This class, led by experts like Natalie Nixon and Jonah Berger, teaches the transformative power of questioning—through shadow, open, and bridging inquiries—to enhance relational intelligence, foster authentic connections, and promote effective leadership and collaboration in personal and professional contexts.

Led by experts like Angie McArthur and Ginni Rometty, this class teaches relational intelligence through lessons on empathy, conflict resolution, and self-awareness, emphasizing the importance of respectful communication and vulnerability in transforming challenging interactions into collaborative opportunities.

This class emphasizes that effective leadership relies on fostering psychological safety and trust, encouraging genuine commitment through empathy, delegation, and intrinsic motivation, while providing practical strategies to inspire meaningful engagement and resilience within teams.

This class explores the complexities of ego and leadership through lessons from figures like Daedalus and Icarus, emphasizing self-awareness, humility, and the cultivation of charisma, while offering practical strategies for effective leadership transitions and fostering genuine connections within teams.

This course on strategic empathy, led by instructors like Amaryllis Fox and Liv Boeree, teaches participants to understand opposing viewpoints through "Red Teaming," while addressing cognitive biases and emphasizing the importance of historical context, cultural awareness, and ethical decision-making in complex global issues.

In this excerpt from "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...," Steven Pinker examines how crying may have evolved as part of a suite of emotional expressions aimed at strengthening social bonds.

“Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today with that number increasingly rising annually.”

Everything you experience is filtered through your brain, and everyone’s brain is different. Neuroscientist Christof Koch explains how understanding this can deepen your connection to the world around you.

A neuroscientist, a psychologist, and a psychotherapist discuss how emotions are stories built from old experiences.

Sikh American scholar and historian Simran Jeet Singh on helping kids imagine — and create — a more empathetic world.

In the Embers series, historian M.G. Sheftall shares the stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s last survivors and reveals why their testimony must endure.

“There's a very pervasive belief that human nature is fundamentally selfish, but I know for a fact that that can't be true in part because my life was saved by a stranger a long time ago when I was 19.”

“What did you win? You won awkward silence. You won their contempt. You won the first to apologize. When you win an argument, you will lose their confidence, you will lose their respect, you will lose the connection.”

“Anxiety is focused on things that are important to you in life. That is the key.”

Our minds crave simple, linear narratives. But society rarely follows a straight line.

Your brain changes when you experience something, and it changes again when you remember it. Two neuroscientists explain what that means for memory, perception, and identity.

The benefits of compassion in the workplace are manifold — but leaders should retain an intentional focus on mental, emotional, and physical balance.

According to philosopher Meghan Sullivan, effective altruism may overlook the moral importance of seeing others as individuals. She explains how love should guide how we care for both present and future humans.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Most of us think we're good listeners, but we're wrong — and it's ruining our relationships.

To be culturally intelligent, you must be curious and open-minded — and the benefits can be transformative.

Snorre Kjesbu — SVP & GM of Cisco’s Employee Experience group — has a bold vision for the future of human interaction.

Aristotle thought that a friend you love is considered your ‘second-self’, someone whose pain feels like your own. Philosopher Meghan Sullivan asks, what happens when you extend that kind of love to strangers?

Arendt thought 20th-century philosophy had become too passive and abstract. She called for "active thinking" that prepares us to live in the real world.

"The more uncertain and scary things get in the world, the more we as humans are drawn to simple dichotomies."

When you enter someone's home, you learn how life is lived elsewhere.

Investor Guy Spier joins Big Think for a chat about the “Oracle of Omaha,” generative AI, what confuses him, and more.

Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.

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.

A re-evaluation of how we perceive introverts in leadership is long overdue. Here are the compelling reasons why.