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Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements

Posted on07 Mar 2013

Tagsdecisions, University of Liverpool, Craig Roberts, The Economist, team building, subliminity, Performance, Influence, confidence, compliments, competence, awareness, attractiveness

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Other posts in series: Beauty as PowerBeauty as Power Beauty as Power (Pt 2): Attraction vs. Beauty Beauty as Power (Pt 3): Appreciation Beauty as...

Work, Life are Like Heartbeats

Posted on04 Mar 2013

Tagsmedical, Job, Inspiration (Series), good job, motivation, Heartbeat Analogy, training, Performance

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Other posts in series: InspirationalThe One and Only One Coming Around Only Once Never Again Work, Life are Like Heartbeats You, Center of the Universe...

Personality is our Politics

Posted on28 Feb 2013

TagsThe Economist, facts, ideas, Influence, innate, leadership, people, Personality, Real-time personality assessment, University of Texas, John Jost, New York University, University of Virginia, Peter Hatemi, Rose McDermott, Pennsylvania State University, Brown University

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People often believe that political views are a battle of ideas. In reality, they are more a battle of personality types. People also believe people...

Emotions and Intuition as Foundation of All Decisions

One of the more contrarian perspectives that has helped me appreciate people’s decisions is that emotions and its interpretive big sister, intuition, form their foundation....

Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries

Posted on21 Feb 2013

Tagschange, change management, communications, context, crisis, Harvard Business Review, message, morale, optimism, power, procrastination, resistance to change, staying on message, Judith Rodin, internal communications

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Other posts in series: Change Management StrategyThe Strategy Of Organizing For Successful Change Management Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries Change Management Strategy #3: Keywords...

Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill

Posted on18 Feb 2013

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Other posts in series: Sun Tzu Top 7Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #7 Effective Orders Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #6 Seeking Victory Top Seven...

Word Power: Pronouns, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions

Posted on14 Feb 2013

Tagsobjective personality tests, University of Texas, James Pennebaker, who we think we are, who we are, Thoughts, subconscious, Real-time personality assessment, Personality, honesty, Harvard Business Review, feelings, emotions, behavior

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Word choice tells much about people. James Pennebaker of The University of Texas explores this in his article, “Your Use of Pronouns Reveals Your Personality”...

Perfect Music and Its Tips for the Perfect Culture

Posted on11 Feb 2013

Tagscomputers, organizational culture, expression, music, Imperfect Music Analogy, Jimi Hendrix, Star Spangled Banner, Woodstock

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Music teaches us much about ourselves. For instance, perfect music teaches us what music we like. The music we like teaches us about organizational culture....

Anatomy of Events

Posted on07 Feb 2013

TagsInfluence, flow, Meteor Analogy, Anatomy of an Event, time, situation, prevention, power, people, leadership, going with the flow, event, employees, crisis

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When we examine events, we tend to look at them too narrowly and statically. The advantage of the schematic in this post is to remind...

Placebo Management (Pt 5): Emotions, Health, Performance

Posted on04 Feb 2013

Tagscompliments, emotions, employees, extrinsic, happiness, health, intrinsic, management, message, negative reinforcement, Performance, Placebo Management Series, relationships, The Economist, University of North Carolina, Barbara Fredrickson, Bethany Kok

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Other posts in series: Placebo ManagementNurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs Management Tips From Changing Taste Using Stories Placebo...

Difficulty: Better Retention, Deeper Understanding

Posted on31 Jan 2013

TagsBlue Oyster Cult, KISS Principle, training, Thoughts, power, listen, learn, knowledge, Intelligent Life, Ian Leslie, health, muscle analogy

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Lifting light weights with little effort doesn’t develop our muscles; lifting heavy weights with difficulty does. However, for some reason we believe the easier it...

Creators vs. Pruners: Personality Typing

Posted on28 Jan 2013

Tagsbusiness, content, creativity, innovation, Personality, problem solving, process, Creator vs Pruner Analogy, content creators, content aggregators

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In the development of ideas, we generally see two types of people: creators and pruners. While people often display both types, usually one is dominant....

Creative Innovation (Pt 15): Prototypes as Obstacles

Posted on24 Jan 2013

Tagsanchoring, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, decision-making process, decisions, feelings, Harvard Business Review, Influence, information, innovation, Paul Leonardi, problem solving, rationale, Thoughts, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, empirical evidence

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Other posts in series: Creative InnovationMaking Group Brainstorming More Effective And Innovative Linking Disruptive Innovations and Disruptive Personalities How Work Pressure and Fear Affect Innovation...

Egocentric, Reserved People (ERP’s)

Posted on21 Jan 2013

Tagsdecision-making process, decisions, ego, feelings, introspection, introvert, Personality, process, self-interest, Thoughts, Twitter, Delphine Szwarg, passive-aggressive behavior, over thinking

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Delphine Szwarc asked the following of me on twitter: Can one be egocentric and reserved at the same time? More specifically, she wanted me to...

Correlation: Muscular Men & Self-interest

Posted on17 Jan 2013

TagsInfluence, The Republic, Plato, University of California Santa Barbara, Daniel Sznycer, University of Aarhus, Michael Petersen, W. Gordon East, The Economist, subliminity, subconscious, self-interest, physical, free will, body analogy, body

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The book The Geography Behind History by W. Gordon East, which discusses the influence of geography on countries’ cultures led me a long time ago...

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Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements

Work, Life are Like Heartbeats

Personality is our Politics

Emotions and Intuition as Foundation of All Decisions

Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries

Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill

Word Power: Pronouns, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions

Perfect Music and Its Tips for the Perfect Culture

Anatomy of Events

Placebo Management (Pt 5): Emotions, Health, Performance

Difficulty: Better Retention, Deeper Understanding

Creators vs. Pruners: Personality Typing

Creative Innovation (Pt 15): Prototypes as Obstacles

Correlation: Muscular Men & Self-interest

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