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The Incentives Lab
The Co-Founders

Two co-founders. One discipline: Incentive Intelligence™.

The Incentives Lab is built by Aaron Bare, futurist, strategist, facilitator, and co-creator of Incentive Intelligence™ with Ricardo Rosselló, PhD, the 12th Governor of Puerto Rico and U.S. Congressional Delegate. Together they translate behavioral science into operating systems for companies, governments, and AI.

Aaron Bare — Portrait — Aaron Bare
Portrait — Aaron Bare
WSJ
Bestselling Author
X-Prize
Winner
500+
Companies facilitated
100+
Countries facilitated
20+
Years advising executives
6
Books authored
Co-Founder

Aaron Bare

Co-Founder & Chief Architect — The Incentives Lab

Behavioral strategist, WSJ bestselling author of Exponential Theory, X-Prize winner, and the creator of Incentive Intelligence™ — the discipline of diagnosing and redesigning the incentives that shape how people, teams, markets, and machines behave.

Aaron Bare is a strategist, facilitator, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Exponential Theory. Over two decades he has led strategy sessions inside more than 500 companies — from venture-backed startups to Global 100 enterprises — and advised Fortune 500 boards and CEOs across more than 100 countries. He has negotiated upwards of $12B in deal value and won an X-Prize for human-systems work that connected innovation to measurable behavior change.

He is the author of six books, including the WSJ bestseller Exponential Theory, the new book Magnetic Zero: The Search for the Perfect Philosophy, and the forthcoming Perverse Incentives (2027, with Ricardo Rosselló). His writing argues that the next decade will not be decided by AI strategy but by how clearly leaders see the incentives — human and machine — that already run their organizations.

As Co-Founder and Chief Architect of The Incentives Lab, Aaron builds the diagnostic, design, and simulation tools that turn Incentive Intelligence into an applied practice: the III Assessment, the Atlas of 1,100+ behavioral terms, the Lens diagnostic, the Designer, and the Observatory. He also convened the Consortium — the working group of practitioners, scientists, and operators that anchors the Lab's research.

His credo is simple, and runs through every product the Lab ships: always be curious, have fun, be extraordinary.

Topics
Incentive Intelligence™Behavioral StrategyExecutive FacilitationPerverse IncentivesAI Strategy & AlignmentStrategic Foresight
Ricardo Rosselló, PhD — Portrait — Ricardo Rosselló, PhD
Portrait — Ricardo Rosselló, PhD
Delegate
U.S. Congressional Delegate for Puerto Rico
12th
Governor of Puerto Rico
PhD
Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology
MIT
BA, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Duke
Post-doctoral research — stem-cell reprogramming
CVO
Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI Health)
Co-Founder

Ricardo Rosselló, PhD

Co-Founder, The Incentives Lab — U.S. Congressional Delegate & 12th Governor of Puerto Rico

Scientist, public servant, and policy architect. Currently the U.S. Congressional Delegate for Puerto Rico, elected through an unprecedented write-in campaign, and previously the 12th Governor of Puerto Rico — bringing systems-level incentive design to government, health, energy, and infrastructure.

Ricardo Rosselló is a scientist, entrepreneur, and public servant trained as a biomedical engineer. He holds a BA in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from MIT, a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology from the University of Michigan, and completed post-doctoral research at Duke University focused on reprogramming stem cells.

He served as the 12th Governor of Puerto Rico, where he led sweeping reforms across health, energy, education, taxation, and labor — and directed the island's response and recovery after Hurricane María, one of the largest natural-disaster responses in modern U.S. history. He now represents Puerto Rico as U.S. Congressional Delegate, elected through an unprecedented write-in campaign to advance the island's political and economic status.

In parallel, he is Chief Visionary Officer of the Regenerative Medicine Institute (RMI Health), co-founder of Beijing Prosperous Biopharm, and an adjunct professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government. He has authored peer-reviewed work in regenerative medicine and policy, and writes regularly on the intersection of science, governance, and reform.

As Co-Founder of The Incentives Lab, Ricardo brings a statesman's lens to Incentive Intelligence™ — translating the discipline into the policies, institutions, and infrastructure that govern public life, and co-authoring Perverse Incentives (2027) with Aaron Bare.

Topics
Public Policy & GovernanceBiomedical Engineering & Regenerative MedicineEnergy & Infrastructure ReformInstitutional Incentive DesignAnti-Corruption & ReformDisaster Recovery & Resilience
Speaking & public appearances
Tijuana Innovadora — keynote stage
Tijuana Innovadora — keynote stage
Mainstage keynote — blue-lit theater
Mainstage keynote — blue-lit theater
Keynote — opening session
Keynote — opening session
Panel — executive forum
Panel — executive forum
Exponential — strategy stage
Exponential — strategy stage
Blue Zones — longevity & systems
Blue Zones — longevity & systems
DLP — leadership intensive
DLP — leadership intensive
Workshop — best ever experience
Workshop — best ever experience
Official portrait, Governor of Puerto Rico (2017)
Official portrait, Governor of Puerto Rico (2017)Government of Puerto Rico · Public domain
Address from the Governor's podium
Address from the Governor's podium
Press conference — María recovery operations (2017)
Press conference — María recovery operations (2017)U.S. Army · Public domain
Public address
Public addressWikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
With U.S. HUD — disaster recovery agreement
With U.S. HUD — disaster recovery agreementU.S. Dept. of HUD · CC BY 2.0
Diálogo UPR interview (2016)
Diálogo UPR interview (2016)Diálogo UPR · CC BY 3.0
With U.S. Treasury Secretary in San Juan
With U.S. Treasury Secretary in San JuanOffice of U.S. Treasury Secretary · Public domain
Tijuana Innovadora — keynote stage
Tijuana Innovadora — keynote stage
Mainstage keynote — blue-lit theater
Mainstage keynote — blue-lit theater
Keynote — opening session
Keynote — opening session
Panel — executive forum
Panel — executive forum
Exponential — strategy stage
Exponential — strategy stage
Blue Zones — longevity & systems
Blue Zones — longevity & systems
DLP — leadership intensive
DLP — leadership intensive
Workshop — best ever experience
Workshop — best ever experience
Official portrait, Governor of Puerto Rico (2017)
Official portrait, Governor of Puerto Rico (2017)Government of Puerto Rico · Public domain
Address from the Governor's podium
Address from the Governor's podium
Press conference — María recovery operations (2017)
Press conference — María recovery operations (2017)U.S. Army · Public domain
Public address
Public addressWikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
With U.S. HUD — disaster recovery agreement
With U.S. HUD — disaster recovery agreementU.S. Dept. of HUD · CC BY 2.0
Diálogo UPR interview (2016)
Diálogo UPR interview (2016)Diálogo UPR · CC BY 3.0
With U.S. Treasury Secretary in San Juan
With U.S. Treasury Secretary in San JuanOffice of U.S. Treasury Secretary · Public domain
Why the Lab exists

AI is exposing every weak incentive system in every organization simultaneously.

The leaders who win the next decade will not be the ones with the best AI strategy. They will be the ones who understand how incentives — human and machine — actually behave.

The Lab teaches that literacy through a flagship executive academy, a diagnostic assessment, six living research labs, and an executive council of practitioners.

The goal is not to sell a course. The goal is to build the world's leading authority on how incentives shape behavior, organizations, markets, culture, innovation, and AI.

Ready to see the incentives?

Photos of Ricardo Rosselló licensed via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain, CC BY 2.0, CC BY 3.0, and CC BY-SA 4.0). Credits shown beneath each image.