Three Key Emotional Triggers (Pt 3): Long-term Security
Posted on19 Dec 2013
Tagsaggressive, behavior, confidence, emotions, knowledge, law, logic, optimism, rationale, security, skills, societies, Thoughts, emotional triggers, Three Key Emotional Triggers Series, spirit, strength, comfort, faith, destiny, emotional states
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The first key emotional trigger I will explore from the aspects of behavior, thought and emotion is security. More formally it’s long-term... Read More
Personalities Lurk Behind Twitter Streams
Posted on25 Jul 2013
Tagsdecisions, computers, business, behavioral economics, advertising, education, relationships, personality as software analogy, seed planting analogy, Barack Obama, Eric Schmidt, Joshua Green, Bloomberg Businessweek, Twitter, The Economist, rational actor theory, politics, Personality, neoclassical economics, merchandising, marketing, logic, Google, free will
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Increasingly, we are seeing the connection between all that we do and our personalities. Why is this “groundbreaking?” For centuries now, we’ve... Read More
Computers in Decision Making
Posted on10 Jun 2013
Tagschess, Allègre Hadida, Matthias Seifert, Go, Deep Blue, Garry Kasparov, uncertainty, poker, information technology, information, Harvard Business Review, decisions, decision-making process, computers, certainty
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Chess is a relatively easy decision-making task for computers. Thus, historically, the defeat of Garry Kasparov by Deep Blue was inconsequential when... Read More
Confidence as a Psychological Weapon of Leadership
Posted on02 May 2013
Tagslogic, certainty, confidence, facts, honesty, Influence, interpretation, leadership, message, power, psychology, subconscious, trust, uncertainty, martyrs
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Confidence frequently indicates incompetence. However, leadership often requires confidence. Since people often fear uncertainty, they naturally gravitate to people who provide certainty,... Read More
Reducing Dependency on Talent through Rules
Posted on01 Apr 2013
Tagsadaptability, computers, organizational culture, employees, flexibility, instructions, logic, process, process management, rules, Talent, The Atlantic, Adam Davidson
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Rules are a form of logic especially when used in a series to form instructions. A step builds on the former step... Read More
Intelligence vs. Wisdom (Pt 2): Magical Difference
Posted on21 Mar 2013
Tagstangibles, innovation, intangibles, intuition, knowledge, learn, logic, reason, situational awareness, sum of our experiences, innate, wisdom, Wisdom's Magical Hierarchy, synergy, additive, Intelligence vs Wisdom Series, awareness, creativity, emotions, experience, information
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As I had posted earlier, one cannot be wise without sensitivity to the human condition. This means wisdom has innate, emotional, intangible... Read More
Personality is our Politics
Posted on28 Feb 2013
TagsInfluence, facts, ideas, innate, leadership, people, Personality, Real-time personality assessment, The Economist, 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... Read More
Emotions and Intuition as Foundation of All Decisions
Posted on25 Feb 2013
Tagsbrain, decision-making process, decisions, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, Harvard Business Review, intuition, logic, motivation, rationale, reason, research methodologies, strategy, technology, The Economist, Foundation & Frame Analogy, Roderick Gilkey, Ricardo Caceda, Clinton Kilts
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One of the more contrarian perspectives that has helped me appreciate people’s decisions is that emotions and its interpretive big sister, intuition,... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 11): Quantification Restricts Creativity
Business prizes quantification; yet, ironically, it restricts creativity and innovation in two ways: Encouraging electrical activity in our brains which restricts idea... Read More
Education Bias (Pt 3): Leadership Over Knowledge
An education bias overlooks the profound impact of feelings, emotions and intuition on thinking in choice. Leadership is the most poignant example.... Read More
