Shermin Kruse is an award winning idea curator, global change-maker, complex-system negotiator, lawyer, speaker, and storyteller. Shermin has nearly two decades of experience working in competitive strategy and game theory applications, corporate and community advocacy, brand protection and augmentation, as well as dispute resolution for individuals, international corporations and Fortune 500 Companies. Shermin also has a decade of parallel experience producing thought-leadership events, including TEDx conferences and a network of salon series. She is a professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, teaching Tactical Empathy, Global Transactions, Cross-Border Deals, and Leadership.