pithiatism (noun) The treatment of certain disorders by persuading the patient that all is well Concise Medical Dictionary from Oxford University Press…
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The Return of an Ancient Management Secret
It has the power to bridge gaps, to boost confidence, and to give you the courage to risk greater achievement. In all likelihood your mother did it, your grade school teacher did it, and your school teammates did it. But your manager is probably terrified to try it. What is this highly-effective, ancient management secret?…
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What In The Heck Is The Zeigarnik Effect?
You’ve had a long day at work yet here you are, working late to cross a few things off your list. Why are you doing this? It’s probably the Zeigarnik Effect. What’s the Zeigarnik Effect? It’s those intrusive thoughts reminding you of all the things you’ve started but haven’t quite finished. Whether rationally-speaking it’s something you want to finish it or not, it’s your mind’s sometimes incomprehensible but…
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I like the parallel here
I like the parallel here between what happens in the video and what happens when how or where we do business changes. Watch all the way to the end, or you’ll miss it. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)…
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Strategic Illusions
Have you noticed how optical illusions are similar to business strategy issues? Some, like the illusion to your left, are very obvious when you’re not investigating them closely. You know something is happening, but you can’t find an example to investigate. Some illusions become stronger as you closely investigate them. Others are seen more easily from a distance. Some can be…
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Monday Morning Performance Booster
The Neuroskeptic points out a recent study seeming to indicate that if someone replaced your normally caffeinated coffee with decaf this morning, you may not notice the difference, but your performance would decline. The researchers set out to determine if coffee’s impact on performance was more placebo effect than fact, and chose an interesting design…
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Tampering With The Jury
We attribute emotions and motives to others, and assign credit or blame based on our judgment. How do we do it? And can we change others’ assessments in a consistent way by interfering with their brain’s processing? Hear scientist Rebecca Saxe on reading others’ minds. (Source: http://video.ted.com/)…
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Determining Value
Our perception and other intangibles can completely transform our behavior and the value we place on objects and services, from marketing value to life value. This is an excellent and entertaining TED talk from ad man Rory Sutherland. (Source: http://video.ted.com/)…
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Suppress That Thought (Not!)
Have you ever had a song you just couldn’t get out of your head? Laid awake fretting about your need to fall asleep? Or had some other unwanted thought that simply wouldn’t go away? (…that you then tweeted or posted on FaceBook…? …you know who you are…) Does it feel a bit like, “I have met the enemy, and he is…me?” Thanks to this…
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Have you ever been in PowerPoint H-E-#-#?
Have you ever been in PowerPoint H-E-#-#? If so, chances are this Don McMillian presentation will make those memories come rushing back. Slide-reading Nauseous colors Bullet Points For Everything This video may not be focused on neuro-behavior or behaviorial economics, but it definitely shows how presentation can overwhelm content in decision-making. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)…
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