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Webflow CEO Linda Tong tells Big Think how her lifelong love of sports has guided her ascent to the C-Suite.
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Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.
Whether it’s LeBron's shooting patterns or your corporate AI strategy, actionable insights are the key to turning data into meaningful results.
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Former sports agent Molly Fletcher translates the discipline of great athletes into a framework for achievement in any field.
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Embedding any leadership philosophy in sports demands a selective and multi-disciplinary approach.
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The legendary investor explains the transformative Objectives and Key Results goal-setting framework with an imaginary Super Bowl strategy.
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Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
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Stockholm has been called a “unicorn factory” for its success with new businesses. A unique connection with sports philosophy helps explain why.
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Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
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What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
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George Raveling — the iconic leader who brought Michael Jordan to Nike — shares with Big Think a lifetime of priceless wisdom learned at the crossroads of sports and business.
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Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […]
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Major League Baseball and Ivy League research confirm that tackling well-being is hard work — but well worth the effort.
A person with glasses, viewed from behind, scratches their head thoughtfully as if pondering the complexities faced by accidental managers. The background is adorned with abstract blue and white wavy lines, adding a sense of fluidity to the scene.
Upskilling all managers and leaders is imperative if we are to solve the global challenge of poor management.
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Restaurateur Will Guidara explains why it’s not just what you do, but how you make people feel that leads to successful ventures.
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Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank highlights an AI-powered pathway towards more productive and more creative teams.
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By designing smart systems, we can help ourselves live up to our best intentions — and perform even better in our workplaces.
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An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.