by Kare Anderson | Nov 18, 2014 | behavior, mutuality matters, Quotable, Sharing
The Law of Unintended Consequences is increasingly becoming the norm. From drugs to drones to data collection, things that are initially invented for beneficial purposes can be quickly turned to evil uses, often creating massive profits and destruction. What We Can Do...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 23, 2013 | behavior, Book, Likeability, Listening, love
Dr. Pierre Mornell knew he’d hit a raw nerve when both men and women began fervently nodding during his lecture on “modern man’s main secret.” That was in 1987 yet a behavioral scientist I interviewed recently said it felt like yesterday when he sat in that agitated...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 26, 2010 | Caring, Conflict, Cooperation, love
Partners – romantic and otherwise – tend to fight when one feels neglected or threatened. When Peter Bregman’s wife yelled from two rooms away, “at least pack the shampoo” she was feeling neglected. Recognizing which underlying feeling is being evoked helps you know...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 24, 2008 | influence
“Presidential candidate George Bush will be active in making pronouncements in the coming weeks… He wants to define himself before his opponents do it for him,” intoned a radio commentator when the previous Bush became president. Yes, nicknames...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 4, 2008 | Collective Intelligence, Learning
Did you enjoy sitting in a classroom, listening to the teacher in front of the room? Farvood Nivi is betting you didn’t. (I daydreamed a lot.)Nivi has a bleak view of education: “The established method of applying manufacturing assembly methods to students is not...