Following Business Leaders Who Lie, Resolving The Conflict
Posted on23 Sep 2019
Tagsfollowers of leaders, leadership dark side, rationale, lying, leadership, justification, cognitive dissonance
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Lies pop up more than we think. Many lies we don’t even think are lies. Still, some are bigger than others. They... Read More
Why People Find It Hard Liking Very Good People
People find it hard liking very good people. For instance, people find the rude more powerful than the respected. Reasons for will... Read More
The Law, A False Sense of Morality?
Posted on24 Mar 2014
TagsMicrosoft, patriotism, healthcare, Julie Rasmussen, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Jesse Willms, Twitter, The Atlantic, rules, moral, law, financial markets, ethics, cognitive dissonance
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Our Twitter exchange regarding a quote of mine encouraged Dr. Julie Rasmussen to suggest that I incorporate it into a post. She... Read More
Power of Popularity in Decisions
Posted on26 Aug 2013
TagsMassachusetts Institute of Technology, marketing, leadership, Influence, facts, emotions, decisions, cognitive dissonance, positioning, McGill University, hiring, Abhijit Banerjee, Microsoft Research, Duncan Watts, Matthew Salganik, Matthew Notowidigdo, Fabian Lange, Kory Kroft, rational herding, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, problem solving, Princeton University
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Popularity influences our decisions to the point that we often subjugate our desires to what is popular. It’s a form of peer... Read More
Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tags1984, A Few Good Men, cognitive dissonance, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, labels, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
