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The business world has come to a point where anything that is not an exchange of money or economic power is non-essential and suspect. That we are all, at the end of the day, just homo economicus . Business considers culture to only be the aesthetic part of humanity; art, literature, music. This is narrow and completely wrong.

It’s when we progress from novice to amateur that we become overconfident.

“I believe that the flowering of such knowledge invariably lifts our sights, bolsters our understanding of who we are, satisfies our curiosity and, by enabling us to be more rounded and capacious as human beings, prepares us to be better stewards of a shared purpose,” she said.

In contrast with “forward thinking,” “lateral thinking” refers to any use of pre-existing knowledge in a new context. Specialists assume that new, undiscovered knowledge and technology is the key to innovation, but Epstein argues that this isn’t necessarily the case. Often, old ideas used in a new way are more valuable than cutting-edge discoveries

Functional misalignment can also lead to greater spread of misinformation. A recent study suggests that people who are spreading political misinformation leverage moral and emotional information – for example, posts that provoke moral outrage – in order to get people to share it more. When algorithms amplify moral and emotional information, misinfo

K. Anders Ericsson, a professor at Florida State University, found that outstanding performance isn't a result of natural talent. Rather, it is a result of hard work in the form of deliberate practice.

My basic approach to understanding prodigies is the same as it is for understanding any expert performer. I ask two simple questions: What is the exact nature of the ability? and, What sorts of training made it possible? In thirty years of looking, I have never found an ability that could not be explained by answering these two questions.

a leader must have presence and poise; regulating distress is perhaps a leader's most difficult job.

Perhaps the most obvious approach is to consider the different roles that students play when undertaking group work activities. Working together helps to support the development of collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills, but it can also be a vehicle for practising leadership.