Examples Shaping People’s Ideas Using Open-Ended Questions
Posted on25 Nov 2019
Tagsdecision-making process, ideas, Influence, open-ended questions, thinking process, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, emotional states
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Most know open-ended questions serve as a great way to get people talking. Others know it’s a great way to build relationships.... Read More
Generating Better Ideas By Changing Things Up Occasionally
Posted on24 Sep 2018
TagsVelten Mood Induction Procedure, thinking process, problem solving, ideas, decision-making process, brainstorming
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When people find a good way of doing things they stick with it. When it comes to generating better ideas though, doing... Read More
Influencing Others By Asking Questions To Prompt Specific Thoughts
When actors seek a certain mood, they recall life events that trigger that mood. Influencing others by asking them to think certain... Read More
Feeling Powerful at Work Can Be Done This Way
Posted on22 Jun 2015
TagsAdam D. Galinsky, control, fear, feelings, health, Performance, power, pressure, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, Joris Lammers, David Dubois, Derek Rucker, Jack Nicklaus, compliment
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Feeling powerful at work can be hard. People can drag us down. They often do so without knowing it. Work is harder.... Read More
12 Tips for Passing Personality Tests
Posted on23 Mar 2015
Tagsconfidence, objective personality tests, Personality, Pollyannaism, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, positivity
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Passing personality tests is more and more important. More firms are using them. These tests are very lucrative too. They are not... Read More
Power of Being First and How to Tap Its Full Effect
Posted on26 Jan 2015
TagsThe Economist, Fallen Child Analogy, agenda setting, precedence, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, Thoughts, think outside the box, security, price, power, law, history, first, conversation, anchoring
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The power of being first triggers our need for security. This power exerts itself in all parts of our lives, from laws... Read More
Extroverts and Introverts Moods and Circumstances
My previous post on extroverts and introverts looked at their energy sources. Problematically, many personality tests don’t explain differences between extroverts and... Read More
Why Problems Occur (Alert #3): Majority over Minority
When problems occur or when trying to anticipate them, the third alert I heed is when the majority prevails over the minority.... Read More
Change Management Strategy #3: Keywords
Setting the mood – by talking about change before we announce it – is a change management tactic. Behind this though is... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 15): Prototypes as Obstacles
“Once he gets an idea in his head, there’s no changing it!” As common as this comment is, it’s true for us... Read More
Wildfires, Computer Models and Sophisticated GIGO
Posted on03 Jan 2013
Tagscomputers, anchoring, computer simulations, confession, experience, history, Influence, quantify, The Atlantic, Velten Mood Induction Procedure, Michael Behar, wildfires
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Early on, I learned about GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out. Translated, if you don’t input good data into the computer don’t expect... Read More
Vanilla Words and Uncreative Personalities, Cultures
Just as music can set the tone, so can words. Just as music can help you assess personalities, words too. In business,... Read More
