by Kare Anderson | Nov 4, 2019 | Article, behavior, Collective Intelligence
“No gesture is too small when done with gratitude,” wrote Oprah Winfrey. After a decade of research for his best selling book, Give and Take, Wharton professor of management, Adam Grant said this powerfully simple practice was his favorite idea. It won’t cost you...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 7, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Clout, Collective Intelligence
Feeling like you’re working harder yet not smarter over time? Feeling thwarted, scattered or under appreciated? You are not alone. Perhaps the biggest gateway into a more successful and meaningful work and life is this step: Distill your smarts and most passionate...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 29, 2017 | behavior, Book, Collective Intelligence, mutuality matters
1. Two Ways to Turn an Insult Into Opportunity to Bring Out Their Better Side • In Split-Second Persuasion, Kevin Dutton recalls a story in a London newspaper of “an elderly Afro-Caribbean man traveling home from work on a bus. At one bus stop a drunk guy got on and...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 9, 2015 | behavior, Book, mutuality matters
There is widespread anxiety these days about technology taking away our jobs. There are several dire and comforting scenarios ahead points out Derek Thompson in a fascinating, in-depth article in The Atlantic: “A World Without Work.” Yet in his compelling book Humans...
by Kare Anderson | May 26, 2014 | Caring, Choice, Collective Intelligence, Give Back, Miscellaneous
“The way to get someone to like you immediately is to find a commonality. Almost any commonality, no matter how trivial – a shared alma mater, an interest in running, a love of dogs – will get the ball rolling,” Influence author, Robert Cialdini told Reinventing...