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Business
Becoming a leader: Is “killing your old self” a good idea?
Adam Bryant makes a key observation about rising to the challenges of leadership — and your change-resistant former self won’t like it.
Adam Bryant
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Business
Rebuilding is easy: Rethinking is hard
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
An open book reveals the art of smart manipulation: on the left page, a marionette illustration dances gracefully, while on the right, a flock of sheep grazes peacefully in a sunlit field.
Business
Why your smartest colleagues are virtuoso manipulators
We manipulate constantly — but few of us want to be called “manipulative.” Here, ex-Google executive Jenny Wood redefines an unfairly maligned trait.
Jenny Wood
A man in a suit sits on a stage chair with a headset, set against a vibrant green background, ready to discuss the latest advancements at OpenAI.
Business
How OpenAI lost Musk and took aim at “something magical”
OpenAI has become a household name in artificial intelligence — but back in 2018 things looked very rocky. Here’s what happened.
Gary Rivlin
A foot in a brown shoe stepping on a banana peel against a blue background, illustrating one of the humorous fixes for success.
Business
7 leadership blind spots and how to remove them
Professor of leadership Michael D. Watkins identifies ways high-performing teams can be sabotaged — and offers simple fixes for each.
Michael D. Watkins
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Business
How to rethink education in the age of AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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The Long Game
What if we built something better? When disaster sparks reinvention
The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.
Eric Markowitz
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