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Book review of The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Imagine you are asked to watch a short video (above or here) in which six people – three in white shirts and three in black shirts-pass basketballs around. While you watch, you must keep a silent...
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The categories of happiness
Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography Yesterday, I read an article that was sitting in my “to read” folder for a while. It is called: “Positive Psychology Progress – Empirical Validation of Interventions”...
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Do you have a culture of perceptions or a culture of appreciation?
Photo by ozmafan Thomas J. DeLong writes in HBR.org on the Busyness Trap: I frequently talk to MBA students about their careers and aspirations for life. Some of these students worked on Wall Street,...
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The never ending struggle for motivation
Photo by Personal Development Blog I just finished reading the epic fantasy novel The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie. It is an amazing book by one of the best epic fantasy authors I know today. I am amazed...
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Safety and exploration
Photo by eyeliam I am currently reading the wonderful book The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks. In it, Brooks discusses the work of John Bowlby: He...
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Are you warming or others or burning them?
Photo by andrewmalone In The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks, the author writes: State power is like fire—warming when contained, fatal when it...
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Are you managing like an artist?
Photo by Coolm36 I was watching the Israeli version of American Idol yesterday (roughly translated to “A Star Is Born”). I noticed a recurring theme. The main feedback the novice artists received is...
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Doctrinally approved solutions
Photo by unc-cfc-usfk About a week ago I finished reading Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries. I did not find it particularly novel as most of the research mentioned in it...
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A different approach to collaboration
Photo by D’Arcy Norman In a post on HBR.org Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer investigate the relationship between collaboration and performance. They claim that not only does collaboration allows...
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Recognition as social lubricant
Photo by Shandi-Lee The title of this post is taken from a post by Paul Hebert. Here is the gist: … recognition is the lubricant for social interaction. Making sure your employees have ways and...
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