Inflammatory Rhetoric’s Subliminal Influence on Us
Posted on04 Jul 2013
Tagsawareness, Influence, information, leadership, phraseology, website, words, Mother Jones, Chris Mooney, trash talk, inflammatory rhetoric
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Information we know is wrong still influences us. Well, it also turns out that the information’s emotional context also influences us. Chris... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #4 Change
Posted on20 Jun 2013
TagsSun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, cyclical change model, fundamental attribution error, five elements, hubris, change, control, Influence, negative thinking, risk, success, Talent, Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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At number four in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Of the five... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #6 Seeking Victory
Posted on09 May 2013
TagsInfluence, Gallipoli, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, The Art of War, Sun Tzu, Anatomy of an Event, warfare, strategy, skills, problem solving, Pollyannaism, free will, employees
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At number six in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Therefore, a skilled... Read More
Confidence as a Psychological Weapon of Leadership
Posted on02 May 2013
Tagslogic, certainty, confidence, facts, honesty, Influence, interpretation, leadership, message, power, psychology, subconscious, trust, uncertainty, martyrs
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Confidence frequently indicates incompetence. However, leadership often requires confidence. Since people often fear uncertainty, they naturally gravitate to people who provide certainty,... Read More
Change Management Strategy #3: Keywords
Setting the mood – by talking about change before we announce it – is a change management tactic. Behind this though is... Read More
Stories as Inhibitors of Change, Innovation
Posted on11 Mar 2013
Tagsadaptability, change, change management, dissent, facts, history, ideas, Influence, innovation, Northwestern University, opinions, question, rationale, storytelling, The New Yorker, thinking process, think outside the box, George Packer, Dan McAdams
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Stories galvanize people, helping them to learn, to coalesce around ideas. If we look at this galvanization as solidification, we can also... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements
Posted on07 Mar 2013
TagsUniversity of Liverpool, Craig Roberts, attractiveness, awareness, competence, compliments, confidence, decisions, Influence, Performance, subliminity, team building, The Economist
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How we feel about ourselves influences our decisions, but it also influences how others feel about us. One of the more interesting... Read More
Personality is our Politics
Posted on28 Feb 2013
TagsBrown University, Pennsylvania State University, Rose McDermott, Peter Hatemi, University of Virginia, New York University, John Jost, University of Texas, The Economist, Real-time personality assessment, Personality, people, leadership, innate, Influence, ideas, facts
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People often believe that political views are a battle of ideas. In reality, they are more a battle of personality types. People... Read More
Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill
Posted on18 Feb 2013
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, coaching, employees, fear, fun, ignorance, inertia, Influence, leadership, management, management by walking around, military, problem solving, resistance to change, training, uncertainty, warfare, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series
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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties.... Read More
Anatomy of Events
Posted on07 Feb 2013
Tagscrisis, flow, Meteor Analogy, Anatomy of an Event, time, situation, prevention, power, people, leadership, Influence, going with the flow, event, employees
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When we examine events, we tend to look at them too narrowly and statically. The advantage of the schematic in this post... Read More
