Golfing Analogy: Working with People
Posted on08 Oct 2012
Tagsexpectations, euphemisms, consumer, analogy, golf, workplace, truth, subconscious, respect, politics, policies, online dating, Influence, honesty, Golf Analogy
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People often feel that playing politics in the workplace is something dirty and to be avoided. Well, cleaning house and taking out... Read More
Management Lessons from Online Dating
Posted on05 Mar 2012
Tagsinterpersonal, Thoughts, thinking process, The Economist, Stanford, speed dating, Sheena Iyengar, problem solving, Personality, online dating, Northwestern University, Mark Lepper, management, leadership, freedom-order duality, freedom, Eli Finkel, decisions, Columbia University, Choice
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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
Consumer Psychology & Freud’s Rebirth
Posted on29 Dec 2011
Tagssubconscious, The Economist, The Atlantic, retailing, Retail Therapy, online dating, names, judges, irrational, intuition, Sigmund Freud, Ernest Dichter, emotions, decisions
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There is no place that the revisiting of our unconscious urges are taken more seriously than in retailing. The Economist article “Retail... Read More
What the Failures of Online Dating Can Teach Us
Posted on06 Jan 2011
Tagsorganizational culture, education, hypocrisy, online dating, politics, questionnaires, religion, speed dating, The Atlantic, The Economist, upbringing, who we are, who we think we are
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In the last two weeks I ran across articles in The Atlantic and The Economist about online dating: “Take the Data of... Read More
