by Kare Anderson | Apr 9, 2018 | behavior, Collective Memory, Connecting, contagion
After the priest moved to a new parish he approached his superior to ask, “Would you mind if I smoked while praying?” and was, not surprisingly, turned down. If, instead he had said, “Would you mind if I pray while I am smoking?” he might have...
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 | Nov 5, 2017 | behavior, Collective Intelligence
When told to tackle the widespread child malnutrition in Vietnam in 1990 as an employee of Save the Children, Jerry and Monique Sternin could easily have become overwhelmed. Plus the country’s foreign minister told them, “You have six months to make a difference.”...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 9, 2011 | behavior, Book, contagion, Media
When one billionaire CEO lambasts another, labeling his technology the “roach motel of clouds” he is bound to make news. Few corporate CEOs would be that vividly denigrating except Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison. Fewer still would deliver a lightening-quick, equally...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 16, 2008 | Book, cause, CrowdSource, Government
Encourage your neighbors to vote. Download an unusual yard sign. Over 24,000 people voted for 50 artist-designed signs at My Yard. Our Message. Thank you Bri Bigaouette for my favorite, and Dave Brynestad and DK Lockhart for my follow-up choices. As Chip and Dan...