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Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast
January 17, 2020
Audio

Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast

How do I communicate clearly when put on the spot? How can I easily convey complex information? How do I manage my reputation?
Career & Success

Insights

A Muslim girl and her mother are at the hospital. A male doctor is checking the girl's heartbeat. Credit: iStock/FatCamera
November 22, 2019
Written

Stanford Researchers Find No ‘Magnet Effect’ When States Extend Public Health Insurance to Immigrants

When states expand public health insurance to include low-income, legal immigrants, it does not lead to out-of-state immigrants moving in search of benefits.
Political Economy

Insights

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India. Credit: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
November 22, 2019
Written

Uncertainty Drags Down Global Growth

Tariffs and trade policy uncertainty have had a chilling impact on business, a Stanford scholar says.
Economics

Insights

Left to Right: Oladoyin Oladapo, Marcos Galperin, Hernan Kazah, Stelleo Tolda. Credit: Shana Lynch.
November 18, 2019
Written

Mercado Libre Founders: It Takes Patience and Resilience

The former classmates discuss launching Latin America’s top online marketplace when no one believed it would work.
Entrepreneurship

Insights

Future of financial business concept: Hand touching increasing graph with finance symbols coming. Credit: iStock/Yozayo
November 14, 2019
Written

How Markets Can Change to Ease Economic Inequality

Experts weigh in on economic, education, and financial gaps at a recent Stanford GSB conference.
Economics

Insights

An employee works on a computer terminal against the backdrop of a picture of late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs at the Startup Village in Kinfra Hi-Tech Park. Credit: Reuters/Sivaram V
November 4, 2019
Written

Narcissistic CEOs Weaken Collaboration and Integrity

Some may be bold leaders, but they create a dangerous corporate culture.
Organizational Behavior

Insights

Stanford GSB senior associate dean for academic affairs, Sarah A. Soule, smiling outdoors. Credit: Nancy Rothstein
November 13, 2019
Video

Uncovering Stereotypes in Classroom Materials

How bias creeps into the language of leadership.
Social Impact

Insights

Stanford GSB Professor Charles O’Reilly speaking with the Stanford Hoover Tower in the background. Credit: Mike Elwell
November 4, 2019
Video

Why Great Businesses Fail

Strong leadership makes a difference when a big company faces disruption.
Innovation

Insights

HAI Distinguished Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson and Stanford GSB Professor Susan Athey discuss the ethics of AI at a recent conference, Credit: Holly Hernandez
November 7, 2019
Written

Exploring the Human Side of Artificial Intelligence

At an AI forum, experts say the arrival of superhuman machine intelligence will be one of the biggest events in human history.
Innovation
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Latest Stories

January 23, 2020
Written

Is Workplace Equality the Economy’s Hidden Engine?

In 1960, 94% of doctors and lawyers were white men. Today that number has fallen to 60%, and the economy has benefited dramatically because of it.
Economics
January 22, 2020
Written

That Money You Borrowed? Remember Who Owns It

A new study shows that many people go into debt because they disregard that the money is not really theirs.
Finance
January 22, 2020
Written

The Super Power of Tomorrow? Being “Indistractable”

Learn how to take back control of your attention span.
Organizational Behavior
January 17, 2020
Audio

Speaking Without a Net: How to Master Impromptu Communication

Stanford improv experts discuss the art of in-the-moment communication in this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart.
Career & Success
January 17, 2020
Audio

Think Fast, Talk Smart: The Podcast

How do I communicate clearly when put on the spot? How can I easily convey complex information? How do I manage my reputation?
Career & Success
January 16, 2020
Video

Machine Learning and AI for Social Impact

Innovations developed at big tech firms could transform the nonprofit world, with a little help from academia.
Social Impact
January 15, 2020
Written

Maker: Rickshaw Bagworks — Fresh Bags Made Daily

“I’m not driven to be the king of the bag industry,” Mark Dwight says. “I love being hands-on, and I love everything about this business. I’m in the factory every day.”
Entrepreneurship
January 15, 2020
Audio

Marcos Galperín and MercadoLibre: Pursue the Contrarian View

How three founders built the eBay of Latin America when everyone said it wouldn’t work.
Career & Success
January 13, 2020
Written

Eight Tips for Building, Maintaining, and Leveraging Your Professional Relationships

A leadership coach shows how you can get the most out of your network.
Career & Success
January 10, 2020
Written

Hard Lesson: When Co-Investors Disagree

A legendary hotelier looks back at one of his biggest failures — and what he learned from it.
Career & Success