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Adaptability
Big Think interviews Angie Westbrock, CEO of Standard AI, to learn the secrets of adapting to the winds of change.
Lynda Gratton, a professor of management practice at the London Business School, explains how business leaders can navigate a future in constant flux.
Veteran investor Sujal Patel, co-founder and CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, helps us sift golden nuggets from the loose shale of entrepreneurship.
Over-reliance on experts with quick fixes has taken us too far from reality — it’s time to dispel the fairy tales.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
“Dune: Part One” screenwriter Eric Roth spoke with Big Think about the challenges of bringing Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to the big screen.
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With great genius comes great rigidity. Professor Barabara Oakley on how to stay mentally agile — and get smarter as a result:
What the breakthrough methods of laboratory research can teach the business world about brainstorming.
The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here's a strategy for resilience.
The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.
Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we're relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here's our place in natural history.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.
Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past the limits of our atmosphere.
For human-centered leadership to achieve a “tipping point," people, productivity, and profits must be aligned.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
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James Suzman lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
To be successful, leaders would be wise to remember that AI isn’t a replacement for people; it exists to enhance their capabilities.
Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
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At work we're often asked to be decisive — but how can we make an informed choice without complete information?
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
It’s not enough to nurture star players — the key is to cultivate everyone’s ability to collaborate and bring value.
Former President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, unpacks the leadership strategy behind her success.