Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Daniel Lee In corporate ...

Elise Ji Young Choe receives funding related to this research from a grant from the John Templeton Foundation on "Intellectual Humility and Religious Leaders." Steven Sandage receives funding related ...

Many years ago we had staying with us a clergyman to whom I listened with close attention. One day he spoke of someone as “having the rare grace of humility.” I think he must have meant that this ...

The default psychological setting for human beings is an unavoidable self-centeredness. We each stand at the center of our own thoughts, feelings and needs, and thus experience them in a way that we ...

Optimism can carry a project only so far. Every transformation hits a reality check. The excitement of the launch fades, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nirit Cohen covers the Future of Work, bridging trends with solutions. You’ve got a presentation to senior management coming up, ...

Humility receives very little contemporary acclaim, especially in politics, business, and industry. There are two reasons for this. The first is that there’s confusion about its nature. The second is ...

In a college football world where individual stats and highlight reels dominate headlines, Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson stands out for something far rarer: his humility. While his name is ...