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Bob Muglia and Steve Hamm share five key insights from their new book, The Datapreneurs: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future.
The rise of artificial intelligence isn’t some recent tech fad, but rather a result of decades of research and investment. It’s the foundation of what may soon be an AI general intelligence. In this audiobook summary, Bob Muglia and Steven Hamm share five key insights from their book The Datapreneurs:...
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Learn about the factors that impede change, and how you can mitigate them to change anything.
Change is hard. Changing someone’s mind, particularly these days, is even harder. We’ve all had something we’ve wanted to change—employees want to change a boss’s mind, parents want to change their kids’ behavior, marketers want to change customer’s minds. You may know what you want to change, but how do you actually make that happen? In this...
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Learn how to stay connected when working remotely. In this audiobook summary, explore ways to get work done efficiently, communicate well, and build relationships with colleagues.
Many of us have recent experience with remote work, but have we learned how to do it efficiently? In their 2021 book, The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere, Kevin Eikenberry and Wayne Turmel, cofounders of the Remote Leadership Institute,...
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Explore the lost art of human relationships. In this audiobook summary, learn how to create more authentic, meaningful connections in your professional and personal life.
If you’re craving more social interaction, you can rest assured you’re not alone. It’s time to quit networking and refocus on building connections through better relationships. In the 2021 book The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful...
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In this audiobook summary, a former president of Google China teams up with a celebrated novelist to imagine our world in 2041 and how it will be shaped by AI.
What will the world look like in 20 years? Will it be shaped by artificial intelligence? And if so, how, and to what degree? In their book AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future, Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google China, and science fiction writer Chen Qiufan offer up a prescient vision of the...
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Learn how to be a better spontaneous communicator and be prepared when you’re asked to speak up on the spot.
Public speaking is a big fear for many people, but off-the-cuff speaking—when you’re put on the spot—can be just as nerve-wracking. Whether you’re asked to introduce yourself or someone else, making small talk, or just asked “What do you think,” giving feedback in the moment can cause even the most confident of us to crumble....
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In this audiobook summary, Stanford professor Jeremy Utley shares insights on “ideaflow,” and how to generate—and keep generating—great ideas.
Where do great ideas come from? Is it a strike of divine intervention that pops a great idea into your head, or can you cultivate an environment where you and your team can generate great ideas—and keep them coming? In their book, Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters, Stanford professors...
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In this audiobook summary, learn five key insights about how relationships are built, broken, and repaired.
Professor Peter H. Kim’s research on trust has been published in numerous scholarly journals, received national and international awards, and has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. Here, Peter shares five key insights from his new book, How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships are Built,...
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In this audiobook summary, learn how to master the challenges that make or break all leaders.
What does it take to be a great CEO? That’s the question Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer address in their book, The CEO Test: Mastering Leadership Challenges. Adam, who wrote the popular New York Times column “Corner Office,” and Kevin, who spent two decades as CEO of Amgen, present the core challenges that all leaders face in any company, and share similar...
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Viorica Marian shares five key insights from her book, The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds.
It may not seem obvious at first, but the language we speak can greatly affect our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of the interaction between mind and language, and in this audiobook summary, psycholinguist Viorica Marian explores the many ways that the words we...
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Learn how uncertainty can be the surprising secret to enhanced performance and groundbreaking ideas.
Most people often feel embarrassed about uncertainties or blind spots in their knowledge. But Maggie Jackson—a journalist who covers social trends, with a particular focus on technology’s impact on humanity—argues that, properly understood, our ignorance can be the secret to enhanced performance and groundbreaking ideas. In this audiobook summary,...
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In this audiobook summary, learn how to get unstuck and get started on your personal and professional goals.
The hardest part of a big project? Getting started. There are many reasons you may have trouble starting to pursue your goals, both personal and professional. In her book, Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas, writer, artist, and entrepreneur Becky Blades shares her strategies for unleashing...
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Get motivated with these tips and stories. In this audiobook summary, discover inspirational and motivational tips and stories to help end your week stronger than it started.
Find great ways to end your week on a high note. In his 2021 book, Friday Forward: Inspiration & Motivation to End Your Week Stronger Than It Started, global business leader and national bestselling author Robert Glazer shares inspirational and motivational tips and stories...
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In this audiobook summary, Annie Murphy Paul discusses the ways we can think outside of our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships.
Can your senses, your surroundings, and other people make you smarter? The cognitive demands of modern life continually push our brains toward their limits, and if you can’t change the world around you, you have to change how you think about thinking. In her book, The Extended Mind: The Power...
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Explore the power of reverse engineering. In this audiobook summary, learn how to work backwards, develop new skills, and evolve from the work you admire in others.
Success is built on talent or practice. Or at least that’s what we’ve been told. But what if the key to success lies elsewhere? What if it’s a special kind of skill you can build? In the 2021 book Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success, author Ron...
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In this audiobook summary, learn how to recognize and overcome the power gaps holding you back in your work life.
How do you identify the power gaps that may be holding you back in your career? And once you do, what can you do to overcome them to propel yourself to success? In her book, The Most Powerful You: 7 Paths to Career Bliss, Kathy Caprino shows you how to take the reins in your career by identifying the seven most damaging power gaps, then...
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Maintain your inner peace, calm, and focus. In this audiobook summary, explore practical, science-based strategies to manage anxiety and improve productivity.
You can overcome your anxieties, even in challenging situations, but first you need to learn how to calm your mind. In the 2022 book How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity, productivity expert Chris Bailey explores practical, scientific techniques for reducing stress and enhancing...
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Learn strategies to manage your time, energy, and priorities. In this audiobook summary, Carey Nieuwhof shows you how to win at work and at home.
Do you ever feel like you just don’t have the time and energy for everything you need to do? In his 2021 book At Your Best: How to Get Time, Energy, and Priorities Working in Your Favor, influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof gives you strategies to manage your time, energy, and priorities...
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In this audiobook summary, learn to take a step back and assess your time management skills across your life as a whole.
The average lifespan includes approximately 4,000 weeks. During that precious, limited time, it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day concerns, but it’s important to take a step back and look at our tasks in the context of life as a whole. In his book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman provides...
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Learn about autonomous transformation and the leadership challenges of the next era beyond digital transformation.
As we continue our journey into a world of artificial intelligence and continual disruption, somehow many of our ideas about leadership and how businesses should be run are still stuck in the past. In this audiobook summary of his book Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, Brian...