Robert S. Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School, is codeveloper of both activity-based costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). He has coauthored several books, including The Execution Premium and Alignment (both with David P. Norton).
David P. Norton is cofounder and former director of Palladium Group. He has authored several books with Robert S. Kaplan, including Alignment, Strategy Maps, and The Strategy-Focused Organization.
Barry Abrams has narrated and produced audiobooks for a variety of publishers. Since 2012, he has also hosted and produced ESPN's In the Gate podcast. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, Barry engineers and calls live webcasts of his son's ice hockey games.