Choosing The Right Words For Driving Teamwork Among Employees
Posted on21 Oct 2019
Tagscontext, cooperation, organizational culture, phraseology, team building, word choice, words, time vs money
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Compensation programs aren’t substitutes for good management. That means choosing the right words for driving teamwork. They set the context. The context... Read More
Difference Between Innovation And Creativity In Business
Posted on26 Feb 2018
Tagsartificial intelligence, business, context, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, innovation, perspective, The Economist, MIT Technology Review, Elisha Otis, elevator
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Simply, the difference between innovation and creativity in business is commercialism. Innovation makes money on a large scale. Creativity does not. The... Read More
Women Bullying Women By Playing Powerful Men At Work
Posted on23 Oct 2017
Tagscontext, organizational culture, The Atlantic, women, archetype, gender differences, manipulation, sycophant, office politics, Olga Khazan
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Women bullying women is a hot topic. Much of the discussion focuses on women though. Almost none deal with how men blindly... Read More
What’s In It For Me Under Attack By Nobel Prize Winner
What’s In It For Me is a trite, popular slogan for the average professional driving change. It assumes that people will only... Read More
What Can Dogs Teach Us About Developing Talent
Animals can teach us about ourselves. So, what can dogs teach us about developing talent? An article in Sierra called “Conservation Dogs... Read More
Leadership’s Influence on Goal Setting
Posted on19 Jun 2014
Tagschange, confidence, context, goal setting, Influence, interpersonal, leadership, relationships, emotional triggers, Priyesh Patel, affect
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Leadership’s influence on goal setting results in people believing and achieving more than they would with mediocre management. It’s where leadership’s affective... Read More
Power of Context on Intoxication
Posted on22 Jul 2013
TagsInfluence, intoxication, alcohol, Texas Tech University, Andrew Goudie, Alice Young, McMaster University, Shepard Siegal, Pavlovian conditioning, University of Liverpool, psychology, positioning, pigeonholing, Personality, objective, management, emotions, context, conditionality, change management, body
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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
Your Brain, the Final Frontier
Posted on08 Apr 2013
Tagsbehavioral economics, biology, brain, conditionality, context, emotions, free will, genetic code, humans, knowledge, management, Management by objective, rational actor theory, Star Trek, technology, The Economist, Brain Mapping Analogy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Genome Project
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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
Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries
When we strategize about change on a large scale, as with more tactical changes it’s important to pick the right moment. There... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 5): Employees Running into Each Other
Posted on16 Aug 2012
Tagsbuild, context, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, organizational culture, employees, innovation, Jonah Lehrer, spontaneous, Steve Jobs, The New Yorker
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Since planning is so engrained in a business mindset, it’s easy to become frustrated when we hear we can’t pressure or force... Read More
