by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 20, 2016 | Attention, Work
“Functional stupidity in the workplace is best described as when smart people are discouraged to think and reflect at work. The ramifications can ultimately be catastrophic, leading to organisational collapse, financial meltdown and technical disaster….However,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 13, 2016 | Attention
Research from psychologists at the University of Kent suggests people’s internet addiction is leading them increasingly to ‘phub’ – and experience being ‘phubbed’ – in social situations. This, in turn, leads them to view this...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 6, 2016 | Attention
MRM is the tendency to engage with the mental states and perspectives of others. But it’s much more than just a means of passing idle time. Being high in MRM leads to many social benefits, including better teamwork… * Mind Reading (called Theory of Mind)...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 23, 2016 | Attention, Storytelling Animal
We make a particular sense of our lives and of our world that allows us to process and retain information and to decide what to do….Our drive for sense-making can make us hostile to alternative points of view that might suggest that our world, and even our lives,...
by Madelaine Weiss | Mar 6, 2016 | Attention
Remove the perception of choice and you’re in fact more likely to recoil from cooperation and go a different direction altogether*. Who doesn’t know this? Who doesn’t use it? Many of us. Much of the time. Except my mother, who said about my father: “I always made him...
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