Three Key Emotional Triggers
Over fifteen years ago, a psychologist shared with me three key emotional triggers in humans: long-term security, novelty of experience and emotional... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #6): Same over Unique
Posted on29 Aug 2013
Tagschange, creativity, organizational culture, efficiencies, emotions, event, improvement, motivation, problem solving, process, reinventing the wheel, rules, security, standardization, unique, Anatomy of an Event, Why Problems Occur Series, boredom, repetitive strain injury
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Creativity is challenging especially with time pressures. Additionally, depending upon the work culture, motivation might be difficult. Heck, how many times do... Read More
Natural Mistake of Grouping
Posted on15 Apr 2013
Tagsgroup, simplification, Fast Food Knowledge Analogy, individual, unique, Talent, problem solving, Personality, people's differences, knowledge, illusion, complexity
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Look at the figure to the right. The top is a multicolored square, the bottom a gray one. Yet, only one single... Read More
Groups as Enemies of Individuals
Posted on04 Apr 2013
Tagsbehavior, creativity, organizational culture, emotions, group, honesty, peer pressure, Stanford Prison Experiment, team building, unique, individual, United States Constitution, Lancelot, Round Table
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We form groups every day, some formal, others informal. The idea that groups are often enemies of individuals comes from two facts:... Read More
The Seduction of Rankings
Posted on02 Jan 2012
Tagscomplexity, Google, Greek mythology, knowledge, numbers, quantify, rankings, sirens, statistics, unique, unknown
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Even though rankings are extremely subjective, they seduce us as strongly as the sirens did sailors in Greek mythology. Consequently, we often... Read More
