Explore Carla Harris’s perspective on executive presence and the value in showing up as our authentic selves.

You don’t need to be a salesperson to influence others. Robert Herjavec teaches us how to listen deeply, speak clearly, and create value in every interaction.

Small signals of warmth can dramatically change how people respond to you.

Liz Tran makes the case for a new kind of intelligence that addresses our ability to handle today’s ever-fluctuating challenges: AQ.

Timeless guidance on communication, time management, creativity, and more from some of today’s most influential thinkers.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand illustrates that a system's tightness or looseness correlates with the threats it faces, and understanding this framework can enhance collaboration, reduce tensions, and improve organizational health.

Marketing professor Jonah Berger emphasizes that understanding linguistics can enhance our communication skills, enabling us to fit in, persuade, engage, and positively influence others, especially with the aid of advanced language analysis tools and his SPEACC Framework.

Led by experts like Angie McArthur and Ginni Rometty, this class teaches relational intelligence through lessons on empathy, conflict resolution, and self-awareness, emphasizing the importance of respectful communication and vulnerability in transforming challenging interactions into collaborative opportunities.

This class features insights from Salman Rushdie, Annie Duke, and Matt Dixon on authenticity, confidence, and effective communication, emphasizing lifelong growth, the importance of embracing uncertainty, building trust in client relationships, and navigating crises with clarity to enhance leadership skills.

“We can have that fight for a 1,000 years, but we could have a shot at figuring out what we both need and noticing when there's opportunities to make that happen.”

“Who ya gonna believe: me or your own eyes?” Until you can assess your perception, the answer should be neither.

Just pretend you're someone else.

Your body language sends messages before your mouth does. Author Robert Greene and negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro PhD explain the key characteristics of nonverbal power and emotional presence that shape how others perceive you.

“CIA classifies their secrets according to different terminology. There's confidential secrets, there are secret level secrets, and then there are top secret secrets. And the way that they define each of these different levels actually has to do with the impact that would occur if the secret became public knowledge.”

What's the point in fighting a made up monster?

"The more uncertain and scary things get in the world, the more we as humans are drawn to simple dichotomies."

Networking — not zombie-crunching your job applications — gives you a better chance of getting sourced or referred for a role.

Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.

A re-evaluation of how we perceive introverts in leadership is long overdue. Here are the compelling reasons why.

Magicians use “change blindness” to delight audiences — and you can use it to become an excellent colleague.

Temple Grandin's story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

Encouraging thoughtful responses over impulsive reactions can help prevent AI exploitation in decision-making.

Today’s technology presents unique challenges for social awareness and relationship management at work, making emotional intelligence all the more critical.

If you have any sort of power for any reasonable length of time, you will be changed by it — awareness of the effects is crucial.

In partisan political times, recognizing the scientific truth is more important than ever. Scientists must be vocal and clear about reality.

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