Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
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The Vision
Smarter leadership
Half a century ago, idealistic punks shook a fist at the status quo — and their legacy is a blueprint for modern leadership.
Blaire Palmer is a former BBC journalist turned keynote speaker. She is the author of Punks in Suits: How to Lead the Workplace Reformation.
Yushiro Kato — the 32-year-old co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi — offers his most valuable leadership learnings.
Yushiro Kato is a co-founder and CEO of manufacturing platform CADDi. He was selected for the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in 2019.
Whatever your length of service in the top role, this tool-box will help you conquer adversity — and thrive.
Michael D. Watkins is a professor of leadership at the IMD Business School and a co-founder of Genesis Advisers. He was a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, and[…]
The Culture
Better management, better teams
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
Chris Griffiths is the founder and CEO of OpenGenius, a keynote speaker for organizations including NASA, Disney, and the United Nations, and the co-author of The Focus Fix: Finding Clarity, Creativity[…]
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank outlines a strategy for balancing collaboration with healthy competition.
Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform and the author of Automate Your Busywork. He is a renowned industry leader on topics such as entrepreneurship, technology, bootstrapping, and[…]
To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
Dr. Richard Davis is the CEO of Kilberry, a leading firm of management psychologists that provides assessment and development services to investors, CEOs, and corporate leaders. Clients include Under Armor,[…]
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt was Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist. He founded Google’s Innovation Lab, taught classes on innovation and creativity at Stanford University for more than a decade, and[…]
It’s good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
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,[…]
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.
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
A golden new era of business is within our reach — provided that we harness AI’s potential while mitigating the risks.
Nell Watson is an AI expert, ethicist and author of Taming the Machine: Ethically harness the power of AI.
Nestor Maslej, research manager at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), talks us through key findings in the 2024 AI Index Report.
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 projects reveal both heroes and villains in your workforce — success depends on maximizing the number of heroes.
Sol Rashidi helped IBM launch Watson in 2011 and is the author of Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons from Real World AI Deployments.
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
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[…]
If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
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