[via TimesOnline]

Below, the 15 first “business brains”. Interesting to see Jim Collins at the 6th place, Kjell Nordstrom at the 9th, Scott Adams at the 12th. Otherwise, no big surprise.

1. Michael Porter (2)* Harvard strategy specialist
2. Bill Gates (20) Founder of Microsoft
3. C. K. Prahalad (12) LBS strategy man
4. Tom Peters (3) Leadership consultant
5. Jack Welch (8) GE’s ex-CEO and celebrity
6. Jim Collins (10) Author of Good to Great
7. Philip Kotler (6) Kellogg’s marketing guru
8. Henry Mintzberg (7) Promotes Managers not MBAs
9. Kjell Nordstrom & Jonas Ridderstrale (21) Funky Business exponents
10. Charles Handy (5) British portfolio worker
11. Richard Branson (34) Entrepreneur and Virgin flyer
12. Scott Adams (27) creator of Dilbert
13. Thomas Stewart (37) Intellectual Capital author
14. Gary Hamel (4) Strategy consultant
15. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne (31) Blue Ocean Strategy duo