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Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic “The Personal MBA” — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
Going against the grain is often difficult — but necessary for outperformance over the long-term.
When caught between the urge for wholesale change and fear of stasis, the best approach is to take it easy.
You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.
The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
The best of all investor attributes is easily attained — and unbeatable in combination with other advantages.
Cam Lawrence — CEO of international venture platform Newlab — joins Big Think Business to discuss his strategic vision for climate tech.
Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
It’s good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
A golden new era of business is within our reach — provided that we harness AI’s potential while mitigating the risks.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank outlines a strategy for balancing collaboration with healthy competition.
AI projects reveal both heroes and villains in your workforce — success depends on maximizing the number of heroes.
Whatever your length of service in the top role, this tool-box will help you conquer adversity — and thrive.
Generative AI is arriving fast — both overtly and covertly — and without solid L&D guidance leaders and teams will be hobbled, argues Matt Beane.
The mindless implementation of AI tools can come at a cost for our teams. Here are some red flags and solutions.
The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.
Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.
Over-reliance on experts with quick fixes has taken us too far from reality — it’s time to dispel the fairy tales.
Schopenhauer and Freud can help teams navigate the most prickly of collaboration problems.
Whole Foods Market founding CEO John Mackey synthesized the counterculture with capitalism and drove a food revolution.
To kickstart innovation follow the insider startup knowledge about charisma, “well-rounded square pegs,” and rock-solid teams.
Former Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh revitalized the brand with a visionary innovation plan.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
30 years ago Jim VandeHei — co-founder and CEO of Axios — got leadership feedback all wrong. Now, he has the ideal blueprint so you can get it right.
A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.
What the breakthrough methods of laboratory research can teach the business world about brainstorming.
The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.