Why Many Employees Prefer Being Told What To Do
Posted on25 Mar 2019
Tagsemployees, freedom, freedom-order duality, motivation, Personality, empowerment, Great British Bake Off, employee engagement
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People understate how much television they watch. It’s because they don’t want to believe they watch as much as they do. The... Read More
How Empowerment and Resistance to Change Go Hand In Hand
Posted on21 Nov 2016
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A large body of research shows that there is an inverse link between empowerment and resistance to change. More empowerment yields less... Read More
Problems with Freedom of Choice
Posted on12 Jan 2015
Tagsleadership, fluency, KISS Principle, Thoughts, thinking process, The Atlantic, resistance, music, freedom, Choice, change
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Leaders rely on advice. Much of it comes from employees. It is common fare today to tell leaders to set direction, delegate,... Read More
Management Lessons from Online Dating
Posted on05 Mar 2012
TagsChoice, Columbia University, decisions, Eli Finkel, freedom, freedom-order duality, interpersonal, leadership, management, Mark Lepper, Northwestern University, online dating, Personality, problem solving, Sheena Iyengar, speed dating, Stanford, The Economist, thinking process, Thoughts
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The article, “The Modern Matchmakers,” from the February 11, 2012 edition of The Economist contained two major business lessons that I’ve discussed... Read More
Real-time Personality Assessment: Freedom-Order Duality
The Freedom-Order duality expresses a dimension of our personality involved in interpreting how we balance freedom and order. It can help us... Read More
Cooperation vs. Competition on the Business-to-Business Level
Posted on23 May 2011
Tagsbusiness, competition, cooperation, free market, freedom, gladiators, law, perspective, profitability, Roman
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A person who direct messaged me on Twitter suggested I address cooperation and competition on the business-to-business level (B2B). Which is more... Read More
Is Freedom for Everybody?
Posted on27 Dec 2010
Tagsaction, certainty, policies, uncertainty, thinking process, The Economist, Stanford, Sheena Iyengar, rules, procedure, Muslim, Mark Lepper, Iraq, freedom, driving, decisions, Columbia University, Choice, chaos
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This past month, I conversed with a resident of a Muslim country. He commented on how many of his fellow citizens couldn’t... Read More
Inherent Conflict Between Talent and Large Organizations
Posted on09 Jul 2010
Tagsorganization, The Atlantic, technology, Talent, T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), special forces, size, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Personality, military, Imperial Grunts, freedom, employees, corporate, business, action
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An inherent conflict exists between talent and large organizations. They box it in. I first came across this in the landmark book... Read More
