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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.

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Josh Browning

Josh Browning is a writer and editor based in Washington state. In addition to his role as the editorial director for a consulting firm, his personal work is typically focused on technology,[…]

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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.

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Richard Fain

Richard Fain is Chairman and former CEO of Royal Caribbean Group. He was named one of the 30 World’s Best CEOs by Barron’s for three years running, and is the author of[…]

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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.

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Marine Tanguy

Marine Tanguy is the author of The Visual Detox and founder/CEO of MTArt Agency. She was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list in 2018.

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Why great communicators listen to the music of “The Five Ps”

Radically improve your work-life speaking and presentation skills with a technique used by musicians and brand-name politicians.

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How to embrace “psychological magic” to be more creative

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

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Heidegger’s “mood theory” explains why you do anything at all

You’re a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.

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10 lessons I learned in 2024

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

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Go grudge-free: Use the “Weil method” to deal with insults

We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.

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Emotional intelligence: The 4 domains of high performance

“Self-awareness, it’s the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”

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Daniel Goleman