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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The Counter-Intuitive Truth About Trust In Teamwork

EXPLORATIONS > TEAMWORK > TRUST What does it mean to trust someone in teamwork? I estimate I'd have $100,000 in laptops if I’d walked out with every computer that a stranger entrusted me to watch while they used the bathroom at...

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psychological safety

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Why Psychological Safety is Important For Productive Teamwork

explorations > Teamwork > Trust Psychological safety is a bit of a business buzzword of late—in large part because of a big study...

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Intellectual Humility

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The Art Of Intellectual Humility: The Podcast Series

Intellectual humility is the wisdom of knowing we don’t know everything. Picture in your mind someone who you think of as "wise." Who's face do you...

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intellectual humility

The Intellectual Humility Test: A Self-Assessment

How open minded are you? What dimensions of Intellectual Humility are strengths for you, and where are your weaknesses? The self- assessment below...

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productive conflict

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The Importance Of Being Charitable (Especially When Approaching Conflict)

explorations > Teamwork > Trust I once tuned in to a virtual conference talk that left me deeply unsettled. But the lesson we can...

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what reading level should i write at

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What Reading Level Should You Write At?

Some time ago, a friend and I were talking about becoming better writers by looking at the “reading levels” of our work. Scholars have formulas for...

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strategic decision making

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How To Use Virtues & Principles For Strategic Decision-Making

AFEW YEARS AGO I found myself in a rather dark place. The bottom had dropped out from under me in several areas of my life. It started...

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the meaning of brainstorming

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Brainstorming better (by Not Brainstorming)

This treatise on productive brainstorming—or rather, alternatives to it—is based on dozens of scientific studies and voluminous...

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intellectual dishonesty

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Intellectual Dishonesty

The meaning of intellectual dishonesty and how to curb it Discourse and debate are more effective in both democracy and business when we learn...

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