Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behaviorist, internationally sought after keynote speaker, mentor and author. He has travelled the world delivering seminars and lectures and mentoring executives at companies such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft and IKEA. His book Surrounded by Idiots is one of Sweden's best-selling non-fiction titles of all time, with more than seven million copies sold in 70 languages, and the whole Surrounded By series has sold twelve million copies worldwide. He lives in the Swedish countryside with his wife Christina, who is also an author.