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Big Think+
The Gandalf Effect: The most important thing for any leader
Three virtues every good leader must develop.
Jonny Thomson
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Business
How to be a great mentor in business and life
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover titled "Friction: A Biography" by Jennifer R. Vail, featuring an image of a matchstick angled on a matchbox striker—capturing the spark of friction—set against a light blue background.
Business
How “tribology” became a new industrial science
The deep study of friction and surfaces — so crucial to industrial manufacture — emerged from a mid-century engineering conference.
Jennifer R. Vail
A colorful silhouette of a person sits at a desk, using a computer with a monitor displaying horizontal static lines—an image inspired by the innovative creativity of Jeff DeGraff.
Business
Why the real revolution isn’t AI — it’s meaning
AI may be rewriting “how” we work — but not “why” we work. And this has profound implications for leadership.
Jeff DeGraff
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The Future
The politics of Silicon Valley may be shifting again
Tech leaders may have backed Trump in 2024, but the majority of the community still leans left — and has a big opportunity ahead.
Peter Leyden
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Business
How AI is making us think short-term
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
What happens to the weavers? Lessons for AI from the Industrial Revolution
Handled right, AI has potential to bring back middle-skill jobs lost to the rise of computers, economists argue. Or, like the mechanized mills of the past, it could toss whole sectors out of work.
Andrew Singer | Knowable Magazine
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Big Think+
Scaling leadership, inside and out: Reflections from 2025
Practical lessons from a year of building leadership frameworks, programs, and partnerships.
Charlotte Sharpe
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Business
Why the best leaders help their teams to “savor” the world
In an age of polycrisis, argues leadership coach Lisa Bennett, we should spend less time trying to save the world — and focus on savoring it instead.
Lisa Bennett
Simon Squibb, a middle-aged man in a blue shirt, stands outdoors in an urban setting, holding a small microphone with his arms crossed.
Business
The art of the hook: How Simon Squibb redefines influence
British entrepreneur Simon Squibb made his fortune and retired — then amassed legions of followers by giving away sharp business advice for free.
Lucy Tobin
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Business
A new way to think about intelligence
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
Inside the meteoric rise of Mercor
AI “eval” outfit Mercor is one of the fastest growing companies in history. But will their rocket run out of fuel? Big Think investigates.
Aaron Mok
Book cover for "Cut Through: The Pitch and Presentation Playbook" by Dominic Colenso, featuring Dominic Colenso's name in bold black text on a yellow background with a rightward arrow.
Business
How to harness the Trojan Horse of presenting skills
To win over any audience you need to master “cut-through” — former TV and film actor Dominic Colenso wants to give you the secret sauce.
Dominic Colenso
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Big Think+
Five recommendations that will reshape leadership development in 2026
What 158 L&D leaders told us about the future of leadership development.
Lavinia Mehedintu
Book cover titled "The End of Driving: Automated Cars, Robotaxis, Sharing vs Owning, and the Future of Mobility" by Bern Grush, John S. Niles, and Andrew Miller, Second Edition.
Books
Robotaxis offer a path toward smarter and fairer urban mobility
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
Bern Grush , John Niles & Andrew Miller
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Business
Why we overcomplicate things
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
Collaboration masterclass: How to wrangle disagreements like Bob from Xerox
Tech legend Bob Taylor — a pioneer of the computing revolution — figured out the genius of framing two types of disagreement.
Martin Gonzalez & Joshua Yellin
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Business
The 14 rules for navigating complex systems
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
“Surfing the edge”: Tim O’Reilly on how humans can thrive with AI
Media trailblazer Tim O’Reilly tells Big Think why AI requires "get yourself dirty" work — and warns us not to buy the hype.
Tim Cooper
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The Present
The rise of AI denialism
Conversations about an imminent "AI bubble" tend to miss the big picture.
Louis Rosenberg
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