by Kare Anderson | Dec 18, 2011 | Caring, Choice, Conflict, Connecting, Give Back, inspiration, Likeability, Listening, love, Sharing
Holidays are times of great loving and loneliness and we often don’t know who is experiencing which. For many it is a bit of both. For us all this can be a prime time for kindness, sometimes by sharing what we have. And kindness is often unspoken. “An eye can threaten...
by Kare Anderson | May 7, 2011 | behavior, Book, Caring, collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Leadership, Learning, Likeability
In a New Yorker cartoon, a bored-looking couple are sitting apart on a couch, facing a smiling therapist who says, “Any healthy relationship requires fundamental acting skills.” Clearly the Michelangelo Effect is not in play. Couples who affirm and support each...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 31, 2010 | Book, Caring, Choice, Listening
Got a business? Nervous about your future? Anyone who says they don’t feel fearful sometimes in the face of this uncertain economy is in deep denial. One symptom, research shows, is that it is literally harder to hear when we’re stressed. That’s a signal to savvy,...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 8, 2010 | Book, Caring, Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Intelligence
“The bottom-up world is to be the great theme of this century.” ~ Matt Ridley Nobody can know everything, nor do everything well. Yet you can know someone who does – or know somebody who knows somebody who does. And that may be the secret to staying...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 2, 2010 | behavior, Caring, Collective Intelligence, community, Local
What makes a community abundant in this new new normal world? In this uncertain economy where budgets of local governments and non-profit budgets will continue to get slashed, it is especially heartening to read the mutual-reliance message inherent in this book. How...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 26, 2010 | Caring, Conflict, Cooperation, love
Partners – romantic and otherwise – tend to fight when one feels neglected or threatened. When Peter Bregman’s wife yelled from two rooms away, “at least pack the shampoo” she was feeling neglected. Recognizing which underlying feeling is being evoked helps you know...
