Tips For Successful Innovation Teams From Acclaimed Black Hole Imaging Team
Posted on13 May 2019
Tagscollaboration, decision-making process, dissent, innovation, project management, team building, consensus, bias, black holes, confirmation bias
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Taking pictures rely upon objects reflecting light, any light. A black hole swallows light. So, how does one get a picture if... Read More
General Electric Lessons About Optimism and Confidence
Posted on07 Jan 2019
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General Electric was a powerhouse. It powered the country and the stock market. Then, it didn’t. Thus, there are General Electric lessons.... 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
Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... Read More
Optimism Bias and Seven Factors Making It Worse in Decisions
Research says optimism helps many cope with reality. They’re happier and healthier with it. That suggests though that it alters reality for... 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
Tagsconflict, confidence, dissent, positivity, communism, fundamental attribution error, tools, Pollyannaism, movies
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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
Computer Viruses Illustrating Diversity’s Power
Posted on08 Sep 2014
Tagsdissent, homogeneity, The Economist, Roman, phalanx, pessimism, Personality, optimism, Macedonian, diversity, computers, cohort, Battle of Pydna
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Computer security is a top priority in our digital age. Repeated reports of viruses and hackings remind us of that priority. Much... Read More
Secret Keeping Stressful, Telling Inevitable
Posted on17 Jul 2014
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As it turns out, we might be doing harm to those we tell secrets expecting them to keep. In her article, “Why... 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
