100 hours of research. Distilled into one engaging conversation. The Briefing covers one professional skill per episode, drawing on the world's best books, studies, and thinkers to give you what actually works. New episode every week.
The full experience — books, quizzes, and your own AI coach — is at www.thebrief.ing
Every decision you make affects someone else's decision. Game theory is the science of understanding that dynamic — and using it.
This episode distills 100 hours of research on game theory into what actually works — why smart people make predictably bad decisions in competitive situations, the prisoner's dilemma and what it reveals about cooperation vs. competition, how to think several moves ahead in business negotiations and strategy, and the simple frameworks that give you a significant edge in any situation where the outcome depends on what others do.
Based on research by Nash, Dixit & Nalebuff, Axelrod, and Schelling.
The full experience — book, quiz, and your own AI coach — is at www.thebrief.ing (http://www.thebrief.ing/)
7 Aug 2026
The Briefing on Creativity
Creativity isn't a talent. It's a practice. And most people have been doing it wrong.
This episode distills 100 hours of research on creativity into what actually works — why the best ideas almost never come when you're trying to have them, the specific conditions that reliably produce creative breakthroughs, how the most innovative companies in the world structure their environments to generate original thinking, and the daily habits of the most creative people across every field.
Based on research by Csikszentmihalyi, Catmull, Kaufman, and Wallas.
The full experience — book, quiz, and your own AI coach — is at www.thebrief.ing (http://www.thebrief.ing/)
30 Jul 2026
The Briefing on Resilience
Building something hard will break you at some point. What matters is what happens next.
This episode distills 100 hours of research on resilience into what actually works — the neuroscience of how people recover from setbacks, why some people emerge from failure stronger and others don't, the specific cognitive patterns that determine resilience under pressure, and the practices that build the capacity to absorb hard things without being defined by them.
Based on research by Seligman, Dweck, Frankl, and Southwick & Charney.
The full experience — book, quiz, and your own AI coach — is at www.thebrief.ing (http://www.thebrief.ing/)
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