Pressure Increases Dishonesty
Posted on12 Nov 2012
Tagscreativity, Ben-Gurion University, business, organizational culture, honesty, lying, pressure, The Economist, time, Shaul Shalvi, University of Amsterdam, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Ori Eldar
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It’s more difficult for humans to be honest than we might have thought. Thus, we need to find ways to encourage them... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 10): Information & Interruptions
Posted on05 Nov 2012
TagsCreative Innovation Series, creativity, decisions, education, information, Information Diet, innovation, knowledge, multi-tasking, power, risk, technology, The Atlantic, The Economist
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Today, we have expansive, quick access to information. Moreover, we have sophisticated reminders of communications we receive and the tasks to do,... Read More
Gold Mining Analogy: Creativity & Persistence = One in a Million
Posted on01 Nov 2012
TagsGuernica, business, creativity, Picasso, The Economist, trial and error, Gold Mining Analogy, Peru, analogy collection, creativity acorns analogy
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I always knew you had to sift through a lot of rock to find gold, but I never knew how much. According... Read More
Business Examples of Patience’s Merits (Pt 2): Ethical Behavior
Posted on18 Oct 2012
TagsBrian Gunia, Adrian Wooldridge, aesthetics, cognition, ethics, Frank Partnoy, honesty, John Hopkins University, lying, negative, patience, rationale, The Economist, University of San Diego
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When I first wrote about patience, a commenter asked for examples of its merits. So, when I ran across the article “No... Read More
Leadership Lesson from Wobbly Furniture
Posted on15 Oct 2012
TagsAmanda Forest, consumer, content, David Kille, emotions, Influence, Joanne Wood, leadership, people, relationships, smells, social skills, storytelling, The Economist, University of Waterloo, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, women
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The relentless advance of technology and research methodologies is accelerating our understanding of ourselves and constricting the domain of free will (more).... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 9): Pessimism’s Positivity
Imagine one chess player who can see nine moves ahead and another who can only see two. Which is more likely to... Read More
Our Personalities: Crashing Others’ Expectations
As computers and robots are able to perform more of the mental and physical tasks of humans, we are finding they can... 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
How Work Pressure and Fear Affect Innovation
It is simple. Employees who feel pressure and fear are less creative and innovative. Daniel Gilbert in “The Science Behind the Smile”... Read More
Lying About Honesty
We like to believe we’re honest. However, who we are is often quite different from who we think we are; thus, we... Read More
