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Whether women, or men, or both invented it – empathy, even in adversarial relationships, is invariably the wisest approach.
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The award-winning translator and language expert examines the intricacies of human language. We ask, do animal communication systems measure up?
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Warren Littlefield, former NBC president, advises young people entering any field to trust in their instincts even when they run counter to common sense in the industry, then to fight […]
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Stephen Greenblatt argues that art is always grounded in its time and place, but that powerful art contains universal elements.
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The scarcity of professional talent is a growing problem for companies around the world, says Anil Gupta, a leading expert on strategy and globalization.
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As more people than ever reach old age around the world with less and less in savings, Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman explains how employers can educate their employees about […]
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Employers don’t want to patronize employees by making all of their benefits decisions for them, he says, but they can go a long way toward helping workers to understand their […]
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Leadership isn’t about making all the decisions. It’s about empowering talented people to make many of them for you, and utilizing their talents as effectively as possible.
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Everywhere you look you see organizations tapping big data to make more informed decisions.
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Nancy Calderon believes that work-life balance isn’t a women’s issue, but that women tend to suffer particularly heavily from guilt over their divided loyalties. But businesses do have a responsibility, […]
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We've been throwing the smartest people on the planet at the problem of artificial intelligence since the 1960s, and all we have to show for it is the Roomba vacuum […]
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What is the link between politics and basketball. Bill Bradley, who was a star in both fields, explains how teamwork is essential to success.
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Bill Bradley describes his career and how he trusted himself and ignored the advice of others.
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Bill Nye describes evolution through the analogy of a flash mob. Some designs work out, some go away.
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According to Jaron Lanier, the right way to understand Alan Turing's famous "Turing Test" is to understand that it "began in the mind of somebody who was in a deeply, […]
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Ann Veneman has broken so many glass ceilings that she is understandably asked about it often. After all, she must have had a very clear career plan. And yet, Veneman […]