Improve Focus and Productivity with Your Screen Saver
Posted on09 Nov 2015
Tagsconscious, fear, focus, Harvard Business Review, pressure, productivity, The Atlantic, Thoughts, trees, Washington Post, Kate Lee, Kathryn Williams, Leisa Sargent, Nicholas Williams, Katherine Johnson
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Work often takes place in sterile, fake surroundings. It taxes our concentration, our energy. We can improve focus and productivity though. Our... Read More
Problem With Givers at Work
Posted on04 May 2015
Tagsaltruism, Charles Darwin, evolution, Management by objective, psychopaths, self-interest, The Atlantic, The Economist
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The problem with givers is that Darwin saw them as a threat to evolution. He could not explain why their altruistic trait... Read More
Problems with Freedom of Choice
Posted on12 Jan 2015
Tagsthinking process, The Atlantic, resistance, music, leadership, freedom, Choice, change, Thoughts, fluency, KISS Principle
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Leaders rely on advice. Much of it comes from employees. It is common fare today to tell leaders to set direction, delegate,... Read More
With More Power Less Empathy
Posted on08 Jan 2015
Tagspower, leadership, hubris, diversity, brain, authority, prejudice, NPR, charity, White House, homophily, Leadership - The Secret Series, leadership dark side, The Economist, The Atlantic, Star Wars
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Leadership programs tend to paint a Pollyanna picture of leadership. When leaders go awry, they like to say, “That is not leadership,”... Read More
Secret Keeping Stressful, Telling Inevitable
Posted on17 Jul 2014
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As it turns out, we might be doing harm to those we tell secrets expecting them to keep. In her article, “Why... Read More
Perfectionism, Overcoming the Perfect Problem
Perfectionism can be problematical, often preventing completion of projects as Farah Mash attests to in a tweet regarding Creators vs. Pruners: Personality... Read More
Human Lessons from a Bourbon Tornado
A tornado demolished a Buffalo Trace Distillery’s warehouse miraculously leaving all barrels of aging bourbon undamaged but exposed to the elements for... Read More
Blinded by the Light, Seduced by Star Employees
Frequently, we warn ourselves against falling for the silver bullet. Problem is that it arrives in many forms, including in the form... Read More
Software Softening Our Brains?
Posted on31 Mar 2014
Tagsbrain, computers, information technology, problem solving, technology, The Atlantic, brain exercising, software, Nicholas Carr, accounting, Intuit's, GPS, smart phones, apps, planes, flying
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Quick, by hand, calculate: 186 x 3,086 = ? 196,452 ÷ 2,568 = ? Why? For the same reason we exercise. Modern... Read More
The Law, A False Sense of Morality?
Posted on24 Mar 2014
TagsThe Atlantic, patriotism, healthcare, Julie Rasmussen, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Jesse Willms, Microsoft, Twitter, rules, moral, law, financial markets, ethics, cognitive dissonance
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Our Twitter exchange regarding a quote of mine encouraged Dr. Julie Rasmussen to suggest that I incorporate it into a post. She... Read More
