Pigeonholing At Work Blinding Managers To In-House Talent
It’s easy to pigeonhole people. We do it without knowing it. Thus, pigeonholing at work easily blinds managers to talent in their... Read More
Motivational Madness about Millennials in the Workplace
Posted on24 Aug 2015
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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... Read More
Power of Context on Intoxication
Posted on22 Jul 2013
Tagsemotions, context, conditionality, change management, body, Influence, management, objective, Personality, pigeonholing, positioning, psychology, University of Liverpool, Pavlovian conditioning, Shepard Siegal, McMaster University, Alice Young, Andrew Goudie, Texas Tech University, alcohol, intoxication
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Context dramatically influences us. As the article, “Various Ways You Might Accidentally Get Drunk” (The Atlantic, May 2013 edition) by James Hamblin,... Read More
Plug ‘n Play Employees: Not Enough Qualified People
Posted on13 Sep 2012
TagsTalent, skills, pigeonholing, Peter Cappelli, James Surowiecki, information technology, employees, technology, Wharton, training, The New Yorker
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How many times have employers exclaimed, “It’s so difficult to find qualified people”? Well, James Surowiecki’s article, “Mind the Gap” (The New... Read More
Downside of Focus and Rise of Situational Awareness
Posted on06 Oct 2011
Tagsanchoring, aptitude, Before You Make That Big Decision, business, business planning, conditionality, context, decisions, focus, Influence, market research, optimism, pigeonholing, planning, situational awareness, skills, Talent
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Classical business literature emphasizes focus: set goals, plan, and then focus on execution. However, it’s relatively void of focus’ downside: obliviousness to... Read More
Cooperation vs. Self-interest (Pt 2): Context – The Great Influencer
Posted on29 Sep 2011
Tagsassumptions, behavior, collaboration, compliments, context, cooperation, Cooperation vs Self-interest Series, organizational culture, extrinsic, food, Harvard Business Review, Influence, intrinsic, leadership, Lee Ross, management, money, morale, motivation, Performance, pigeonholing, self-interest, Stanford, taste, Yochai Benkler
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As we saw with pigeonholing and tasting food, context influences us greatly. This extends to people’s inclinations to collaborate. In support of... Read More
Information You Know Is Wrong Still Influences You
Posted on21 Jul 2011
Tagsplanting a seed, Thoughts, Talent, subconscious, rationale, psychology, pigeonholing, Olivier Sibony, judges, intuition, information, Influence, Harvard Business Review, gossip, dice, decisions, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, cognition, Before You Make That Big Decision, anchoring
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Previously, I listed some unconscious biases we have in decision-making. What I witness is that people just don’t believe that known wrong... Read More
How We Unconsciously Pigeonhole People
Posted on13 Jan 2011
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We often pigeonhole people at work. This happens when we use their jobs to tell us what their talents are. When we... Read More
