How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 4) – Preferred Cultures
Posted on22 Aug 2013
Tagsemotional intelligence, ends justifies means, bottom-line focus, Psychopath in Workplace Series, self-interest, rules, relationships, psychopaths, process, negative, incentives, Harvard Business Review, education, diversity, dissent, organizational culture, conflict, competitive, authority
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Previously, the situations and trends psychopaths prefer. Now, we will discuss the cultures as summarized in the introductory post of this mini-series:... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 1) – Introduction
The short answer to this post’s title is that we let them. To understand this, we need to examine this outcome as... Read More
Competition, Success & Testosterone
Posted on10 Dec 2012
Tagscompetition, testosterone, Villanova University, Rutgers, Charlotte Markley, Patrick Markey, The Economist, success, risk, rational actor theory, free will, control, conscious, competitive, Challenge, aggressive
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Many chemical reactions occur in our bodies. This we know, but how they affect our decisions and actions is another matter. The... Read More
Are You Tapping the Power of Thank You’s?
Posted on30 Dec 2010
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Thanking employees periodically for doing their jobs generates a superior return on our time. It’s an effective cost-containment technique for our labor... Read More
What Consumer Psychology Teaches Us About Problem Solving
Posted on27 Sep 2010
TagsMichael I. Norton, decisions, drugs, emotions, expectations, goal setting, Harvard Business Review, How Concepts Affect Consumption, intuition, keeping up with the Joneses, low-cost, Dan Ariely, objective, peer pressure, people, price, problem solving, psychology, rationale, rewards, teach, anticipatory, beverages, brain, business, buying habits, change, cognition, competitive, consumer, cost-benefit
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We often anticipate and rationalize people’s decisions using a cost-benefit analysis. This perspective frequently leads to erroneous conclusions and restricts problem-solving capabilities.... Read More
Difference Between Instinct and Intuition in Decisions
Often, I’m asked about the difference between instinct and intuition. Part of what makes the question hard is gender bias. Men prefer... Read More
