May 31, 2023
You’ve probably been responding to those who disagree with you in the exact opposite way of how you should be. When debate doesn’t work, and your “convincing” data hits a brick wall, what’s the alternative?
May 24, 2023
How one person’s rabbit is another person’s duck—and other mysteries of how our brains decide, persuade, and change.
January 25, 2023
Personality characteristics can only predict about 20 percent of behavior. That’s because most people act different ways in different situations.
January 18, 2023
Small simile update: our brain’s visual system is less “like a camera” and more like a card-counting, crystal-ball-wielding stoner who’s high on mushrooms.
January 11, 2023
The brain is a strange, complex structure with one critical role: allostasis. We don’t fully understand them, but having one is a serious upgrade from the “stomach on a stick” phase.
September 14, 2022
Do you approach conferences with dread? Get over it! Eating those tiny hot dogs may seem like a good way to hide, but they’ll run out eventually (if only because the waiters will start avoiding you).
September 07, 2022
Introverts, you’ll be relieved to find out that very important networking lessons can be gained…alone, in your room, sitting quietly with a book.
June 29, 2022
“Digital body language” describes what we can use in written messages and video meetings that replaces physical body language and vocal cues. There are four law—value visibly, communicate carefully, collaborate confidently, and trust totally.
March 30, 2022
Cognitive biases work together to create nine bias traps that affect decision-making. Escaping them requires prediction, intentionality, premortems, and a little less storytelling.
December 29, 2021
Only 27 percent of graduates end up in a field related to their major. Turns out there is nothing wrong with that.