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Business

Discover top ideas and strategies from today’s leading business voices.

Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.
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When is a rabbit not a rabbit? When it's a thought experiment designed to reveal the tricky tango of language and concepts.
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“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.
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Executive advisor Tiffani Bova wants leaders to value their employees as much as their customers.
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What the breakthrough methods of laboratory research can teach the business world about brainstorming.
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The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
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The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here's a strategy for resilience.
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The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.
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According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
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Sam Smith — founder and former CEO of finnCap Group — argues that a culture of empathy will help superscale any business.
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The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.
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Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
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Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
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Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
Mismatched socks on feet standing among wildflowers represent unique work-life hacks.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
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Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
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How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
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AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
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Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
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Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.