The Success of Failure and the Failure of Success
Posted on16 Sep 2010
Tagsobjective, feelings, flexibility, gain, history, intuition, joy, learn, legitimate, lesson, logic, mistakes, fear, organization, pain, perspective, Peter M. Madsen, planning, profitability, rationale, success, The Economist, Vinit Desai, Academy of Management Journal, anticipatory, decisions, emotions, employees, experience, failure
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How many times have we heard, “Nothing breeds success like success?” In a study of the orbital launch vehicle industry by Peter... Read More
Glass Half Full Or Half Empty, Who’ll Go Get More Water?
Posted on12 Aug 2010
Tagsassumptions, attitude, change, emotions, fear, gain, glass, joy, loss, metaphor, perspective, problem solving, sales, glass half full-half empty metaphor
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People use the glass half full or half empty metaphor in many ways. I use it much in problem solving workshops. For... Read More
Fear of Loss Versus Joy of Gain in Variable Compensation
Posted on19 May 2010
Tagsintuition, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, Tanjim Hossain, subjective, objective, money, loss, joy, John List, gain, fear, emotions, compensation, communication, cognition, approaches, application
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Since intuition is rooted in emotions and thus subjective, intuitive approaches allow us to see a single, objective situation as many. We... Read More
