The Failure Of Constructive Criticism To Deliver Excellence
The failure of constructive criticism lies in excellence. It can deliver okay performances. It does not deliver excellent ones though. Research and... Read More
Using The Placebo Effect To Your Advantage In Leadership
Posted on26 Mar 2018
Tagsauthority, brain, leadership, placebo, Placebo Management Series, power behind beliefs, process, storytelling, employee engagement
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If you’re a leader, you need others to do well. You can’t succeed without this. That means tapping every available tool. Using... Read More
First Two Steps Toward Influencing The Subconscious Mind Of Others
Posted on12 Mar 2018
Tagsbrain, conscious, Influence, interpersonal, minds, New York Times, placebo, subconscious, emotional triggers, MIT Technology Review
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Influencing the subconscious mind used to live on the fringes. Only since around 2005 did it move to a serious realm of... Read More
Social Media And The Brain, Pulling People’s Triggers
Posted on27 Nov 2017
Tagsexhibitionism, narcissists, emotional recognition, novelty of experience, The Economist, social media, security, brain
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Many forces influence people. Social media is a big one. Tech firms work hard to keep people on it. To do this... Read More
With More Power Less Empathy
Posted on08 Jan 2015
Tagsauthority, brain, diversity, hubris, leadership, power, prejudice, Star Wars, The Atlantic, The Economist, leadership dark side, Leadership - The Secret Series, homophily, NPR, White House, charity
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Leadership programs tend to paint a Pollyanna picture of leadership. When leaders go awry, they like to say, “That is not leadership,”... Read More
People Who Feel What Others Are Feeling
Posted on15 May 2014
Tagsemotions, team intelligence, team building, sensitive people, self-interest, Performance, feelings, empathy, organizational culture, cooperation, brain
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Sensitivity can produce performance challenges. It’s difficult for people to understand this sensitivity when coaching through these challenges. An especially challenging group... Read More
Empathetic Psychopaths, Implications for Emotional Intelligence (Pt 1)
Posted on24 Apr 2014
Tagsempathy, James Fallon, Psychopath in Workplace Series, psychopaths, intelligence, happiness, emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman, cognition, brain, assessments
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It has been over twenty years since Daniel Goleman wrote his groundbreaking book, Emotional Intelligence (EI), and close to twenty-five years since... Read More
Software Softening Our Brains?
Posted on31 Mar 2014
Tagsflying, planes, apps, smart phones, GPS, Intuit's, accounting, Nicholas Carr, software, brain exercising, The Atlantic, technology, problem solving, information technology, computers, brain
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Quick, by hand, calculate: 186 x 3,086 = ? 196,452 ÷ 2,568 = ? Why? For the same reason we exercise. Modern... Read More
Left-brain, Right-brain, More Symbolic than Actual
Posted on30 Dec 2013
Tagsassessments, brain, cognition, integration, intuition, Personality, The Economist, left-brain, right-brain, male brain, female brain
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What we’re learning about our brains and ourselves is accelerating and challenging functional and personality models. One of those models is left-brain,... Read More
Your Brain, the Final Frontier
Posted on08 Apr 2013
TagsManagement by objective, conditionality, context, emotions, free will, genetic code, humans, knowledge, management, brain, rational actor theory, Star Trek, technology, The Economist, Brain Mapping Analogy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Genome Project, biology, behavioral economics
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“Space, the final frontier” introduced Star Trek’s original series, but assessments of our human knowledge indicate that the space between our ears... Read More
Emotions and Intuition as Foundation of All Decisions
Posted on25 Feb 2013
Tagsintuition, brain, decision-making process, decisions, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, Harvard Business Review, 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
