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Obviously, not working with psychopaths is the best option. That, however, isn’t always practical. Additionally, it’s neither practical nor optimal to distrust everyone. So, when...

Why Problems Occur (Alert #7): One over Many

Posted on23 Sep 2013

Tagsprocess, Jonathan Cohn, holism, Why Problems Occur Series, training, The Atlantic, technology, team building, robots, relationships, problem solving, organization, integration, information, Influence, follow up, organizational culture, anchoring

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Given many causes of a problem, humans tend to focus on one as the cause rather than the pattern they produce, a form of anchoring....

Pricing, The Secret

Posted on19 Sep 2013

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The secret to pricing is its arbitrariness, subjectivity. What disrupts this is anchoring, a preconceived benchmark of what should be the price. Classical economics describes...

Leaders as Necessary Evils to the Individual, the Hero

Posted on16 Sep 2013

Tagsmotivation, compassion, Dark Side, intrinsic, leadership, Talent, heroes, individual, Ayn Rand, Fountainhead

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When someone says, “If you’re not a leader, then you’re a follower,” he is saying that the only real existence is as part of some...

Increasing Value, Power of Stories

Posted on12 Sep 2013

Tagsbranding, food, perception, power, quantify, restaurant, storytelling, The Atlantic, values, alcohol, Bloomberg Businessweek, Graeme Wood, Antiques Roadshow, David Sax, Paul Pax, anthropology

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When you go to your next party in which people bring food, alcohol or other contributions, listen for their stories around how they came to...

How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 5) – Relational Preferences

Posted on09 Sep 2013

Tagsconfidence, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, hypocrisy, interpersonal, Personality, power, psychopaths, relationships, rules, style, success, Talent, uncertainty, Psychopath in Workplace Series, charisma, uniformity

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Psychopaths prefer relationships in which we will tend to: Permit psychopaths to break the rules Be seduced by confidence Misinterpret success for talent Allow charisma...

Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 4): Party Throwing as Example of Differences

Posted on05 Sep 2013

TagsFeelings Emotions Intuition - Difference Series, subconscious, intuition, Food Analogy, feelings, emotions, decisions, conscious, cognition

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As a follow up to my previous examples, the complexities in throwing a party make it an excellent example to highlight the differences between emotions...

Change Management, The Secret

Posted on02 Sep 2013

Tagsemployees, Change Management Strategy Series, The New Yorker, relationships, relationship building techniques, planning, management by walking around, management, organizational culture, compliments, change management, change, Atul Gawande

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The secret to change management is relationships. In his article, Slow Ideas (New Yorker, July 29, 2013 edition), Atul Gawande describes change as a social...

Why Problems Occur (Alert #6): Same over Unique

Creativity is challenging especially with time pressures. Additionally, depending upon the work culture, motivation might be difficult. Heck, how many times do we hear, “Don’t...

Power of Popularity in Decisions

Popularity influences our decisions to the point that we often subjugate our desires to what is popular. It’s a form of peer pressure in which...

How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 4) – Preferred Cultures

Previously, the situations and trends psychopaths prefer. Now, we will discuss the cultures as summarized in the introductory post of this mini-series: Personalities and cultures...

Why Problems Occur (Alert #5): Big over Small

Posted on19 Aug 2013

Tagsanalogy, budgets, coaching, details, management, morale, Personality, planning, problem solving, process, relationships, rules, training, Why Problems Occur Series, Picture Resolution Analogy

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Focusing on the big rather than small, is another alert I heed as a problem identifier. This occurs when people apply overarching solutions rather than...

Attack Statistics, Solve Problems

Posted on15 Aug 2013

Tagsarbitrariness, assumptions, definitions, intangibles, measure, numbers, perspective, problem solving, questioning techniques, statistics, tangibles, The Economist, Glass-Sand-Water Analogy

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If you don’t like the rules, change them. The article, “Boundary Problems” [The Economist, August 3, 2013 edition], reports that the United States “has changed...

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How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 5) – Relational Preferences

Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 4): Party Throwing as Example of Differences

Change Management, The Secret

Why Problems Occur (Alert #6): Same over Unique

Power of Popularity in Decisions

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