Professor of leadership Michael D. Watkins identifies ways high-performing teams can be sabotaged — and offers simple fixes for each.
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Professor of leadership Michael D. Watkins identifies ways high-performing teams can be sabotaged — and offers simple fixes for each.
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[…]
Investor Guy Spier joins Big Think for a chat about the “Oracle of Omaha,” generative AI, what confuses him, and more.
Lucy Handley is a freelance business and lifestyle journalist. She is a regular contributor to CNBC and has written for The Guardian, Time, National Geographic, and more. She has also ghostwritten[…]
“You need to run towards the pain and darkness and not away from it. I think the best leaders always run towards the darkness. They always run towards a problem.”
Ben Horowitz is a founding partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and author of the best-selling book, “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
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The Culture
Better management, better teams
Magicians use “change blindness” to delight audiences — and you can use it to become an excellent colleague.
Dr. John Eliot is an executive coach and the co-author of How to Get Along with Anyone.
From “job crafting” to questioning our preconceived ideas about work, there are many ways to fight burnout and disengagement.
Tim Duggan is the author of Work Backwards: The Revolutionary Method to Work Smarter and Live Better.
Psychologist Bob Sutton encourages leaders and teams to identify the different forms of friction — and reclaim time that would be lost to organizational drag.
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,[…]
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
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[…]
Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.
Dean Carignan leads AI innovations within Microsoft Research and the Office of the Chief Scientist. He is the co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Innovation at Microsoft.
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[…]
The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
Rasmus Hougaard, MA, is founder and managing director of the Potential Project, the leading international provider of Corporate-Based Mindfulness Training (CBMT) programs. He is the co-author of More Human, The[…]
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 Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
Robert Waldinger, Zen priest and Harvard professor, explains why fulfillment isn’t about reaching an idealized state. It’s found in everyday acts of kindness and compassion.
Hanan Harb Sahourieh is a writer and learning & development strategist with more than 20 years of experience in writing, marketing, and workforce development. She is the author of Everybody,[…]
Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.
Can we learn to always look on the bright side of life?
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