When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.
Rebecca Ahmed is a business consultant, and the author of The Energy of Success: Power Up Your Productivity, Transform Your Habits, and Maximize Workplace Motivation.
Inside GM’s race to build the electric Hummer lies a powerful lesson in speed, simplicity, and the operating system required for exponential growth.
Jon McNeill is a serial entrepreneur and business leader who served as president of Tesla and helped lead its growth from $2 billion to $20 billion in just 30 months.[…]
Julius Caesar conquered Gaul but his emotional intelligence was pitiful — and there’s plenty we can learn from his leadership deficiencies.
Paul Vanderbroeck, PhD, is a Swiss-Dutch historian, executive coach, and the author of Leadership Strategies for Women, The International Career Couple Handbook, and Lead Like Julius Caesar.
Big Think guest writer Rory Stewart — former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast — made a profound discovery about leadership while working with GiveDirectly.
Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.
Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.
The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.
Carving out time for useful reflection is among the most valuable of leadership disciplines, explains “questionologist” Warren Berger.
“Business Adventures” by John Brooks was first published in 1969 and remains a must-read for all CEOs.
David Novak — the cofounder, and former CEO and chairman, of Yum! Brands — celebrates the benefits of active, lifelong learning.
Why the best entrepreneurs should be more Obi-Wan Kenobi than Luke Skywalker.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.”
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.