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Kitchens & A Lesson in Problem Solving

Posted on23 Jun 2011

Tagsadvertising, business, business planning, convenience food, cooking, feelings, food, kitchen, marketing, Megan McArdle, merchandising, problem solving, retailing, The Atlantic, The Joy of Not Cooking

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High-end retailers are expecting us to spend more money on our kitchens even though we are spending less time in them. Why? Cooking is slowly...

Social Media Strategy & The Natural Force of Integration

Posted on20 Jun 2011

Tagsanalogy, bloggers, Facebook, LinkedIn, military, social media, strategy, technology, Twitter, website

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Several folks on Twitter inspired this post: Ted Coine, Kevin Vonduuglasittu, Tim Steigert, Peggy Fitzpatrick and Michele Price. Their discussion centered around the merits of...

Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 2): The Unconscious

Posted on16 Jun 2011

Tagsawareness, conscious, emotional self defense, Emotional Self Defense Series, emotions, fighter pilots, focus, sensitive people, situational awareness, subconscious, unawareness

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It’s difficult to defend yourself emotionally as a sensitive person without understanding the unconscious. People interpret their worlds on two levels: conscious and unconscious; however,...

Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs

Posted on13 Jun 2011

Tagsbelief, effectiveness, employees, enthusiasm, management, medical, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, presentation, The Economist

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The article, “Think Yourself Better,” in the May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed the placebo effect: belief in a medical treatment increases its...

Innovation: Challenges from a Relationship Perspective

Posted on09 Jun 2011

Tagsart, Challenge, diversity, failure, innovation, Malcolm Gladwell, oak tree, Personality, Picasso, relationships, Steve Jobs, The New Yorker, Xerox, creativity acorns analogy

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Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Creation Myth” in the May 16, 2011 edition of The New Yorker was the best article I’ve read about the challenges of...

Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change

The article, Now You Know, in the May 28, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed a study published in Cognition by Elizabeth Bonawitz of the...

Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 1): Awareness

Posted on02 Jun 2011

Tagsaction, confidence, conscious, Emotional Self Defense Series, emotions, feelings, sensitivity, subconscious, Thoughts

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Periodically, I help sensitive people so I have special life management techniques set aside for them. A recent success has encouraged me to document some....

Nurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance

Nurturing positive feelings inside employees improves their performance. I read two articles that support this. One deals with the positive feelings from comments (Harvard Business...

Dealing with Co-workers Who Copy Bosses on Emails

Posted on26 May 2011

Tagsboss, co-workers, employees, interpretation, management by email, perspective, question, relationships

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As a result of my post, Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email, a reader’s email wanted to know what to do about co-workers who...

Cooperation vs. Competition on the Business-to-Business Level

Posted on23 May 2011

Tagsbusiness, competition, cooperation, free market, freedom, gladiators, law, perspective, profitability, Roman

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A person who direct messaged me on Twitter suggested I address cooperation and competition on the business-to-business level (B2B). Which is more profitable? Generally, cooperation...

Beauty as Power (Pt 3): Appreciation

Posted on19 May 2011

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My Beauty as Power posts have generated emails regarding teaching what beauty is. Unfortunately, even though beauty is extremely subjective, we’re often taught it in...

Emotional Intelligence vs. Intuition: The Difference

Posted on16 May 2011

Tagschild, Daniel Goleman, emotional intelligence, Emotional Intelligence vs Intuition Series, emotions, empath, empathy, intelligence, knowledge, matter of the head, matter of the heart, mothers, understanding

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I’m frequently asked about the difference between emotional intelligence (EI) and intuition. Essentially, EI is a head thing, intuition a heart thing. EI is being...

Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email (MBE)

Posted on12 May 2011

Tagsboss, communication, document, effectiveness, efficiencies, employees, management by email, personal, relationships, spontaneous

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A financial professional emailed me regarding bosses who “manage by email.” She implied that her boss rarely calls or meets with employees. She asked, “What...

Why Employees Lie Even When the Truth is Better

Posted on09 May 2011

Tagsemployees, injuries, interpretation, labor relations, lying, relationships, trial, truth

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A labor relations expert emailed me describing a trial in which an employee lied about a previous injury even when the truth would have helped...

Osama bin Laden’s Death: Intuitive Problem-solving Lesson

Posted on05 May 2011

TagsAl-Qaida, consistency, organizational culture, deviation, emotions, humans, intelligence, intuition, logic, military, Osama bin Laden, PBS NewsHour, problem solving, technology

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After watching PBS NewsHour’s analysis, “What’s Next for U.S. Military in Fight Against Al-Qaida?” which aired on Monday, May 2, 2011, I recalled an adage...

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Kitchens & A Lesson in Problem Solving

Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 2): The Unconscious

Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs

Innovation: Challenges from a Relationship Perspective

Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change

Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 1): Awareness

Nurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance

Dealing with Co-workers Who Copy Bosses on Emails

Cooperation vs. Competition on the Business-to-Business Level

Beauty as Power (Pt 3): Appreciation

Emotional Intelligence vs. Intuition: The Difference

Dealing with Bosses Who Manage by Email (MBE)

Why Employees Lie Even When the Truth is Better

Osama bin Laden’s Death: Intuitive Problem-solving Lesson

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