Look no further for innovative business thinkers

The Harvard Business Review recently published a list of the world's top 50 business thinkers. And of those 50, 4 Canadians were included on the list. Weighing in at number 6, was Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, number 9 was Don Tapscott, adjunct professor at Rotman, number 10 was author Malcolm Gladwell, and number 30 was Henry Mintzberg, professor at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management.

The list is quite fascinating – most are authors of books that could be considered "mainstream" and certainly have been best sellers. Criteria that was used in narrowing down the list included how original or practical their ideas were, their research, and how much of a following each person had in their respective fields. The top award went to Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard, who is an expert on innovation. TPL has both of his books – The Innovator's DNA and The Innovative University.

Check out some of the books that our Canadian four have written:

Is there a business thinker that you follow that you think should have been included?