by Kare Anderson | Oct 23, 2017 | Caring, Collective Clout, Peer2Peer, Persuasion
Apart from honing their top talents, guess what renowned surgeon, author and public health researcher, Atul Gawande and billionaire founder of Virgin Group, investor and philanthropist, Sir Richard Branson have in common? They have two vital and intertwined traits in...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 11, 2016 | behavior, Connecting, Likeability
In a study I dub “Are you powerful or not?” guess what category you might fall into? At Northwestern and Stanford, here’s what happened. Two professors, Adam Galinsky, Professor of Ethics & Decision Management, Northwestern University and Joe Magee, of the Wagner...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 20, 2012 | Connecting, influence
Despite the millions already spent on one of the highest stakes campaigns now under way, what has either presidential candidate said that you remember? That’s what I thought. Darn little, if anything. How about you? Do people stop listening before you stop...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 10, 2011 | behavior, Book, Choice, contagion, decisionmaking
Reinventing himself when he arrived at college Sam, “who had never had much luck with women” successfully beguiled a string of women into one-night stands, leaving his male friends shaking their heads in wonder because the women, though dumped, saw him as “sensitive,...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 18, 2009 | Choice
Unconditional love is a swell idea yet admit it. Aren’t there times you’d like to change someone’s behavior? Get them to act right, like you. Or perhaps you’d like to drop a bad habit. Then learn how to “nudge.” That’s a situational prompt that sways people...