Change And Openness Personality Trait, Reactions and Responses
Posted on18 Jun 2018
Comments0
Of the Big Five, the openness personality trait seems to be the go to when assessing a personality’s willingness to change. After... Read More
How Extroverts And Introverts Are Different in Reacting To Change
Posted on14 May 2018
Tagsattitude, behavior, change, ideas, process, extroverts and introverts, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Introverts and Extroverts (Series)
Comments0
When it comes to change and how extroverts and introverts are different, think out and in. In other words, it’s the difference... Read More
Dealing with Stress of Status Climbing and Falling
Posted on03 Aug 2015
Tagschange, self-control, Carnegie Mellon University, socializing, The Economist, status, Scientific American, health, control
Comments0
Humans work to better themselves. This can happen in absolute terms such as money. It also happens in relative terms such as... Read More
Making Socializing at Work a Teambuilding Tool
Posted on06 Jul 2015
Tagsproductivity, face-to-face interactions, change, Alex "Sandy" Pentland, relationships, Wired Magazine, venting, team building, social skills
Comments0
The secret to getting things done, to driving change is relationships. They are also the secret to enjoying our jobs and being... Read More
First Step in Creating a Change Management Strategy
Driving change begins with creating a change management strategy. Too many times though the focus is on the change management process. A... Read More
Driving Change Begins Here Now
Posted on18 May 2015
Comments0
Driving change is hard. There are many change management strategies. How a change management plan differs from normal management and project plans... Read More
Untold View of Fearing Change
There is much on why we fear change. There is an untold view of fearing change though. It exists even if change... Read More
Protection from Extreme Decision Making
Posted on29 Jan 2015
Tagschange, confidence, creativity, decisions, Harvard Business Review, information, innovation, reflection, storytelling, what-if scenarios, big data, forecasting, indecisiveness, balanced nutrition analogy, Mary Riddel, Sonja Kolstoe, University of Las Vegas, University of Oregon
Comments4
At its root, extreme decision making is about how we assess possibilities in events. The adage, “Things are never as good nor... Read More
Problems with Freedom of Choice
Posted on12 Jan 2015
Tagsthinking process, The Atlantic, resistance, music, leadership, freedom, Choice, change, Thoughts, fluency, KISS Principle
Comments2
Leaders rely on advice. Much of it comes from employees. It is common fare today to tell leaders to set direction, delegate,... Read More
Change of Personality or Change of Perspective?
Posted on02 Oct 2014
TagsFrame Changing Analogy, Pavlovian conditioning, perspective, Personality, organizational culture, change, behavior
Comments0
We easily think of our personalities as being a uniform whole. The idea of aspects of our personalities hiding, even for decades... Read More