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Best of 2025: The Ideas That Scaled | 688

What did the best thought leaders do differently in 2025—and what can you learn for your own work in 2026?

This "Best of 2025" episode looked back at standout moments from prior conversations and pulled one clear thread through them: ideas don't scale by accident. They scaled when leaders treated communication, authorship, and development as skills to build—not traits you either "had" or didn't.

We first revisited cultural fluency with global leadership strategist Jane Hyun. She defined it simply: working effectively with people who were different from you across many kinds of human…

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