Emotional Intelligence vs. Intuition (Pt 4): Conscious vs. Unconscious
A major difference between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and intuition is the relationship of each to our conscious and unconscious selves. Whereas EI... Read More
Protection from the Power of Subliminal Smells
Posted on02 Aug 2012
TagsWe Li, unawareness, The Economist, subliminity, subconscious, smells, Northwestern University, intuition, Influence, conscious, awareness
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Smells are among the best examples of influences acting upon our unconscious. In fact, their power to influence is greatest when we... Read More
Body – Emotion Connection: People Are Very Different
Posted on30 Jul 2012
Tagsconscious, laser lamp analogy, Kevin Ochsner, Joshua Ian Davis, Jamil Zaki, interoception, empathy, emotions, cooperation, Olga Pollatos, Carrie Arnold, body, Beate Herbert, awareness, apologize, people, people's differences, Scientific American, sensitive people, situational awareness, subconscious
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People are different. However, we tremendously underestimate how different we are. We often think someone is purposely trying to upset or harm... Read More
Regression Analysis: Visualizing Intuition
Posted on01 Mar 2012
Tagssubconscious, schematics, regression analysis, Intuition White Paper, intuition, feelings, emotions, conscious, cognition, tendencies
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People often have unrealistic expectations for intuition, sometimes thinking it’s a crystal ball, magic lamp or answer giver. This usually stems from... Read More
Change Technique: Personification
Posted on23 Jan 2012
Tagschange management, Techniques, subconscious, Retail Therapy, personification, Personality, merchandising, marketing, management, Sigmund Freud, Ernest Dichter, decisions, change, advertising
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In a previous post, I discussed the rebirth of Freud and the idea that most (if not all) of our decisions are... Read More
Consumer Psychology & Freud’s Rebirth
Posted on29 Dec 2011
Tagsjudges, decisions, emotions, Ernest Dichter, Sigmund Freud, intuition, irrational, names, online dating, Retail Therapy, retailing, subconscious, The Atlantic, The Economist
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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
Cooperation vs. Self-interest (Pt 6): Incentives & Rats
Posted on26 Dec 2011
Tagscooperation, Cooperation vs Self-interest Series, dog-eat-dog world, extrinsic, Harvard Business Review, health, intrinsic, Lily Tomlin, money, negative, positive, rat race, rats, rewards, self-interest, subconscious, The Unselfish Gene, understanding, Yochai Benkler
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In Part 4 of this series, I discussed the positivity of intrinsic rewards in the workplace. Let’s now address the negative impact... Read More
Style Trumps Content Once Again
Posted on15 Dec 2011
TagsMidwestern State University, beauty, confidence, content, effectiveness, Harvard Business Review, Influence, intuition, labels, attractiveness, outcome, perception, style, subconscious, Talent, Timothy DeGroot, voice, assessments, attraction
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My August 15, 2011 post, “Eloquence Trumps Honesty in Trust & Likeability Wars,” discussed how style affects our assessment of talent. Now,... Read More
The Silent Revolution: Understanding Ourselves
Posted on03 Nov 2011
Tagspersonal computing, emotions, energy, Francisco Pereira, free will, humans, intuition, Jack Gallant, Martin Dresler, Max Panck Institute, medical, conscious, Princeton University, research methodologies, Star Trek, subconscious, technology, The Economist, Thoughts, University of California Berkeley, University of Minnesota, Bin He, biotechnology, brain, cloud computing
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As I had mentioned in The Rise of Intuition, the biggest advancement we’ll see in the next five to fifteen years will... Read More
Illusion of Free Will Revisited
Posted on22 Sep 2011
Tagsgenetic code, The Economist, The Atlantic, technology, subconscious, rationale, rational actor theory, psychology, Personality, nature/nurture, free will, evolution, decisions, David Eagleman, biology, behavior
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I decided to revisit the illusion of free will after running across two other articles reinforcing it. As technology and research methodologies... Read More
