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Grouping Causing Mistakes Overweighting Similarities

Posted on17 Feb 2020

Tagsanchoring-battle analogy, subliminity, problem solving, mistakes, group, decisions, anchoring

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We learn grouping early in school. We also learn that many ways exist to group the same things. Yet, we don’t learn...

Most Social Secret About Experts Making Them Political

Posted on09 Oct 2017

TagsSecrets About Experts Series, socializing, Royal Society, experts, politics, group, authority, academic

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The most social secret about experts makes them political animals. That’s because a key way to become an expert is to have...

3 Signs of Group Decision Making Failures

Posted on04 Jan 2016

Tagsdecision-making process, team intelligence, group, failure, decisions

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We rely upon groups for much in our businesses. They are vital to success. Yet, what makes them valuable also makes them...

Motivational Madness about Millennials in the Workplace

Posted on24 Aug 2015

Tagsmotivation, pigeonholing, The Economist, knowledge, organizational culture, group

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Just as there is junk food there is junk knowledge. What sweetly tingles our ears and easily fills our brains is often...

Difference between Leader and Hero

Posted on25 Dec 2014

Tagsgroup, leadership, Batman, Spiderman, Superman, Lone Ranger, heroes, individual

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Tku Can, a Twitter connection, asked me to explain my quote: The difference between leader and hero is that you don’t have...

Group Interactions, Molding Relationships and Culture

Posted on26 Jun 2014

Tagsacknowledgement, compliments, organizational culture, emotions, face-to-face interactions, feelings, grapevine, group, rationale, relationship building techniques, Techniques, Thank You, group interactions, meetings, Leveraging Group Interactions Series

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Most times, we see group interactions (GI) as convenient communication tools. Typically, they appear as meetings, training sessions and other events. Except...

Change Management, The Secret (Pt 2): Minority Power

Posted on07 Oct 2013

Tagsmorale, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Boleslaw Szymanski, Change Management Strategy Series, The Economist, tangibles, spontaneous, relationships, rationale, intangibles, informal organizational power, group, grapevine, emotions, change management

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In Part 1, we learned relationships are the secret to change. If we ponder all the one-on-one relationships we must leverage to...

Power of Rule Breakers

Posted on03 Jun 2013

Tagsconfidence, cooperation, organizational culture, group, Harvard Business Review, Jeffrey Pfeffer, leadership, motivation, organization, power, psychopaths, rules, self-interest, individual

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The stress between individuals and groups exhibits itself when individuals break the group’s rules. As Jeffrey Pfeffer writes in his article “Power,...