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Curious Minds at Work

Want to get better at work? At managing others? Managing yourself? Gayle Allen interviews experts who take your performance to the next level. Each episode features a book with insights to help you ac... Read more

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CM 139: Kat Holmes on the Power of Inclusive Design

CM 139: Kat Holmes on the Power of Inclusive Design

What if you design a product or service that prevents certain people from using it?These kinds of mismatches are everywh... Read more

8 Jul 2019

50mins

Ranked #2

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CM 083: Cesar Hidalgo on the Impact of Collective Learning

CM 083: Cesar Hidalgo on the Impact of Collective Learning

When it comes to economic growth, why are some countries and companies better than others? While many experts look to fa... Read more

17 Jul 2017

33mins

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CM 102: Morten Hansen On Working Smarter

CM 102: Morten Hansen On Working Smarter

What sets top workplace performers apart?To answer this question, Morten Hansen, Professor at University of California, ... Read more

8 Apr 2018

39mins

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CM 025: Sydney Finkelstein on Leaders Who Move the World

CM 025: Sydney Finkelstein on Leaders Who Move the World

If you are going to have a boss (or be a boss), make it a Superboss. Why? Because a Superboss leads individuals, teams, ... Read more

29 Feb 2016

48mins

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CM 016: Michelle Segar on Rethinking Exercise and Motivation

CM 016: Michelle Segar on Rethinking Exercise and Motivation

If you are one of the millions of people who struggle to stick with an exercise program, Michelle Segar has a secret for... Read more

28 Dec 2015

34mins

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CM 076: Lisa Feldman Barrett on Rethinking Our Emotions

CM 076: Lisa Feldman Barrett on Rethinking Our Emotions

When we get angry or excited, our emotions can seem automatic. But are they?For decades, scientists have described these... Read more

10 Apr 2017

45mins

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CM 131: James Clear on Making and Breaking Habits

CM 131: James Clear on Making and Breaking Habits

We all have trouble changing our habits, but the problem isn’t us, it’s our systems.Whether we want to adopt good habits... Read more

15 Apr 2019

59mins

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CM 035: Greg McKeown on Achieving More by Choosing Less

CM 035: Greg McKeown on Achieving More by Choosing Less

Productivity strategies do not work if we are focused on the wrong things. What we really need is an effective system fo... Read more

9 May 2016

45mins

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CM 129: Jennifer Eberhardt on the Impact of Hidden Racial Bias

CM 129: Jennifer Eberhardt on the Impact of Hidden Racial Bias

Unconscious racial bias can influence what we see, what we do, and what we remember.These are topics that Jennifer Eberh... Read more

26 Mar 2019

48mins

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CM 024: Adam Grant on Being Original

CM 024: Adam Grant on Being Original

Abraham Lincoln, Lucy Stone, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Steve Jobs: What set them apart and helped them achieve such w... Read more

22 Feb 2016

36mins

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CM 103: Daniel Coyle on How to Build Amazing Teams

CM 103: Daniel Coyle on How to Build Amazing Teams

How do we build remarkable teams, the kind that are more than the sum of their parts? Daniel Coyle answers that question... Read more

22 Apr 2018

39mins

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CM 042: Matthew Crawford on Individuality in an Age of Distraction

CM 042: Matthew Crawford on Individuality in an Age of Distraction

What if our distractions are robbing us of our individuality? Philosopher-machinist Michael B. Crawford noticed just how... Read more

27 Jun 2016

34mins

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CM 015: Warren Berger on Questions that Prompt Innovation

CM 015: Warren Berger on Questions that Prompt Innovation

What if the secret to successful innovation lies in asking ambitious questions, the kinds most of us rarely ask? That is... Read more

21 Dec 2015

22mins

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CM 061: Susan David on Emotional Agility

CM 061: Susan David on Emotional Agility

It is essential to achieve our goals, yet few of us practice it.It is emotional agility -- the ability to navigate the t... Read more

7 Nov 2016

59mins

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CM 147: Bina Venkataraman on How to Think Ahead

CM 147: Bina Venkataraman on How to Think Ahead

How would our decision-making change if we shifted focus from the present to the future?Instant gratification comes easi... Read more

28 Oct 2019

50mins

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CM 110: Laura Vanderkam on Getting More Done

CM 110: Laura Vanderkam on Getting More Done

When it comes to time, most of us feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. Yet we’ve probably got more time ... Read more

29 Jul 2018

37mins

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CM 074: Lisa Kay Solomon On Designing Strategic Conversations

CM 074: Lisa Kay Solomon On Designing Strategic Conversations

Leaders face an onslaught of new challenges that demand increasingly innovative solutions.Yet their approaches to findin... Read more

13 Mar 2017

37mins

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CM 065: Tim Wu on Reclaiming Our Attention

CM 065: Tim Wu on Reclaiming Our Attention

What is the hidden impact of constant demands on our attention? How does it affect how we think, how we act, and how we ... Read more

5 Dec 2016

53mins

Ranked #19

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CM 135: David Epstein On Generalists Over Specialists

CM 135: David Epstein On Generalists Over Specialists

Can we achieve greater success in life by choosing to generalize rather than to specialize?If you want to be the best at... Read more

27 May 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #20

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CM 029: Herminia Ibarra on Learning to Lead

CM 029: Herminia Ibarra on Learning to Lead

We are taught to think before we act. But what happens when we need to act in order for that thinking to make sense? Her... Read more

28 Mar 2016

27mins

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