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The Vision
Smarter leadership
Want to get ahead? The best leaders are always humble, proactive and — above all — curious, advises Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota.
Jeremy Sirota is CEO of digital music licensing company Merlin. He was previously head of business & legal affairs for WEA and ADA.
Anne-Marie Rosser — CEO of creative agency VSA Partners — shares her cross-generational vision for a new brand of leadership.
Why Bob Stiller — founder and former CEO of billion-dollar beverage company Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — believes shared learnings are a win-win.
Bob Stiller founded Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR), serving as its CEO and President from 1981 to 2007. GMCR introduced the Keurig machine and became the largest supplier of[…]
The Culture
Better management, better teams
The multifaceted nature of company culture is what makes it so challenging — this guide will help you make sense of the complexity.
Dr. Laura Hamill is an organizational psychologist, ex-Microsoft director, and Limeade cofounder. She is a host of the Happy at Work podcast and the author of The Power of Culture.
Monica Parker explains how creating opportunities for wonder can help foster a thriving, inclusive workplace.
We spend over a third of our lives at work, yet the global workplace is often not a happy place. The solution may lie with our feelings of attachment.
Sara Daw is Group CEO of The CFO Centre and The Liberti Group, and the author of Strategy and Leadership as Service – How the Access Economy Meets the C-Suite.
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
If you’re out on a walk, you will see a different world than your dog, a bee, or an ant. Here are three reasons why that matters.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
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[…]
“I’m often asked: “Are great strategic thinkers born, or are they made?” And my answer is always yes. Like so many human capabilities, it’s a mixture of nature, nurture and experience.”
Michael D. Watkins is a professor of leadership at the IMD Business School and a co-founder of Genesis Advisers. He was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, and[…]
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The Transformation
Integrate technology faster
Why “audio gaps” in video meetings wear us out — and why we need the meaningful relationships forged in communal workspaces.
Richard E. Cytowic is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. His books include Synesthesia, The Man Who Tasted Shapes, The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology, and Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age.
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[…]
Mark Weinstein outlines a new path for social media that protects, respects, and empowers the regular users.
Mark Weinstein is a tech entrepreneur, thought leader, privacy expert, and one of the pioneers of social networking. He is the author of Restoring Our Sanity Online: A Revolutionary Social Framework.
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
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