Military Tapping Unconscious Thinking in People
When the U.S. military looks into something, you know there’s something to it. The military tapping unconscious thinking in people tackles two... Read More
What Makes A Good Lie Work So Well At Work
Posted on26 Sep 2016
Tagscognition, organizational culture, honesty, lying, pressure, The Economist, KISS Principle, simplification, cognitive ease
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Good lies can only do so much. They need help to really flourish. What makes a good lie work so well at... 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
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
More Money, Less Thinking
We can make tremendous money when we help people think less. As Alexander Chernev points out in “Customers Will Pay More for... Read More
Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 4): Party Throwing as Example of Differences
Posted on05 Sep 2013
Tagsconscious, Feelings Emotions Intuition - Difference Series, subconscious, intuition, Food Analogy, feelings, emotions, decisions, cognition
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As a follow up to my previous examples, the complexities in throwing a party make it an excellent example to highlight the... Read More
Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 2): Operational Difference
Emotions drive our energies in a particular direction. Intuition interprets that direction similar to the way thinking interprets facts. Unlike emotions, intuition... Read More
Emotions vs Intuition (Pt 1): Conceptual Difference
Posted on17 Jun 2013
TagsFeelings Emotions Intuition - Difference Series, problem solving, intuition, Food Analogy, emotions, decisions, cognition
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Intuition helps us acquire knowledge and make decisions via our emotions. Just as facts drive cognitive conclusions, emotions drive intuitive ones. As... 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
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits (Pt 2): Ethical Behavior
Posted on18 Oct 2012
Tagscognition, University of San Diego, The Economist, rationale, patience, negative, lying, John Hopkins University, honesty, Frank Partnoy, ethics, Brian Gunia, aesthetics, Adrian Wooldridge
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When I first wrote about patience, a commenter asked for examples of its merits. So, when I ran across the article “No... Read More
