Strategy

Strategy

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Julius Caesar conquered Gaul but his emotional intelligence was pitiful — and there’s plenty we can learn from his leadership deficiencies.
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Timeless guidance on communication, time management, creativity, and more from some of today’s most influential thinkers.
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What 158 L&D leaders told us about the future of leadership development.
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In most organizations, contradictions are treated as problems to be fixed. But what if they’re actually the point?
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Richard Fain — Chairman and former CEO of Royal Caribbean Group — explains how a tongue-twister helped boost his company’s fortunes.
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A great idea requires resilience, persistence, and effective marketing for success, as highlighted by former GE vice chair Beth Comstock, who defines a "changemaker" as someone willing to take risks to achieve their vision.
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Charlene Li emphasizes that instead of mastering specific social media tools, leaders should prioritize engaging their audience through strategic listening, informed priority-setting, and effective communication, as social media platforms will continue to evolve.
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In a world filled with distractions, success hinges on your ability to connect, making sales skills essential for everyone, as emphasized by author Daniel Pink.
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“The public really doesn't realize that they are much closer to CIA spies than they think they are.”
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Rutger Bregman's "Moral Ambition" wants us to aim our careers not at money but solving the world's biggest problems.
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Psychologist Bob Sutton encourages leaders and teams to identify the different forms of friction — and reclaim time that would be lost to organizational drag.
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Stockholm has been called a “unicorn factory” for its success with new businesses. A unique connection with sports philosophy helps explain why.
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Webflow CEO Linda Tong tells Big Think how her lifelong love of sports has guided her ascent to the C-Suite.
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Whether it’s LeBron's shooting patterns or your corporate AI strategy, actionable insights are the key to turning data into meaningful results.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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"We are not our grandparents. It’s time to start thinking differently," journalist Annie Jacobsen told Big Think.
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Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
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With our new Analytics feature, you can easily identify trends and success metrics to maximize your learning program’s effectiveness.
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The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
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According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
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It’s not enough to nurture star players — the key is to cultivate everyone’s ability to collaborate and bring value.
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We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
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We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.
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Slack’s recent radical upskilling booster week highlighted the urgent need for new approaches to L&D: here are some of the most groundbreaking.
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Well-rounded business teams can be built by distilling key insights from sporting data. Bottom line: don't overstock on superstars.
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There are three kinds of failure. Only one can help you have a better shot of succeeding in the future. A Harvard business professor explains.
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Rooted in Vedic philosophy, "anupalabdhi" — or "non-apprehension" — can help you exploit gaps in the market.
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Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.