Smarter faster better: the secrets of productivity in life and business

Motivation: re-imagining boot camp, nursing home rebellions, and the locus of control

Teams: psychological safety at Google and Saturday Night Live

Focus: cognitive tunneling, Air France flight 447, and the power of mental models

Goal setting: smart goals, stretch goals, and the Yom Kippur War

Managing others: solving a kidnapping with lean and agile thinking and a culture of trust

Decision making: forecasting the future (and winning at poker) with Bayesian psychology

Innovation: how idea brokers and creative desperation saved Disney's Frozen

Absorbing data: turning information into knowledge in Cincinnati's public schools.

Appendix: a reader's guide to using these ideas.