by Kare Anderson | May 23, 2018 | behavior, Collective Memory, Learning
Unexpected and sometimes enlightening things can happen when sharing a new experience with those who don’t act right, like you. I got unexpected insights when, with two friends, I walked through the Steins Collection of paintings by Matissse, Picasso and other...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 9, 2018 | behavior, Collective Memory, Connecting, contagion
After the priest moved to a new parish he approached his superior to ask, “Would you mind if I smoked while praying?” and was, not surprisingly, turned down. If, instead he had said, “Would you mind if I pray while I am smoking?” he might have...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 4, 2017 | behavior, Book, Collective Memory
Several years ago, Disney World executives were wondering what most captured the attention of toddlers and infants at their theme park and their main resort in Orlando, Florida. After all, if they imprinted positive memories in kids, they might embed a lifelong...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 9, 2015 | Collective Memory, Visual
To instantly imprint your key concept on others’ minds, create a visual representation of it, recommends Denise Brosseau, in Ready to Be a Thought Leader? For greater impact, alter an already famous visual framework to display your core idea. Here’s two examples of...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 29, 2013 | behavior, Caring, Choice, Collective Memory, community
1. Adopt the Counter-intuitive Approach to Becoming Well-Liked Legend has it that British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his political rival William Gladstone had a date with the same woman on different nights. When asked her impression of the two men, she said,...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 16, 2012 | behavior, Caring, Co-Create, Collective Memory
Your apt, unexpected gift can reflect the flip side of Kim Kardashian’s present to Kayne West, a $750,000 Lamborghini, which may, in fact, have cost her nothing if the carmaker gave it to her as a product placement opportunity. In a celebrity obsessed, time-pressed...
