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Women bring new and innovative ways of exercising power to the table, argues Gaia van der Esch. All business teams will benefit.
Gaia van der Esch is a policy expert and author of Leading Our Way: How Women are Re-Defining Leadership.
If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.
Nik Kinley is Director and Head of Talent Strategy for the global talent management consultancy YSC, and the co-author of Re-writing Your Leadership Code.
Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science … and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Night Guy vs. Morning Guy” routine.
Martin Gonzalez is the co-creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project and the co-author of The Bonfire Moment.
The Culture
Better management, better teams
Leaders ideally intertwine their own success with that of their teams — if that’s not the case at your workplace, here’s what to do.
Josefine Campbell is an executive coach and author of 12 Tools for Managing a Selfish Leader. josefinecampbell.com
Sure, “who you know” matters — but your best contacts will be the ones you don’t know very well.
Michael Thompson is a career coach, lecturer at EAE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, and the author of Shy by Design.
Storytelling skills are not just for entertainment — practical exercises used by the cream of Hollywood can transform your work-life.
Ethan Bernstein is the Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School, and the co-author of Job Moves.
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a columnist at Big Think and is the award-winning, bestselling author of three[…]
“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”
Psychologist and author of Emotional Intelligence and Focus, Dr. Daniel Goleman has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, and conducts business. A frequent speaker[…]
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
The Transformation
Integrate technology faster
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
Byrne Hobart is an investor, consultant, and writer. He is the co-author of Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation.
The Wharton School professor — and author of Co-Intelligence — outlines ways we can tap into the AI advantage safely and effectively.
Natasha Tynes is the founder of Suburban Media Group and a veteran communications professional with over twenty years of digital communications experience. She is a regular contributor to publications, among[…]
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.
Josh Browning is a writer and editor based in Washington state. In addition to his role as the editorial director for a consulting firm, his personal work is typically focused on technology,[…]
Psychotherapist Israa Nasir explains how a “value-aligned life” can help us crush our goals — without being crushed by the need to accomplish more.
The late philosopher suggested adding a couple of “Occam’s heuristics” to your critical thinking toolbox.
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