Peter Sims
Peter is an acclaimed author, speaker, and entrepreneur who's passionate about helping organizations operate and innovate more effectively.
His latest book, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, published in 2011 by Simon & Schuster's Free Press, builds on historical research and 200+ interviews with leading innovators to find that the road to success is often paved by small experiments and missteps that help refine and/or reframe new ideas. Peter is also co-author, with former Medtronic CEO and Harvard Business School professor Bill George, of the best-selling book True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (2007). He has also written articles and blog entries for Harvard Business Review, The Financial Times, Fast Company, and Tech Crunch.
When not writing, Peter can often be found collaborating with faculty at Stanford's Institute for Design (the d.school) or advising or speaking at leading organizations including Google, Eli Lilly, Pixar, Cisco Systems, and Stanford University.
Earlier, Peter worked in venture capital with Summit Partners, including helping the firm establish its London office. He started his professional career as a Business Analyst on the Deloitte Consulting global strategy team.
Peter earned his MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, where he and several classmates started a popular new course on leadership, and an AB in Government & Legal Studies from Bowdoin College. Peter lives in San Francisco and enjoys weekend getaways to Sonoma winery Gundlach Bundshu, founded by his great-great-great grandfather and now run by his cousins.