If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.
Nik Kinley is Director and Head of Talent Strategy for the global talent management consultancy YSC, and the co-author of Re-writing Your Leadership Code.
Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science … and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Night Guy vs. Morning Guy” routine.
Martin Gonzalez is the co-creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project and the co-author of The Bonfire Moment.
In some organizations “founder mode” can become synonymous with over-reliance. Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls of “apparent irreplaceability.”
Kathleen Fitzpatrick is the director of Digital Humanities and a professor of English at Michigan State University. She is the author of Generous Thinking and Leading Generously.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
If “founder mode” runs its course, CEOs should cultivate a new skillset rooted in the authenticity of self-awareness.
Airbnb’s CBO, Dave Stephenson, joins Big Think for a chat about elite-team leadership, “founder mode,” the Taylor Swift effect, and more.
Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business, lays out a new approach to inclusive leadership that takes “thinking bigger” to the next level.
Three of the greatest moral philosophers — Bentham, Kant and Aristotle — offer invaluable and practical lessons for leaders today.
Want to get ahead? The best leaders are always humble, proactive and — above all — curious, advises Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota.
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.
How to find the right balance between controlling teams and allowing them the agency to make mistakes — and learn from them.