Accountability

Accountability

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6mins
There’s bad failure — the kind we ignore or hide — and good failure, which becomes data for future progress. Three experts discuss how to tell the difference.
Unlikely Collaborators
A triangle labeled "The Fraud Triangle" with its three sides named Incentive, Opportunity, and Rationalization, on an orange background.
32mins
“Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today with that number increasingly rising annually.”
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1hr 40mins
“Fraud never sleeps. It's really a global problem. Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today, with that number increasingly rising annually.”
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8mins
How the 40-year-old entrepreneur and media mogul learned from his struggles, and why he believes accountability is the real secret to happiness.
Unlikely Collaborators
7mins
Have we evolved to understand multiple rejections on Bumble, or survive more than one ghosting from Tinder? Christine Emba explores the sociology of modern dating and how to make them more ethical.
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5mins
Adam Bryant interviewed over 1,000 CEOs. These are the 3 critical skills to running a company.
Two men in suits standing next to each other, discussing fraud.
8mins
Fraud is a $5 trillion “industry.” But not all its perpetrators look alike. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor of accounting, breaks down who commits fraud — and why.
A man in a tie is holding a tissue to his face.
4mins
Kelly Richmond Pope, a forensic accountant, shares a simple test that puts your ethics under the spotlight.
A snake is sitting on top of a dollar bill.
7mins
Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains how fraud runs rampant — even when businesses don’t intend it.
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6mins
University College London professor Brian Klaas exposes the ugly truth about world leaders.
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5mins
Why do the worst people rise to power? University College London professor Brian Klaas responds.
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7mins
We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.
3mins
Short-term thinkers take shortcuts. Take the long path instead, explains futurist Ari Wallach.
3mins
Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes – are these celebrity CEOs good for their business?
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“The very best arguments against God have been formulated by believers.”
John Templeton Foundation
toxic work culture
3mins
Good culture is more than just liking each other. Here’s the key way to build great culture at work.
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4mins
What’s hell really like?
John Templeton Foundation
A frayed rope pulled from both ends against a solid orange background, with strands unraveling on each side—capturing the tension felt when you’re learning how to apologize and mend strained connections.
Dr. Amrisha Vaish explains the science of remorse, guilt, and an effective apology.
You can’t control external threats, but you can manage how you prepare and respond to the risk.
A person stands in front of a large face, peering into an oversized monocle held by a giant hand, as if searching for traces of free will within the magnified gaze.
5mins
Philosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say about it.
John Templeton Foundation
Alternative education
6mins
College doesn’t pay off for a lot of people. So he started a school that doesn’t get paid unless you do.