Warning! Being A Leader Is Hazardous To Your Mental Health
Throughout history people have glorified being a leader. In ancient cultures, they deified leaders. Tell anyone he is a leader and it’s... Read More
Navigating the Trappings of Power without Falling In
Posted on11 Jul 2016
TagsDacher Keltner, decision-making process, empathy, management, PBS NewsHour, power, University of California Berkeley, leadership dark side, homophily, sycophant
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All things contain the seeds of their own demise. This completes the life cycle. We can’t live without breathing. Yet, breathing causes... Read More
Excessive Collaboration, “Let Me Do My Job!”
At the outset, great ideas succeed because there is adherence to their fundamental concepts, processes and techniques. Over time though, commercial pressures... Read More
Emotional Self-defense for Sensitive People (Pt 9): Oak & Apple Trees
Posted on10 Feb 2014
TagsThe Atlantic, Oak & Apple Tree Personality Analogy, analogy collection, apple tree, orchid-dandelion hypothesis, W. Thomas Boyce, University of Arizona, Bruce Ellis, Leiden University, Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, David Dobbs, Oak & Apple Tree Analogy, University of California Berkeley, success, sensitive people, Personality, Performance, oak tree, management, Emotional Self Defense Series
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The difference between oak and apple trees fascinates me. Oak trees produce many acorns surviving squirrels and insects; however, few apples of... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 8): Guidelines over Rules
The culture we develop greatly influences employees. An innovative culture will encourage employees to be innovative. All right, how do we do... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 7): Conflict
While we’ve discussed the benefit of dissenters and disruptive personalities with respective to creativity and innovation, I’ve implied conflict but have not... Read More
The Silent Revolution: Understanding Ourselves
Posted on03 Nov 2011
Tagsmedical, University of California Berkeley, Thoughts, The Economist, technology, subconscious, Star Trek, research methodologies, Princeton University, personal computing, University of Minnesota, Max Panck Institute, Martin Dresler, Jack Gallant, intuition, humans, free will, Francisco Pereira, energy, emotions, conscious, cloud computing, brain, biotechnology, Bin He
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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
Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change
Posted on06 Jun 2011
Tagschild, change management, change, certainty, Cognition Journal, trial and error, University of Louisville, University of California Berkeley, uncertainty, thinking process, The Economist, process management, procedure, Patrick Shafto, management, exploration, Elizabeth Bonawitz, discovery, creativity
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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