Real-time Personality Assessment: Freedom-Order Duality
The Freedom-Order duality expresses a dimension of our personality involved in interpreting how we balance freedom and order. It can help us... Read More
YinYang as Problem-solving Methodology
Posted on09 Feb 2012
Tagsflexibility, YinYang, Taijitu, symbolism, situational awareness, resistance to change, profitability, process, problem solving, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, investment, glass, focus, differentiation, conditionality, change, best practices, arbitrariness
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YinYang, as expressed by the Taijitu symbol, has helped me solve many problems. The two major components represent the two major opposing... Read More
Process vs. Flexibility: The Tradeoff
Posted on30 Jan 2012
TagsToby Johnson, process management, process, military, management, low-cost, Influence, Harvard Business Review, business, Boris Groysberg, Andrew Hill, adaptability
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We often overlook the downside of processes in our businesses because we enjoy how they allow us to scale and reduce labor... Read More
Leadership is an Affect
Posted on19 Jan 2012
Tagsgroup, relationships, process, plays, Pied Piper, movies, leadership, humans, humanistic, feelings, emotions, chess, change management, change, baseball
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One can read endlessly about leadership. However, if plays play on a stage, if baseball plays on a diamond, movies on a... Read More
Problem Solving Technique: Alter Process
Posted on10 Nov 2011
TagsAram Donigian, Techniques, process management, process, problem solving, objective, negotiation, Jonathan Huges, Jeff Weiss, Harvard Business Review, group, document
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In the November 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review Jeff Weiss, Aram Donigian, Jonathan Huges discuss in their article “Extreme Negotiations”... Read More
Correlation: High Testosterone and Poor Risk Assessment
Posted on24 Oct 2011
Tagsfree will, biochemical, Cambridge University, decisions, diversity, emotions, employees, failure, hubris, John Coates, management, Personality, process, technology, The Economist
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When I’ve written about the illusion of free will, I’ve focused on the advancement of technology and research methodologies to uncover subconscious... Read More
People Easily Make False Confessions
Posted on22 Aug 2011
Tagsconfession, conscious, free will, Innocence Project, interrogations, intuition, Jennifer Perillo, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, logic, Maastricht University, people, process, reason, Robert Horselenberg, Saul Kassin, subconscious, subjective, technology, The Economist, truth
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When we approach problems too logically and reasonably, we tend to place too much faith in the dominance of consciousness and to... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #4: Repetitiveness
The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs... Read More
Change Management – Tactic #3: Break Into Small, Simple Steps
The Hot Spotters, by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of The New Yorker spoke primarily to minimizing medical costs... Read More
Solving Problems Using the “Abstract to the Practical” Perspective
Posted on10 Feb 2011
Tagsservice, product, process, problem solving, ideas, details, definitions, abstract to the practical
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I’ve had a lot of success solving problems by trying to address the challenges of moving an idea from the abstract to... Read More
