April 12, 2025 5 ways to cultivate curiosity and become a better leader BY Tony Martignetti Curiosity isn’t just a valuable personality trait—it’s a leadership superpower. In a business environment where innovation dictates success, curiosity serves as the catalyst for breakthroughs and industry reinvention. Yet, despite its transformative potential, curiosity remains one of the most undervalued … Continue reading 5 ways to cultivate curiosity and become a better leader
February 16, 2025 Why you should cultivate meaning in your life—and how A key challenge with leading a meaningful life is that things often don’t feel meaningful. BY Next Big Idea Club Steven Heine is a professor of social and cultural psychology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Cultural Psychology, the top-selling … Continue reading Why you should cultivate meaning in your life—and how
November 02, 2024 Make this mindset shift to cultivate joy through tough times The author of ‘The Joy You Make’ explains why joy is much bigger than happiness. Happiness is eating a fudge brownie. Joy is making a pan of brownies to share. BY Next Big Idea Club Steven Petrow is known for his columns and … Continue reading Make this mindset shift to cultivate joy through tough times
By Jeff Beer October 09, 2022 The advertising industry lost one of its icons with the September 30 passing of Wieden+Kennedy cofounder Dan Wieden at the age of 77. As I wrote last October, when Wieden’s agency cofounder David Kennedy died at the age of 82, if there was a Mount … Continue reading Ad industry titan Dan Wieden’s legacy is how to find and cultivate creative talent
How To Ensure You Cultivate an Inclusive Workplace Brad Anderson / 10 Mar 2022 You may feel like your company offers an inclusive workplace where employees feel valued. But would your employees agree? Not necessarily. According to a recent McKinsey & Company survey, around 55% of people say they’re included by their employer. On … Continue reading How To Ensure You Cultivate an Inclusive Workplace
Emily Bermes — June 15, 2020 The most effective leaders are humble. We’ve highlighted this before. Much of it comes down to a willingness to learn and an ability to secure buy-in from teams (versus shoving agendas through without any attempts at collaboration). That’s all good, but it does beg the question: can you cultivate … Continue reading How to Cultivate Humility in Leadership
Mark Runyon — October 2, 2019 Follow @aspprogrammer Those of us who have been in the online dating pool know about vetting prospects. It doesn’t matter if you’ve developed a great rapport with someone. At some point, you have to ask yourself, “is this person going to boil my pet bunny?” Social media is obviously … Continue reading How Businesses Can Cultivate Their Online Profile to Attract Prime Job Candidates
Thomas Griffin — June 18, 2019 Follow @jthomasgriffin — June 18, 2019 Positive thoughts breed a positive life. We have all heard this phrase throughout our lives, and for the most part, it’s accurate. Business owners are continually searching for new ways to show off their brand and build a positive experience for their customers. … Continue reading How to Cultivate Positivity on Your Social Media Business Page
Julie Winkle Giulioni — March 19, 2019 Follow @julie_wg — March 19, 2019 The frustration was palpable within a group of leaders with whom I recently worked. They were in a tough spot. Competition was emerging from unexpected sources. Revenue was not tracking to meet expectations. The organization was responding with significant structural change. And … Continue reading Cultivate Coachability With These 5 Mindsets
What makes a company compelling enough to win advocates? Contributor Matt Zilli lists the things a brand needs to inspire loyalty and passion. Matt Zilli on August 7, 2018 Most articles about driving customer advocacy focus on how to run successful advocacy initiatives or influencer marketing programs. This is not one of those articles. … Continue reading 5 key characteristics that enable companies to cultivate customer advocates
