Leaders don’t lack resources aimed at helping them deliver more meaningful employee feedback. Yet, candid and comprehensive feedback for leaders, particularly on leadership and management skills, receives far less attention. […]
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The Vision
Smarter leadership
Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
Eric Olson is the co-founder and CEO of Consensus, an AI search startup for research papers. Prior to Consensus, Eric worked in data science at DraftKings, and was a three-starter for[…]
The former Nintendo president has become synonymous with the backlash against layoffs — because, like a great leader, he focused on lifting people.
Tim Cooper is an award-winning business and financial journalist. He has written for The Times, Raconteur, The Spectator, Guardian Weekly, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, and Investors’ Chronicle. He writes regularly for Citywire.
Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
The Culture
Better management, better teams
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Ali Abdaal is a doctor, entrepreneur, amateur magician, and the world’s most-followed productivity expert. He is the author of Feel-Good Productivity.
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
Kevin Ervin Kelley is an award-winning architect, brand innovator, and co-founder of the strategic design firm Shook Kelley. He is the author of Irreplaceable.
Marketing maverick Gary Vaynerchuk reveals how empathy, listening, and patience aren’t just virtues – they’re your ultimate advertising tools.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia, and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Gary is considered one of the[…]
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The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
Leaders don’t lack resources aimed at helping them deliver more meaningful employee feedback. Yet, candid and comprehensive feedback for leaders, particularly on leadership and management skills, receives far less attention. […]
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
The Transformation
Integrate technology faster
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
Martin SFP Bryant is a technology journalist based in the UK. He is the founder of startup newsletter PreSeed Now and edits social media industry newsletter Geekout. He was previously Editor-in-Chief[…]
AI is both a tool and a catalyst — and the key to successful integration is to rewrite your rule book and tinker.
I am, therefore I think. But since arguments from authority still work, I’m an engineer and an economist, ran a hedge fund, worked in 4 continents and currently am a[…]
Practical ML can radically improve business operations, but there’s a deployment issue.
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a leading consultant and former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference series and its[…]
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
We can’t always change our horrible bosses — but we can transform the ways we interact with them.
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