Behavioral Economics and Decision Making

David McIntosh is a specialist in executive education and development, designing and teaching customized programs for companies, nonprofits, and universities since 1992. He is an accomplished facilitator, delivering individual coaching, project team support, and large, multi-day events. He is co-author of The Art of Business, which was published in five languages. He has delivered speeches about strategy, leadership, innovation, the synthesis of work and art, and future trends to audiences in Europe, Asia, North America, and online. At Harvard Extension School (HES), he has taught behavioral economics and decision making since 2018 and has co-taught other HES courses on business strategy and decision making. At the Harvard Division of Continuing Education, he has created and taught numerous Professional Development Programs. Since 2017, he has taught online programs for Harvard Business Publishing, with clients in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, McIntosh was part of the leadership team at the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation. He created and led the CBI Network, a community of innovators in 15 countries. He has worked as a management consultant at Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) and at Bain & Company. He has also worked in real estate investment banking at Sonnenblick-Goldman (now part of Cushman & Wakefield) and as the vice president of finance for a Boston-based real estate developer. McIntosh earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and his AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.

Robert Duboff is CEO and a founder of HawkPartners. His focus is on helping clients develop effective strategies. This often entails workshops and other tools to facilitate decisions and/or learning. Over the years, he has worked with clients across virtually all industries, with concentration on those who market to other businesses, large or small.

From 1999-2001, Duboff served as Ernst & Young's chief marketing officer with responsibility for all marketing activities of the $4 billion enterprise. He also chaired the firm's Global Marketing Operating Committee.

Prior to that, Duboff was a vice president and board member of Mercer Management Consulting. During his twenty years with the firm, Duboff helped launch Mercer's marketing and market research practice, and led this unit for more than a decade.

Duboff co-authored the book Market Research Matters (Wiley, 2000) and wrote ROI for Marketing: Balancing Accountability with Long-Term Needs for the Association of National Advertisers in 2007. He has also written for such publications as Harvard Business Review, Marketing Management, The Advertiser, Across the Board, and Leadership & Strategy. He is an experienced teacher, who has taught at Harvard Extension School (where he is currently teaching), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School, Boston University, and Boston College, and has been a frequent expert in legal cases.

Duboff received a BA from Amherst College and a JD from Harvard Law School.