Profile 9 min read

Lessons from David Singleton

David Singleton, former CTO of Stripe and previously VP of Engineering at Google, brings an engineering leader’s perspective to hiring and team building, especially the choices that determine who joins, how teams form, and how talent compounds.
Profile 5 min read

Lessons from Dan Gilbert

Daniel Gilbert, a Harvard psychologist and author of Stumbling on Happiness, explains why people misjudge what will make them happy, revealing how the mind’s predictions about future emotions can systematically mislead decisions and expectations.
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Lessons from Alex Korb

Alex Korb, a neuroscientist and author focused on depression and well-being, shows how small, practical changes can create positive feedback loops in the brain, reframing improvement as an upward spiral built through manageable actions.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Viktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and creator of Logotherapy, argued that the will to meaning is a primary human motivation and that people retain the freedom to choose their attitude amid suffering.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist, economist, and Nobel laureate, mapped the tension between fast, intuitive System 1 and slower, deliberative System 2, then examined how cognitive bias and random variability can compromise judgment and decisions.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Dan Pink

Daniel H. Pink, a writer on modern work, business, and behavioral science, argues that creative, complex work thrives on autonomy, mastery, and purpose, while conventional rewards can narrow focus, weaken intrinsic motivation, and produce mere compliance.
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Lessons from Carol Dweck

Carol S. Dweck, a Stanford psychologist, distinguishes fixed mindsets, which treat abilities as static, from growth mindsets, which see them as developable through dedication and hard work—a framework for understanding achievement and responses to challenge.
Profile 6 min read

Lessons from Martin Seligman

Martin E. P. Seligman, a pioneer of positive psychology, shifted attention from treating mental illness alone toward cultivating well-being, proposing that flourishing grows through positive emotion, personal strengths, meaning, and the deliberate pursuit of a fulfilling life.

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