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To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
New research from Big Think+ shows that leaders crave more feedback on their leadership and management skills.
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
‘Six Persimmons,’ an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
New research from Big Think+ sheds light on why employees can find the act of providing feedback to be intimidating, and how L&D can ease this fear by elevating feedback beyond pure evaluation.
Anne-Marie Rosser — CEO of creative agency VSA Partners — shares her cross-generational vision for a new brand of leadership.
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
We may have discovered alien life already but rejected the evidence too quickly because it seemed false at first glance.
The insanity of the academic job market laid out in numbers.
Which one is the funniest?
“I was incarcerated well before I was in prison and I was free before the gates of prison opened up and let me out.”
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“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.
Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans.
Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
The philosophy of sex is going through a recalibration period.
Over 250 million records sold and more than 70 platinum hits later, Jason Derulo sits down with us to talk about goals, insecurities, and why he still doesn’t feel like he’s “made it.”
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Organizational scientist Steven Rogelberg discusses the common meeting mistakes leaders make and how they can change course.
It’s not enough to nurture star players — the key is to cultivate everyone’s ability to collaborate and bring value.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
All forms of energy affect the expanding Universe. But if matter and radiation slow the expansion down, how does dark energy speed it up?
Depression might be similar to dreaming.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?
Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.