Shane Snow

Shane Snow Shane Snow is an award-winning entrepreneur, explorer, and journalist. His writing has appeared in GQ, Fast Company, Wired, and The New Yorker—and he is a world-renowned keynote speaker on innovation and human behavior.

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Working Smarter Sometimes Means NOT Adopting New Technology

In my book Smartcuts, I shared many examples of how to use technology to give a business or individual a “platform advantage” to make their hard work go further, as well as examples of how using tools for things other than their intended purposes...

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shane snow bull in a china shop

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Storytelling for Leadership: Using Shared History to Motivate Change as a Leader

Getting a group of people to change direction is one of the hardest parts of leadership—and one of the most important skills a leader can develop. No...

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artificial intelligence

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AI Can Repackage Your Ideas, But It Is Not Going To Replace Your Thought Leadership

This post originally appeared on Forbes.

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storytelling

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Leadership Storytelling: 3 Heuristics For Inspiring Action

This post originally appeared on Forbes. Motivating our teams to do hard things... is hard. But throughout history, there are a few things that...

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leadership

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How To Cut Through Hype & Disillusionment As A Leader

This post originally appeared on Forbes. In the absence of information, we all tell ourselves stories. As a leader, your job is to make sure people...

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The Trouble With Best Practices

This article originally appeared in Fast Company. IN THE LATE ’70s, Palo Alto-based entrepreneur Debbi Fields tried to get a loan to start a cookie...

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burden of proof pudding

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How Mastering Burden Of Proof​ Will Make You A Better Decision Maker

Conspiracy theory culture is on the rise in general. But in my observation, even the most reasonable people have a conspiracy-related problem in the...

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hybrid work policies

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Why Hybrid Work Policies Backfire... And How To Fix Them

The space between extremes is often where the most magic happens. But they don't call it "the messy middle" for no reason.

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the art of storytelling

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How The Art Of Storytelling Unlocks Our Capacity For Sustained Attention

In 2015, the Internet blew up with a shocking new statistic: "humans have an 8-second attention span.Less than that of a goldfish!And it's getting...

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what authenticity means

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What Authenticity Means In Leadership

What does it mean to be an authentic leader? The answer to this question couldn't be more relevant right now.

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