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.
May 10, 2023
Everyone experiences rejection. Let’s talk about turning “feeling crushed” into “crushing it.”
May 03, 2023
For the next three weeks, we’ll dig into the idea of resilience—who has it, how we talk about it, and how we can gain more.
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.
August 03, 2022
Maestro Group has reached a major milestone this week. You know who helped us get here? Cavemen.
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.
June 22, 2022
Written communication is more often misinterpreted, since there’s no body language or vocal cues to read. Interrobangs, textese, emojis—your message is about a lot more than dotting Is and crossing Ts.