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Lessons from Nathan Lambert

Nathan Lambert is an Ai2 research scientist and Interconnects author who documents language-model training and scaling. His focus on objective mismatch illuminates post-training, open RLHF, tensions between open and closed labs, and the future of reasoning systems.
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Lessons from Gibson Biddle

Gibson Biddle led product at Netflix through its streaming transition and later served as Chegg’s Chief Product Officer. His DHM model and SMT lockup force teams to connect business goals with feature experiments and make sharper product priorities.
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Lessons from Amos Tversky

Amos Tversky documented the predictable ways judgment departs from logic. Working with Daniel Kahneman, he identified the heuristics people use to estimate risk and probability, revealing how systematic mental errors shape everyday human decisions.
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Lessons from Susan David

Susan David is a psychologist whose emotional-agility work challenges forced positivity. She argues resilience begins by accepting difficult feelings, then clarifying personal values, facing fear, and unhooking from automatic responses instead of suppressing discomfort.
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Lessons from Sian Beilock

Sian Beilock, a cognitive scientist and Dartmouth president, studies how high-stakes pressure changes the brain. Her research explains choking, math anxiety, and overthinking, showing how movement alters thought and informs leadership amid institutional tension.
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Lessons from Ethan Kross

Ethan Kross directs the University of Michigan’s Emotion & Self Control Laboratory, studying how self-talk affects health and performance. His work on chatter and distanced self-talk offers practical ways to interrupt rumination, navigate stress, and restore focus.
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Lessons from Claude Steele

Claude Steele, a social psychologist and former Stanford education dean, defined stereotype threat. He shows how fear of confirming group assumptions drains cognitive bandwidth, explaining underperformance and how leaders can cultivate identity safety and trust.
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Lessons from Gary Klein

Gary Klein, a cognitive psychologist, studied firefighters, intensive care nurses, and military commanders under pressure. His premortem and Recognition-Primed Decision model explain how experts rely on patterns and mental simulation when rational-choice theories fail.

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