Safi Bahcall (Author, Physicist & Former CEO, Synta Pharmaceuticals)

Safi Bahcall, physicist extraordinaire, author, business consultant and co-founder of Synta Pharmaceuticals, believes that nations and organizations can benefit from an understanding and application of the scientific approach to leadership and business growth. He talks about his philosophy that is laid out in his new book, Loonshots that he states come from an intersection of business, history, and physics. According to Bahcall, the theory utilizes physics principles on the behavior of groups from which he created a straightforward solution to create an organizational structure that encourages innovation.