Using The Placebo Effect To Your Advantage In Leadership
Posted on26 Mar 2018
Tagsauthority, brain, leadership, placebo, Placebo Management Series, power behind beliefs, process, storytelling, employee engagement
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If you’re a leader, you need others to do well. You can’t succeed without this. That means tapping every available tool. Using... Read More
First Two Steps Toward Influencing The Subconscious Mind Of Others
Posted on12 Mar 2018
Tagsbrain, conscious, Influence, interpersonal, minds, New York Times, placebo, subconscious, emotional triggers, MIT Technology Review
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Influencing the subconscious mind used to live on the fringes. Only since around 2005 did it move to a serious realm of... Read More
Personality Tests Fairy Dust in Hiring
Posted on18 Dec 2014
Tagsobjective personality tests, Performance, placebo, The Economist, The New Yorker, hiring, OkCupid, Christian Rudder
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When we set realistic goals for employees, we improve their performance. When we believe in them, it improves too. Personality tests convince... Read More
Authority Figures as Dangerous Figures
Posted on20 Oct 2014
Tagsexpertise, Kristi Erdal, predictability, training, The Economist, problem solving, placebo, innovation, authority
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Authority figures help in many ways, providing expertise, guidance, definitiveness and certainty. We’re taught to respect them too. Yet, they can be... Read More
Better Bedside Manner, Lower Malpractice Risk
Posted on21 Aug 2014
Tagsmedical, bedside manner, medical malpractice, Laura Blue, Time Magazine, social skills, power behind beliefs, Placebo Management Series, placebo, perception
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Three attorneys specializing in medical malpractice attested to me that better bedside manner lowers malpractice risk. One even claimed that he could... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 4): Tiger, Golfers, Superstitions & Performance
Posted on29 Nov 2012
TagsPlacebo Management Series, Sally Linkenauger, placebo, phraseology, Performance, motivation, management, Influence, Harvard Business Review, golf, emotions
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In business, we tend to discount – even ridicule – people’s superstitions. What’s the tangible connection between crossing your fingers and making... Read More
Management Tips From Changing Taste Using Stories
Posted on07 May 2012
TagsPlacebo Management Series, Wayne Curtis, The Atlantic, taste, Talent, T.A. Breaux, storytelling, relationships, presentation, politics, placebo, liquor, intuition, interpretation, interpresonal, Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA, food
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Storytelling plays a valuable role in marketing. It seems though with foods it plays another role. That is one of changing taste... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 2): Tapping Emotions
Posted on09 Jan 2012
TagsThe New Yorker, Ted Kaptchuk, relationships, Power of Nothing, Placebo Management Series, placebo, Performance, objectivity, Michael Specter, management, change, initiatives, information, Harvard Medical School, feelings, expectations, effectiveness, effective, change management, approaches
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Previously I had indicated that placebo management could impact performance. I recently read Michael Specter’s article, “The Power of Nothing,” in the... Read More
Great Strategy? Don’t Neglect Culture
Posted on12 Dec 2011
Tagsdecisions, using names, strategy, remembering names, relationships, placebo, Nilofer Merchant, names, message, management, intuition, HBR Blog Network, goal setting, employees, organizational culture, compensation
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Many companies are finalizing their 2012 strategies by planning their roll out to their employees. To this effort, Nilofer Merchant’s March 22,... Read More
Placebo Management: Impacting Employees’ Beliefs
Posted on13 Jun 2011
TagsThe Economist, presentation, Placebo Management Series, placebo, Performance, medical, management, enthusiasm, employees, effectiveness, belief
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The article, “Think Yourself Better,” in the May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed the placebo effect: belief in a medical... Read More
