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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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When we strategize about change on a large scale, as with more tactical changes it’s important to pick the right moment. There is a flow...

Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill

Posted on18 Feb 2013

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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties. Yes, it can...

Word Power: Pronouns, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions

Posted on14 Feb 2013

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

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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

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

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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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How we feel about ourselves affects us. It influences our health and decisions. Now, as reported in the article, “Think Yourself Well” (The Economist, December...

Difficulty: Better Retention, Deeper Understanding

Posted on31 Jan 2013

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

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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

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

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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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“Once he gets an idea in his head, there’s no changing it!” As common as this comment is, it’s true for us all to some...

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

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

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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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