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Emotional Intelligence
No matter your company role, the road to a happy and robust team culture can be built on unconditional regard for others.
Taco Thursdays and free yoga have their limits — for lasting workplace happiness leaders need to think about purpose.
New research from Big Think+ on what scares your future leaders.
Taking the floor is all about connecting authentically with your audience. Here’s how.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
Admitting that we know little about our future selves can radically improve our decision-making.
30 years ago Jim VandeHei — co-founder and CEO of Axios — got leadership feedback all wrong. Now, he has the ideal blueprint so you can get it right.
Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.
Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is much more than a trending C-suite buzz phrase — it’s the anchor attribute of every great leader.
In "Dear Oliver," neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
The world’s workplaces are growing lonelier — but the solution requires less than you might expect.
Chloé Valdary — founder of Theory of Enchantment — explores two essential practices for generating the team “magic” that drove Apple under Steve Jobs.
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.
Former spacewalker Mike Massimino tells Big Think how NASA missions shaped great leaders.
In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
Take it from teamwork gurus behind Apple and Star Wars — a new kind of psychological incubator will allow your creativity to flourish.
The sooner you can admit what’s swimming beneath the surface, the sooner you can improve your life.
Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.