“In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed.” -Sir Thomas More, from Utopia (1515) Thomas More’s utopian vision […]

The business world today bears little resemblance to that of 40-50 years ago. Yet for some reason many companies still clutch to the archaic dogmas of strategy developed during that […]

You can’t innovate and be competitive without change. But companies tend to shy away from change or have systems in place that serve as anchors, holding them back. Lisa Bodell, […]

“Luck is the residue of design.” – Branch Rickey Branch Rickey certainly knew a lot about luck because he was a master of design. He’s most famously known as the […]

“So far as I can see, all political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their […]

We've all been there. And this human baby and baby gorilla share our pain: the cold surprise of the stethoscope. Image courtesy of Science All Day

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that." - Lauren Bacall

Is the end near? Recent studies by KPMG, the UK Government Office of Science, and now the US National Science Foundation-supported National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center claim that civilization is headed […]

It's not surprising that Albert Einstein was a good student, as the report card he received at the age of 17, posted by History Pics, shows. His best subject? Math.

“You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.” - Robin Williams

At Big Think,we take pride in helping you develop the leadership skills you need to succeed. It’s why we created Big Think+, our unique online learning platform, which features exclusive […]

Losang Samten escaped Tibet in 1959, when he was only five years old. After growing up in India, he came to the United States in 1988, and shared the teachings […]

This childhood photo of Kurt Cobain could be an album cover. It has the same spontaneity and sweetness of the naked swimming baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind. Source: History Pics

"...If you look at a lot of the innovations and breakthroughs today and you trace them back, as I did in my research, to their origin, a lot of times what you find at the root of it all is a great question; a beautiful question of someone asking why isn't someone doing this or what if someone tried to do that?  So I found that questions are often at the root of innovation." - Warren Berger

As we’ve reported here previously at Big Think, asking the right questions can be powerful. As leadership expert Daniel Pink explained in our video interview, managers and executives must know […]

When it comes to country size, Russia wins. But when it comes to people-per-square mile, Bangladesh has Russia beat. From History Pics: Bangladesh has 155 million people and Russia has […]

History Pics shared this image with the description “30 years of cell phones.” Recognize most of these? How many have you used? Image via History Pics

“Lovers in Mantua” are two 6,000 year old skeletons–a young man and a woman from the Neolithic era–who must have cared for each other very deeply. In 2007, their skeletons […]

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus." - Alexander Graham Bell

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers." - Khalil Gibran