by Kare Anderson | Dec 25, 2011 | behavior, Book, Choice, Likeability
Years ago a candidate for California Superintendant of Schools repeatedly insinuated that his opponent was lying on her business tax returns and had an affair with a student intern. His charges were immediately disputed by her accountant, the student and several...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 13, 2011 | behavior, Book, Connecting
Simplify. It’s clarifying. Only then can one can focus. Focus on what is really going on. From the inside out What do you feel right now? What most matters to you? What is happening, truly happening with those in the scene you are playing out right now? What best...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 5, 2011 | Book, Choice, Conflict, Connecting
Wincing I glanced down. It hadn’t taken much to make that small blister appear in the hollow of my palm, that most tender of places on one’s hand. It’s my writing hand where a thin flap of skin now folded back. I’d just planted 30 daffodil bulbs in my garden but had...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 12, 2011 | behavior, Book, decisionmaking
To this day I’m mortified when I see a box of chocolates. Perhaps sharing this story may save you from embarrassing yourself in a similar way. I was in the Antwerp airport, heading back to San Francisco. Before settling into a seat at my gate I bought two indulgences...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 9, 2011 | behavior, Book, contagion, Media
When one billionaire CEO lambasts another, labeling his technology the “roach motel of clouds” he is bound to make news. Few corporate CEOs would be that vividly denigrating except Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison. Fewer still would deliver a lightening-quick, equally...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 2, 2011 | behavior, Book, Choice, Collective Intelligence
Coincidences are often signs of synchronicity, yet they aren’t as obvious as some you may see. Unless you are looking for patterns. Then you can notice what you are choosing to notice. Ironically I discovered Daniel Johnson’s article online about meaningful...
