Cannon Thomas

Executive coach for purpose-driven organizations

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Though Biden trails in many opinion polls, prediction markets are a more rational way to assess the likelihoods. 2024 US Presidential Election Winner? Biden 54%, Trump 37% right now. #metaculus https://t.co/ZxFh1s0alS

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

In case you missed it: I published a (freely available) guide to the extremely complicated growth mindset research literature earlier this year https://t.co/nplddHW5TM

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

This review captures the book beautifully. And I would underscore that this should be required reading "for many professionals." Actually, for anyone interested in learning. Organizing information so that you learn and grow is even harder in the workplace than in the classroom.

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

Very proud to share this review in today's Wall Street Journal: "A guidebook like “Outsmart Your Brain” should be required reading for any college student and for many professionals." https://t.co/6CcJ7tBC2T

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

@AnandWrites Inviting others into our political vision IS a powerful aspect of democracy. But so is having our own thinking improved by the best ideas of people who are firmly in the camp of "other". It is hard to influence without being deeply open to being influenced ourselves. #humility

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Reading Giridharadas' @PersuadersBook. It's written for progressives & argues that compassion is the effective way to win hearts. "Have mercy" for their "retrograde" beliefs. I wish we were more interested in breaking down tribal barriers than bringing new members into the tribe.

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

The NFL is an amazing story of competing businesses learning to put their own interests behind that of the collective whole, so that the whole could flourish. Any time people figure out how to do that, it is a story worth telling. https://t.co/eddq5Aqfi1

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Success = knowing what you value and being able to pull it out of opportunities others would have missed. These are the people who shine, the heroes. They inspire us to realize how much more of what we love is possible anywhere. Here is one example: https://t.co/LcrYot7cb1

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

@dtwillingham's new book "Outsmart Your Brain" is for students. But I've been eagerly awaiting this book for a year! I expect anyone will benefit who wants to organize the raft of information they take in so that they can hold it and use it.

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

Distracted by your phone? Try this!TikTok: https://t.co/L3ZG7GT3lv
YouTube: https://t.co/TSTyHxG3lL

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Listening to Lex Fridman's podcast with music producer Rick Rubin. Messy and beautiful! The Einstein quote at the end captures the heart of it: "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." https://t.co/I0Oo4MXdr3

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

@DTWillingham's book Outsmart Your Brain is coming out soon. It is written for students, but it is a goldmine for anyone who values knowledge and thought. It will help you organize your brain, so that you can use what you know to think better.

[Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham]

I was told "social loves pets!"
So here's my cat, sniffing my my next book.
25% off preorders til 4/22!
"What a godsend for a student!"--Stephen Pinker
https://t.co/SRqsQ9bj4N

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Being a part of a great team can be one of life's most fulfilling experiences. Here is a reminder just how rich it can be! Thanks so much to my good friend Laura Delizonna for teaming up with me to write this. Hope you all enjoy!

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

https://t.co/ZKQENLwD2T

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

@RebeccaReCap 's book Reimagining Capitalism provides a great history of capitalists explicitly trying to team with others to build a better world, as well as clear-eyed, practical thinking about how to do it right.

[Rebecca Henderson @RebeccaReCap]

My conversation with @EconTalker has just been released. Russ and I disagree about many things, and the conversation was a delight. It was a pleasure to engage around some really hard questions. https://t.co/nKqjBYGZaD

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

I cannot get @AnandWrites book Winner Takes All out of my head. He is infuriatingly dismissive of the extraordinary benefits that have come to all citizens of the world through capitalism, and yet he is asking a question all mission-driven capitalists should be asking.

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Stanford GSB students have told me this was the best class they took in biz school. Worth checking out!

[Ed Batista @edbatista]

The Art of Self-Coaching is a course I designed & launched @StanfordGSB in 2015, & I'm now teaching it for the 13th time. Post-COVID-19, Stanford classes are all online, and as a small effort to help, I'm offering a public version of my online course: https://t.co/WPVlK8AOVY 1/

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Here is an @PsychToday article about an actual positive opportunity that might come out of adapting to working online during the social isolation of COVID-19.
@AARP #DisruptAging

How Aging Professionals Can Keep their Juice | Psychology Today https://t.co/rAU34yFSTJ

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

This is a post inspired by my new home town and the professional life being in a small town opens up. Hope you all enjoy it!

[Cannon Thomas @RCannonThomas]

Can Big Professional Dreams Thrive in Small Towns? | Psychology Today https://t.co/TiMsCy3nHO