All posts tagged "behavior"
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If It Kills Me
Are you as in control as you think you are? Sarah Nanclares encourages us to take a step...
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Applying Cross-Domain Thinking
We are interested in modelling: – the phenomena in general – how individuals do them – and how...
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When Online Shaming Spirals out of Control
Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice....
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Start-up Success
Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about...
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The Science of Kindness
Seeing someone perform an act of kindness can warm your heart. That feeling has a name — it’s...
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How to Work With a Narcissist
For better or for worse, people often possess “less than ideal” character qualities or behaviors that make working...
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7 Fun Ways To Teach Your Kids Mindfulness
I taught a mindfulness class at my daughters’ elementary school this week. Unsurprisingly, the kids taught me way...
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The Future of Lying
At TED – Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true...
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The Power of Believing that you can improve
The power of believing that you can improve, Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we...
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Overcoming Bias
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we’ve seen in the cases of Michael Brown in...
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The Danger of Silence
“We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to...
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Grief at Christmas
We already know that Christmas can suck like a Dyson if you don’t have the family portrait peddled...
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Why some find it hard to exercise
Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows...
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Entrepreneurial Grit
Certain words invoke powerful images in the mind—and “grit” is one of those words. When we associate grit...
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Animal Madness
Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs...
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Express who you are
Every day you want to do many things, from hugging your lover to earning money. Why? What feeling...
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Four in the Morning
Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a...
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Deconstructing Feedback
Contents 1. What is feedback? 2. Six types of information to feed back 3. More distinctions 4. Three...
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Embracing the Near Win
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying:...
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A Modellers Perspective
One vital aspect of modelling rarely made explicit is the perspective adopted by the modeller when modelling an...
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21 Day No Complaint!
“This $@#&ing Mac will be the death of me. Intuitive, my ass.” It just slipped out, and I...
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Does Money Make You Mean?
It’s amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist...
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Successfully Calm
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance....
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Sex and Public Dialogue
“If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms,” says Shereen El Feki,...
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Gorilla Reunion
This heart-tugging video captured the extraordinary reunion of two old friends: a man and the gorilla he raised...
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Contagious Disease of Violence
Physician Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to...
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Head, Heart, Gut
The key is getting people into communication with their three brains, getting them aligned around the particular issue,...
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Powerful Trait
Recently I conversed with a friend who runs a large company. He was struggling with communications challenges typical...
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Strong Willed Child
Have a strong-willed child? You’re lucky! Strong willed children can be a challenge to parent when they’re young,...
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Do Animals Have Morals?
At TED – Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about the well-being of others seems like a...
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The Sibling Bond
At TEDxAsheville, Jeffrey Kluger explores the profound life-long bond between brothers and sisters, and the influence of birth...
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A Call to Men
At TEDxSiliconValley – Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful...
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Suddenly My Body
At TEDxSiliconValley – Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen,...
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Compassion and the True Meaning of Empathy
>At TEDxSiliconValley – Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice...
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Trust, Morality – and Oxytocin
At TEDxSiliconValley – What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin...
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Self-Esteem in the Information Age
This essay appears in the Drucker Foundation’s collection of business essays, The Organisation of the Future (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997)....
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Is your parenting style making your child depressed?
When it comes to rearing children, just about any parent will say that what works with one kid...
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Why are Boys Struggling?
At TEDxSiliconValley, Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, “Why are boys struggling?” He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater...
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The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat
I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out...
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The Hidden Power of Smiling
Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your...
