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Adam Bryant makes a key observation about rising to the challenges of leadership — and your change-resistant former self won’t like it.
The founder of gourmet fast food juggernauts Pret and Itsu unpacks the meaning of success and what really inspires him.
Webflow CEO Linda Tong tells Big Think how her lifelong love of sports has guided her ascent to the C-Suite.
An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.
Women bring new and innovative ways of exercising power to the table, argues Gaia van der Esch. All business teams will benefit.
In some organizations “founder mode” can become synonymous with over-reliance. Here’s how to avoid the pitfalls of “apparent irreplaceability.”
If “founder mode” runs its course, CEOs should cultivate a new skillset rooted in the authenticity of self-awareness.
Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
Anne-Marie Rosser — CEO of creative agency VSA Partners — shares her cross-generational vision for a new brand of leadership.
How to find the right balance between controlling teams and allowing them the agency to make mistakes — and learn from them.
By unlearning old leadership mindsets, cultures, and assumptions we can move from Industrial Age thinking to Intelligence Age thinking.
Benjamin Oakes — CEO of buzz-worthy biotech company Scribe Therapeutics — joins Big Think for a chat about innovation, human endeavor, and more.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Most leaders get the psychology of human motivation all wrong — here’s how a presidential encounter with a leaf-sweeper puts it right.
We can address the misalignment between the current leadership reality and traditional leadership practices with a simple formula.
Jeremy Johnson — co-founder of the talent network Andela — reflects on leadership in the age of remote work and AI.
He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he’s a peerless visionary.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
“Business Adventures” by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
Veteran investor Sujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, helps us sift golden nuggets from the loose shale of entrepreneurship.
To kickstart innovation follow the insider startup knowledge about charisma, “well-rounded square pegs,” and rock-solid teams.
Smart CEOs can harness authenticity and humanity on socials — but one slip can spell disaster. Here’s a strategic 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.”
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.
Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.
The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here’s a strategy for resilience.
Sam Smith — founder and former CEO of finnCap Group — argues that a culture of empathy will help superscale any business.