Importance Of Conflict in Business Decision-Making Processes
Posted on15 Jun 2020
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It’s simple. Conflict improves decisions except when it does not. Thus, we realize the importance of conflict in business decision-making processes by... Read More
Key Innovative Tip From The Bohemian Rhapsody Movie
Posted on10 Dec 2018
Tagsconflict, creativity, organizational culture, dissent, innovation, meetings, innovation sprouting acorn analogy, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody Movie
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The Bohemian Rhapsody movie has several key tips for innovative teams. The most valuable one comes up about three-fourths into the movie.... Read More
Sexual Harassment Discussion Topics Missing From The News
Posted on08 Jan 2018
Tagsconflict, complexity, human resources, gender differences, Jodie Foster, Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, sexual harassment
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Sexual harassment destroys work organizational cultures. Certainly, the sexual harassment discussion topics on the news raise awareness. Yet, their focus on the... Read More
Familiarity Meets Failure Often Without People Knowing Why
When it comes to music, we lean to the tunes we know. When it comes to solutions, we lean to the ones... Read More
Workplace Positivity as Weapon of Retaliation
Posted on29 Sep 2014
Tagspositivity, communism, fundamental attribution error, tools, Pollyannaism, movies, dissent, conflict, confidence
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Workplace positivity has negative side-effects. They show up when employees try to discredit internal competitors in office politics. Employees do this by... Read More
Rise of Self-Censorship
Posted on04 Sep 2014
Tagspeople's differences, disagreeable, muscles, CBS News, homophily, peer-to-peer marketing, problem solving, New York Times, negative, minds, innovation, emotions, creativity, conflict
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Life requires effort. Just as it’s easy to be inactive and not eat right, it’s easy to associate with people who are... Read More
Secret to Creativity (Pt 2): Innovative Process and Taco Bell
A venture firm presented their search process. It began with examining about a 1,000 companies. Of those, they analyzed business plans from... Read More
Breaking through Consensus
Consensus retards dynamic solutions. For example, Regina Dugan and Kaigham Gabriel write in “‘Special Forces’ Innovation: How DARPA* Attacks Problems” (Harvard Business... Read More
Self-Regulated Psychopath, Implications for Emotional Intelligence (Pt 2)
Posted on05 May 2014
Tagsconflict, organizational culture, Daniel Goleman, diversity, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, intelligence, psychopaths, sensitive people
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Previously, I recommended revisiting Emotional Intelligence (EI) as proposed by advocates of Daniel Goleman. That centered on empathy. This is on self-regulation,... Read More
Venting, Wetsuit Analogy
Posted on17 Apr 2014
Tagsmanagement, relationships, Talent, venting, venting-wetsuit analogy, analogy collection, listen, conflict, conflict management, dissent, diversity
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Venting is critical to a healthy culture. Unfortunately, we often characterize venting as “negativity,” “resisting change,” “not a team player,” “not with... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 4) – Preferred Cultures
Posted on22 Aug 2013
Tagsauthority, competitive, conflict, organizational culture, dissent, diversity, education, emotional intelligence, Harvard Business Review, incentives, negative, process, psychopaths, relationships, rules, self-interest, Psychopath in Workplace Series, bottom-line focus, ends justifies means
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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
Writer’s Block Breakthrough, Two Techniques
Posted on01 Aug 2013
Tagsconflict, creativity, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, fear, ideas, Techniques, fortress as prison analogy, writing
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As with the common cold, writer’s block infects many, attacking writers of every ilk, from creative to business to technical. Fear and... Read More
