned his master’s degree in financial derivatives from Loyola University Chicago where he graduated with honors. He earned his undergraduate degree in international business from Bradley University and studied modern popular culture at Richmond University London.

Andrew is the best-selling author of the leadership book HOPE: HOW TRIUMPHANT LEADERS CREATE THE FUTURE (June 2006, Jossey-Bass/Wiley) which has been praised by leaders in many fields including cancer survivor and Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong, Kinko's Founder Paul Orfalea, and best-selling authors Dr. Ken Blanchard and Dr. Jim Belasco who calls HOPE "...the trailblazing management book of our time!" HOPE has also been translated into Mandarin Chinese and Korean and has been on CEO READ's best-seller list since its launch.

Andrew's newest book on innovation is entitled THE RIDDLE: WHERE IDEAS COME FROM AND HOW TO HAVE BETTER ONES (Feb. 2008, Jossey-Bass/Wiley). In it, professor Razeghi explains the mystery of the Eureka moment and why we tend to have your best ideas when we are least likely trying to have them.

He can be reached at (773) 755-3100 or visit www.andrewrazeghi.com.