Mr. Willingham is a psychologist at the University of Virginia and the author, most recently, of “Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy.” See more of our coverage in ...

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A conversation with INSEAD’s Gianpiero Petriglieri on a key skill of modern leadership. In an age of rapidly changing technology, it’s more important than ever for organizations to effectively support ...