Power of Context on Intoxication
Posted on22 Jul 2013
Tagsalcohol, Alice Young, Andrew Goudie, body, change management, conditionality, context, emotions, Influence, intoxication, management, McMaster University, objective, Pavlovian conditioning, Personality, pigeonholing, positioning, psychology, Shepard Siegal, Texas Tech University, University of Liverpool
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Context dramatically influences us. As the article, “Various Ways You Might Accidentally Get Drunk” (The Atlantic, May 2013 edition) by James Hamblin,... Read More
Luck’s Effect on Experts’ Predictions
One of the outside factors that tend to cause us to make the fundamental attribution error in assessing talent is randomness .... Read More
Leadership as a Dependent of Conditions
Posted on23 May 2013
TagsBoris Groysberg, certainty, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, conditionality, control, fundamental attribution error, Harvard Business Review, J.C. Penney, James Surowiecki, leadership, Nitin Nohria, Ron Johnson, security, success, Talent, Target Corporation, The New Yorker, training, Warren Buffett
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If we awoke one day with amnesia with life totally scrambled, would we have the same leaders? In his article, “The Turnaround... Read More
Your Brain, the Final Frontier
Posted on08 Apr 2013
TagsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science, behavioral economics, biology, brain, Brain Mapping Analogy, conditionality, context, emotions, free will, genetic code, Human Genome Project, humans, knowledge, management, Management by objective, rational actor theory, Star Trek, technology, The Economist
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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
Extroverted vs. Introverted Leaders – The Important Point
American business culture tends to prize extroverted traits over introverted ones. One online survey of 1,500 senior business leaders found that 65%... Read More
YinYang as Problem-solving Methodology
Posted on09 Feb 2012
Tagsarbitrariness, best practices, change, conditionality, differentiation, flexibility, focus, glass, investment, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, problem solving, process, profitability, resistance to change, situational awareness, symbolism, Taijitu, YinYang
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YinYang, as expressed by the Taijitu symbol, has helped me solve many problems. The two major components represent the two major opposing... Read More
Blank Slates No More
Part of what makes intuition so powerful is the assumption that we are born with personalities, talents and knowledge. Life then becomes... Read More
Downside of Focus and Rise of Situational Awareness
Posted on06 Oct 2011
Tagsanchoring, aptitude, Before You Make That Big Decision, business, business planning, conditionality, context, decisions, focus, Influence, market research, optimism, pigeonholing, planning, situational awareness, skills, Talent
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Classical business literature emphasizes focus: set goals, plan, and then focus on execution. However, it’s relatively void of focus’ downside: obliviousness to... Read More
Tunisia’s Lessons for Business Leaders
Posted on24 Jan 2011
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Many leadership models give the leader almost divine characteristics or minimally the best humanity can offer within a business context. These models... Read More
The Key to Great Advice is That It Doesn’t Have to Be Right
Posted on10 Jan 2011
TagsAdvice Giving, advisor, arbitrariness, Challenge, conditionality, decisions, math, problem solving, question, skills, talking cure, thinking process
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A colleague was concerned whether her advice was helping someone. Too many times, we focus on the advice rather than the process... Read More
