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The Long Game
Resilience is overrated: Unlock the real secret to business longevity
Andrew Markell — philosopher, martial artist, and CEO advisor — argues that true endurance comes from desire, ritual, and learning to evolve through chaos.
Eric Markowitz
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Big Think+
Josh Bersin: The Secrets of Crafting Enduring Organizations
Why the most enduring organizations stop chasing trends and start designing systems that prioritize people over processes.
Josh Browning
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Business
Wikipedia visionary Jimmy Wales wants innovators to have fun. Seriously
Wales shares with Big Think his thoughts about the future of media, the promise of AI, and our need to build a culture on trust.
Mike Hodgkinson
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Business
A million qubits? This quantum advisor isn’t buying it.
Investment in quantum is growing. Anastasia Marchenkova wants to make sure funders still ask the tough questions.
Elise Leise
Book cover of "Delivering the WOW" by Richard Fain next to a text graphic that says "an excerpt from Richard Fain" on a purple background.
Business
How Royal Caribbean transformed innovation with a weird acronym
Richard Fain — Chairman and former CEO of Royal Caribbean Group — explains how a tongue-twister helped boost his company’s fortunes.
Richard Fain
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The Present
Seaflooding: How we could engineer the next Mediterranean
Bold megaprojects could turn dry depressions into thriving new hubs of life.
Tomas Pueyo
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Business
Lessons from two of the greatest investors of all time
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
How one key obsession can build and drive a legacy brand
Lew Frankfort — Chairman Emeritus of Coach, Inc. — reveals the surest way for a brand to stand the test of time.
Lew Frankfort
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The Long Game
A fresh take on the Buffett-Munger axis of genius
A conversation with investor and author Alex Morris on what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger can teach us about focus, discipline, and building a life that lasts.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover of "A CEO for All Seasons: Mastering the Cycles of Leadership" by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra, and Kurt Strovink is displayed next to the text "an excerpt from," highlighting insights on CEO success.
Business
The 4 essential ingredients for “new CEO” success
Why the best CEOs make their first year both a personal transition and a profound moment of institutional renewal — with this quartet of skills.
Carolyn Dewar
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The Present
AI adoption rates look weak — but the data hides a bigger story
Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.
Ross Pomeroy
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Business
The beauty of writing in public
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover for "In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work" featuring a red chair with a laptop, highlighting how meaningful work flourishes, next to "an excerpt from" on an orange background.
Business
Is your office dead? Put BOND on the case
How to foster a workplace environment where employees want to be present, rather than feel forced to be there.
Peter Cappelli
A collage titled "The Nightcrawler," featuring a hand planting a seed, a distressed woman holding her head, and repetitive office cubicles in purple tones, explores trust amid cycles of anxiety and routine.
Business
A cure for toxic work
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
3 signs your boss is high on “toxic positivity”
What happens when your boss decides to weaponize positivity in the workplace?
Mita Mallick
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Business
Meet the philosopher outsmarting me since kindergarten
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
Channel the storytelling genius of Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian
Alexis Ohanian didn’t treat his relationships with the media as purely transactional — and his star rose in spectacular fashion.
Christina Farr
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Business
How to greet the dawn of “future-state predictive intelligence”
Brian Gumbel — President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dataminr — explores the cutting edge of real-time information analysis.
Mike Hodgkinson
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Business
A postcard from the frontlines of China’s tech boom
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover of "Epic Disruptions" by Scott D. Anthony, featuring bold, stacked text and an orange lightning bolt—evoking the spirit of innovators like Mark Zuckerberg; left side reads "an excerpt from" on an orange background.
Business
Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: How to handle disruption without hitting an iceberg
Even when leaders know disruption is a smart ­long-term decision, the pain of transition can produce a titanic shambles. Just ask Kodak.
Scott D. Anthony
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Business
What AI can never replace
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
Inside my study of the world’s oldest companies
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
What the forest can teach us about resilience
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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Strange Maps
The strange cartography of Superman’s ever-shifting hometown
The latest "Superman" film sets Metropolis in the First State.
Frank Jacobs
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Business
Learn the 5 core principles of “dynamic work design”
MIT Sloan’s Nelson P. Repenning and Donald C. Kieffer outline their tried-and-tested solution for stubborn workflow blockages.
Nelson P. Repenning
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Business
Essential skills for “weird times”: How internet pioneer Caterina Fake keeps it real
Venture capitalist and Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake talks to Big Think about why AI won’t make the internet better, her influences beyond tech, and more.
Lucy Handley
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The Long Game
The John Candeto interview: Bigger dreams and the colossal effect of “power laws”
Fund manager and writer John Candeto is on a mission to decode the hidden patterns that drive extraordinary outcomes.
Eric Markowitz
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Business
The David Senra interview: “Use history as a form of leverage”
The host of the Founders podcast joins Big Think for a chat about success, obsession, business genius, human nature, and more.
Tim Brinkhof
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Business
The best question a leader can ask: “What would my replacement do?”
To navigate a heavyweight corporate quandary, take a leaf out of Intel’s brilliant playbook — walk out, and return as your own successor.
L. David Marquet
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Business
Money as the dark matter of the Universe
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
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