Curious Minds at Work

Want to get better at work? At managing others? Managing yourself? Gayle Allen interviews experts wh

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I'll admit it. I'm a sucker for brain science. I love learning new things about how our br

For a good part of my life, I believed that focusing on my weaknesses was the key to achieving succe

Meaningful conversations can be a creative lab space. At their best, they're a place to share p

For most of us, networking is a topic that brings up a lot of strong feelings. And most of those fee

When challenging situations arise, how do we make the shift from bystander to helper? What are the f

What will the world look like when we're living and working with robots every day? Robots work

What if mathematics could help us rethink gender equality by questioning how society is structured?

What's driven our relentless obsession with economic efficiency and who are its winners and los

How did humans, a species of self-centered apes, come to care deeply about complete strangers? From

We recognize the biases we hold around race, class, and gender, but what about language? Katherine

How can we escape the time traps that keep us from living our best lives? These are the traps that

How did we get to a place where life's become an endless treadmill of work? In her latest book

Is the onslaught of online information eroding our brain's ability to think deeply and creative

What happens in our minds when we dehumanize others, and how can we resist it? These are the kinds

What can a simple street address reveal about a person’s identity, race, wealth and power? For many

How can we recognize the blind spots that cause us to build less inclusive teams? When we commit to

How can we get our staunchest opponents to come around to our way of thinking? When we're tryi

What would happen if, instead of reacting to problems, we solved them at the source? That's a

What are the skills that can help us learn new things more quickly and efficiently? Our ability to

What if leaders spent less time building themselves up and more time building up others? When leade