Charles S. Jacobs is the founder of the Amherst Consulting Group, founder and managing partner of 180 Partners, and the author of Management Rewired:  Why Feedback Doesn't Work and Other Surprising Lessons from the Latest Brain Science.  For over two decades, he has helped the leadership of the most renowned corporations improve the performance of their businesses.  He numbers among his clients fifty of the Fortune 100, and has worked in Europe, Asia, and the U.S.

His unique approach enables managers to use the new understanding of how the brain works to comprehensively rethink their businesses, creating more robust competitive strategies and the performance-oriented organizations needed to implement them.  His work provides the key to overcome the number one obstacle to meaningful improvement in business performance—the rapid and effective management of change.

He is sought after for print, broadcast, and internet interviews. His seminars and speeches offer an overview of the stunning discoveries of brain science and the direct, practical application of those discoveries to management. He completed his B.A., M.A., and work toward his PhD at the University of Michigan.