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A silhouette of a person playing the trumpet symbolizes jazzy leadership, overlaid on a blue and white world map with radiating lines and data points.
Business
What all leaders can learn from jazz-inspired military trailblazers
In most organizations, contradictions are treated as problems to be fixed. But what if they’re actually the point?
Jeff DeGraff
A pencil sketch of a clown with raised arms, wearing a pointed hat and a polka-dot costume, on a blue and off-white background.
Neuropsych
Why your best ideas come after your worst
It's no wonder great writers swear by messy first drafts.
Rachel Barr
A silhouette of a person walks among three large abstract sculptures—one orange, one green, one blue—on a textured gray and white ground, creating a scene of art immersion.
Business
5 ways immersion in art can boost your work-life happiness
Marine Tanguy — author and founder/CEO of MTArt Agency — argues that viewing and creating art has profound benefits.
Marine Tanguy
Silhouettes of two people facing each other, clinking wine glasses against an orange background, sharing a lighthearted, possibly drunk moment.
Mini Philosophy
The “intoxication thesis”: The evolutionary benefits of getting drunk
Getting drunk might be bad for you but good for us.
Jonny Thomson
A wooden sailing ship faces rough seas, with waves and dolphins in the foreground; a Dash ghost ship appears mysteriously in the mist behind.
Books
The haunted history of the ghost ship Dash
In this excerpt from "America's Most Gothic," Leanna Hieber and Andrea Janes examine the history and folklore of Maine's vanished schooner.
Leanna Renee Hieber
Collage featuring a man operating early computer equipment and a man in aviator goggles, with the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" above them—capturing the creative sparks of innovation and adventure.
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
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
Three figures in hats walk across rippled sand dunes, leaving footprints behind them under soft, diffused light.
Smart Skills
Why liminal spaces are your brain’s secret laboratory
Life's "in-between" stages pack unique cognitive benefits — if you know how to tap into them.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Four women stand in front of a vintage computer, each holding different components of its hardware, with the computer's panel visible in the background—an image reminiscent of historical innovation studied by Angus Fletcher.
Business
Why your AI strategy needs guidance from an 82-year-old computer
The incredible story of how the US Army began the march toward generative AI in 1943 — and what it means for your business today.
Angus Fletcher
Split image: left side features "an excerpt from" on a blue background; right side highlights the cover of "Disrupt Everything and Win" by James Patterson and Patrick Leddin, PhD.
Business
Are you an effective trailblazer?
Trailblazing isn’t limited to the executive suite: Cultures of disruption happen when people at every level step up to lead change.
James Patterson
Susan Schneider, in a business suit, smiles at the camera, with a green patterned background behind her.
The Long Game
Why the AI “megasystem problem” needs our attention
A conversation with Dr. Susan Schneider on the AI risks we’re not talking about and why the fixation on AGI is misplaced.
Eric Markowitz
Book cover of "Manage Yourself to Lead Others" by Margaret C. Andrews, with the phrase "an excerpt from" on a purple background—highlighting the importance of know thyself in effective leadership.
Business
Why self-understanding is your most valuable leadership asset
Aristotle taught that “knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom” — all leaders and teams should take note.
Margaret C. Andrews
Angus Fletcher, wearing a plaid shirt, smiles at the camera as he stands in front of a blue, patterned background.
The Long Game
Why your intuition, imagination, and emotion will outlast AI
A dialogue with Angus Fletcher — author of the bestseller "Primal Intelligence" — exploring the unique engines of human progress.
Eric Markowitz
A black-and-white portrait of JoJo Simmons is centered between an image of a film camera on the left and a close-up of a hand adjusting audio mixing controls on the right.
Business
How to lead by listening: What growing up on MTV taught JoJo Simmons
Reality TV star, music producer, and serial entrepreneur JoJo Simmons on the power of listening and the massive benefits of switching off.
Tim Brinkhof
A storytelling collage featuring a man inspecting barrels, a person holding a skull mask, another man observing the mask, and the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" in bold black and orange.
Business
Exceptional storytelling and the myth of superhuman AI
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A digital illustration of a hermit crab with a shell resembling a human brain, shown in two square sections over the shell.
Mini Philosophy
Think like a crow, choose like a crab: The animals inside our minds
A conversation about intelligence and consciousness with philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith.
Jonny Thomson
John Candeto, in a white shirt, smiles while sitting outdoors near stone steps and green potted plants.
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
Collage with a man in a suit, stacked mugs, an upside-down creature, dice, and the text "THE NIGHTCRAWLER" at the top on a dark grid background—hinting at the power of intuition amid surreal imagery.
Business
The importance of intuition and the limits of rationalism
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz
A group of people in ancient attire react to shadows cast on a wall, referencing Plato’s Allegory of the Cave.
Thinking
The thought experiments that test your life, not your logic
Why some of philosophy’s strangest scenarios are more than mental games.
Shai Tubali
A man in historical clothing nails a document featuring a cartoon animal face—a nod to popular memes—to a wooden door, while two others watch.
Mini Philosophy
What makes a meme take off? The 3 rules of virality
One does not simply make a meme go viral.
Jonny Thomson
Book cover for "The Generalist Advantage" by Mansoor Soomro, PhD, next to text reading "an excerpt from," all set against a light green background—highlighting the value of generalist superpowers.
Business
The 6 superpowers of generalists: Leadership gold dust
From Apple to Airbnb to OpenAI the generalist mindset has been an invaluable source of advantage — and we can all learn from these successes.
Mansoor Soomro
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