Daniel Kahneman, possibly the most famous living psychologist, has greatly impacted the world with his research on irrational decision making. Daniel and I go way back – 1989 to be exact – when I was writing my undergraduate thesis at Mount Holyoke College. I don’t want to mislead. I’ve never met the Noble-prize winning psychologist. […]
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Mixed Signals – How to Stamp Out This Common Communication Barrier
Last week I gave a short talk about common communication barriers. Although the list I normally present to students in the organizational behavior class I teach contains nine points, I thought it best to narrow my “list” to two when addressing a non-academic group. Interestingly, what really resonated with the audience was my discussion of […]
Read MoreWhat Now? 3 Tips for New Graduates
The graduation parties have come and gone. The flurry of activities that were initiated in the wee hours of the night while cramming for finals and culminated at the cap and gown ceremony have at last come to an end. You can almost hear the graduates and their parents exhaling and see the “We made […]
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