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The Vision
Smarter leadership
Nobody likes a micromanager but if you push too hard in the other direction things could get much worse. Here’s how to reset the balance.
Chris Lipp ia a professor of management communication at Tulane University and the author of The Science of Personal Power.
Embedding any leadership philosophy in sports demands a selective and multi-disciplinary approach.
Richard Hughes-Jones is an Executive Coach to CEOs and senior technology leaders. His clients are transitional founders, CEOs and executives in high-growth technology businesses, the investment industry and progressive corporates.
George Raveling — the iconic leader who brought Michael Jordan to Nike — shares with Big Think a lifetime of priceless wisdom learned at the crossroads of sports and business.
Mike Hodgkinson is the Commissioning Editor at Big Think and Freethink, and the Editor of Big Think Business. His writing has appeared in The Independent, The Guardian, the Los Angeles[…]
The Culture
Better management, better teams
Psychologist Bob Sutton encourages leaders and teams to identify the different forms of friction — and reclaim time that would be lost to organizational drag.
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,[…]
Rebuilding the NFL franchise in the early 2020s echoed the corporate overhauls that had transformed Boeing and Ford.
Bill Morris is a writer whose work has appeared in Granta, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, and other newspapers and magazines. He is the author of the[…]
Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
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[…]
The Unlock
Breakthrough thinking
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a columnist at Big Think and is the award-winning, bestselling author of three[…]
Professional sport is a hotbed of “performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
Dr Dave Alred MBE is an elite performance coach who has worked with some of the biggest names in sport. He is the author of The Pressure Principle.
The Transformation
Integrate technology faster
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Whether it’s LeBron’s shooting patterns or your corporate AI strategy, actionable insights are the key to turning data into meaningful results.
Tim Chartier is the Joseph R. Morton Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Davidson College, and an advisor to the US Olympic Committee, NFL, and NBA. He is the author[…]
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
The Learning Curve
Strategies for a smarter work-life
Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.
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[…]
Can we learn to always look on the bright side of life?
Alex Edmans, professor of finance at the London Business School, warns us to be mindful of the incentives surrounding misinformation — including our desire to believe it.
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