leadership

We rightly celebrate Winston Churchill as one of the world’s greatest leaders — but for all the wrong reasons.

Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.

That completely useless thing you want to get rid of — it’s probably more important than you think.

Aragon AI CEO Wesley Tian tells Big Think Business how he took his company from initial conception, through acceleration, to the scaling phase.

In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.

We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.

Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the “silent evidence.”

In an environment of impressive IQs, emotional intelligence makes all the difference.

For a plan to go as smooth as clockwork, be prepared to pounce on opportunity.

Every successful leader can mine golden knowledge from the works of the Bard.

What worked before won’t necessarily work this time — and the best leaders will adapt.

Every opportunity seized is another lost — but not choosing is the worst choice of all.

To thrive in a rapidly changing future, we will need adaptable and diverse skill sets. Here’s where to look.

Quarterback Tom Brady was initially overlooked by NFL scouts, but he had vast hidden reserves of character.

To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.

Intrinsic motivation cannot be imposed on a team — but you can provide the right culture for it to flourish.

According to neuropsychologist Julia DiGangi, no one can live a life free of emotional pain. We can only choose how those emotions empower us.

The father of relativity understood that “not everything that counts can be counted” — as do today’s most impactful leaders.

Times of crisis tend to produce “hard” leaders, but — driven by Generations Y and Z — a softer leadership style has taken root globally.

Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a “lazybones” with a “not very solid” education. Less than 10 years later, he would eat his words.

If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.

So many of the conditions for a sale or IPO are outside your control — which is why preparation is everything.

AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.

How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.

Rooted in Vedic philosophy, “anupalabdhi” — or “non-apprehension” — can help you exploit gaps in the market.

Step 1: Don’t solve the wrong problem.

New tech is a double-edged sword. Integration can be expensive and perilous: Mess up the adoption and jobs are on the line. 

Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.

Your organization won’t become a “data democracy” organically — shared knowledge is key.

Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.