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The Vision
Smarter leadership
It’s not enough just to stay current and competitive with AI — you’ll also need to build a long-term strategy.
Peter Verster is the author of AI for Business and Founder of Northell Partners, a data and AI solutions consultancy in the UK.
Boardroom veteran David Roche offers key strategies that can lay the groundwork for CEO success.
David Roche is Chair of London Book Fair and the writing agency New Writing North. He is a professional coach and mentor at Grey Area Coaching, and the author of[…]
The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here’s a strategy for resilience.
David Ross is an international strategist, founder of Phoenix Strategic Management, and author of Confronting the Storm: Regenerating Leadership and Hope in the Age of Uncertainty.
The Culture
Better management, better teams
Executive advisor Tiffani Bova wants leaders to value their employees as much as their customers.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Ali Abdaal is a doctor, entrepreneur, amateur magician, and the world’s most-followed productivity expert. He is the author of Feel-Good Productivity.
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
Kevin Ervin Kelley is an award-winning architect, brand innovator, and co-founder of the strategic design firm Shook Kelley. He is the author of Irreplaceable.
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
When is a rabbit not a rabbit? When it’s a thought experiment designed to reveal the tricky tango of language and concepts.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.
Daniel C. Dennett is the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy and director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University.Dennett believes it’s time to unmask the philosopher’s art[…]
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What the breakthrough methods of laboratory research can teach the business world about brainstorming.
Jeff Karp , Ph.D., is a biomedical engineering professor at Harvard Medical School and MIT, a Distinguished Chair at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a fellow of the National Academy[…]
The Transformation
Integrate technology faster
The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
Maureen Dunne is a cognitive scientist, neurodiversity expert, global keynote speaker, board director, and business leader. She co-created the executive education program for business leaders on “Future-Ready Leadership” at the Harvard Kennedy[…]
The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it’s a way to complement existing human tasks.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and[…]
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
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