Management Lessons from Online Dating
Posted on05 Mar 2012
TagsColumbia University, Mark Lepper, management, leadership, interpersonal, freedom-order duality, freedom, Eli Finkel, decisions, Northwestern University, Choice, thinking process, Thoughts, The Economist, Stanford, speed dating, Sheena Iyengar, problem solving, Personality, online dating
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The article, “The Modern Matchmakers,” from the February 11, 2012 edition of The Economist contained two major business lessons that I’ve discussed... Read More
Best Practices = Inside the Box Thinking
One of the paradoxes of best practices is that they promote unimaginativeness because if everyone followed best practices the differentiation among competing... Read More
Positive Thinking as Myth
Posted on19 Sep 2011
Tagsbiotechnology, biology, attitude, business, positive, who we think we are, who we are, thinking process, subconscious, Scott O. Lilienfeld, Scientific American, problem solving, positive thinking, Pollyannaism, pessimism, optimism, negative thinking, motivation, Influence, Hal Arkowitz
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I’ve seen positive thinking do much harm to some folks; if they can’t keep their smiley face on, they feel they’re failing.... Read More
Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change
Posted on06 Jun 2011
Tagscertainty, change, change management, child, Cognition Journal, creativity, discovery, Elizabeth Bonawitz, exploration, management, Patrick Shafto, procedure, process management, The Economist, thinking process, trial and error, uncertainty, University of California Berkeley, University of Louisville
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The article, Now You Know, in the May 28, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed a study published in Cognition by Elizabeth... Read More
The Key to Great Advice is That It Doesn’t Have to Be Right
Posted on10 Jan 2011
Tagsthinking process, talking cure, skills, question, problem solving, math, decisions, conditionality, Challenge, arbitrariness, advisor, Advice Giving
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A colleague was concerned whether her advice was helping someone. Too many times, we focus on the advice rather than the process... Read More
Is Freedom for Everybody?
Posted on27 Dec 2010
Tagsaction, certainty, chaos, Choice, Columbia University, decisions, driving, freedom, Iraq, Mark Lepper, Muslim, policies, procedure, rules, Sheena Iyengar, Stanford, The Economist, thinking process, uncertainty
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This past month, I conversed with a resident of a Muslim country. He commented on how many of his fellow citizens couldn’t... Read More
How Intuition Influences Thought Processes All The Time
Posted on26 Jul 2010
Tagscognition, emotions, feelings, Influence, intuition, restaurant, subconscious, thinking process, Thoughts, compass intution analogy
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Intuition influences thought processes all the time. Many times people just don’t know it. As behavioral economics and other social-related sciences are... Read More
Knowledge is Power, Not!
Posted on02 Jul 2010
Tagsmotivation, emotional triggers, use, thinking process, Starship Troopers, seminars, Robert Heinlein, power, learn, knowledge, inertia, improvement, cognition, action
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In Robert Heinlein’s science fiction book, Starship Troopers, the instructor, Mr. Dubois says, “One can lead a child to knowledge but one... Read More
