In companies across America, a peculiar phenomenon unfolds: Highly competent executives hesitate to speak up, second-guess strategic decisions and wait for permission that they may never receive.

Within the human brain, movement is coordinated by a brain region called the striatum, which sends instructions to motor neurons in the brain. Those instructions are conveyed by two pathways, one that ...

By recognizing how the brain transforms strengths into default strategies over time, we can overcome our blind spots and ...