Leadership

Leadership

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Your to-do list isn't a debt to pay off. It's a menu to choose from.
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Behavioral scientist Danny Kenny on the simple power of asking, "What is this actually for?"
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John Amaechi's journey from British bookworm to NBA player and organizational psychologist reveals that high performance requires vision, grit, and the recognition that success is often a collective effort rather than an individual achievement.
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Middle managers make or break employee engagement. Here are the four capabilities L&D needs to prioritize.
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When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.
How to get employees to engage in learning programs.
Most L&D pros assume attention comes with the job title. Marketers wake up every day convinced they have to earn it. That gap explains a lot.
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Explore Carla Harris’s perspective on executive presence and the value in showing up as our authentic selves.
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Leadership isn’t about mastering a fixed set of skills, but creating the meaningful, human-centered experiences that inspire others.
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You don’t need to be a salesperson to influence others. Robert Herjavec teaches us how to listen deeply, speak clearly, and create value in every interaction.
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Inside GM’s race to build the electric Hummer lies a powerful lesson in speed, simplicity, and the operating system required for exponential growth.
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Activist, author, and Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani explains why playing it safe is hurting workplaces — and how to change it.
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This is how Darktrace successfully trained 75% of their global managers across 20 cohorts in under 2 years.
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Every generation has faced a version of this moment — the question has never been what our tools can do, but what we choose to do with them.
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Rubin joins Big Think for a chat about her one-minute rule, why self-knowledge is key to a good life, and more.
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Your real competitive edge isn’t how smart you are — it’s how quickly you can reinvent yourself when the rules change.
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Most failures trace back to people problems. If you want long-term success, start with your team. Here’s how to build teams that will actually last and make an impact.
Book cover of "Our Best Work" by Nilofer Merchant, featuring a torn paper design that reveals the subtitle: "Break Free from the 24 Invisible Norms That Limit Us." Perfect for anyone seeking to do their best work.
To bring the best out of your teams, don’t flex like Maximus — lean into a “helpful fight” instead.
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The great Chinese philosopher offers a durable and practical blueprint for harmonizing with our work colleagues.
Book cover of "No Fear No Failure: Five Principles for Sustaining Growth Through Innovation" by Lorraine H. Marchand with John Hanc, published by Columbia Business School—fostering an emotional connection to inspire lasting growth.
Why the link between understanding customers and retaining them is forged from emotional connection.
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Julius Caesar conquered Gaul but his emotional intelligence was pitiful — and there’s plenty we can learn from his leadership deficiencies.
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Great companies are built on intention, not instinct. Music mogul and entrepreneur Steve Stoute, often called “the CEO other CEOs turn to for advice,” shares what it takes to become a strong leader.
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Practical guidance for navigating AI’s role in modern learning organizations.
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Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.
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AI will shape the future of work, but human leadership will decide whether that future is good — and happiness should be the touchstone.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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AI may be rewriting “how” we work — but not “why” we work. And this has profound implications for leadership.