by Kare Anderson | Mar 8, 2020 | behavior, Caring, Choice, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Give Back, inspiration, Likeability, mutuality matters
Joe Lee was sitting at a table, rapidly counting rain jackets in a small room somewhere above the sumptuous lobby of the Jamaican hotel where I was to speak at a global corporate conference the next morning. I did not know who he was then, although he looked familiar....
by Kare Anderson | Dec 12, 2019 | Article, behavior, Caring, community, Connecting, contagion, entertainment, Friendship, Likeability, Listening, mutuality, Play, Sharing
One memorable early December some startled neighbors who were out walking by our home when we were, asked why we were carrying a fully-decorated Christmas tree up our steep uphill street in Sausalito, towards our home. Upon hearing our story, Martin, Jim, Ingrid,...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 30, 2019 | Article, behavior, Choice, Connecting, Friendship, Learning, mutuality matters, Tribe, Values
After being honored in a tribute at the Kennedy Center in 2013 the renowned musician, Carlos Santana, was interviewed by several eager reporters. He was often asked about the musicians he most admired, the turning points in his life and how it felt to be popular...
by Kare Anderson | Oct 4, 2019 | Article, behavior, Connecting, contagion, decisionmaking
What are the coincidences that startle you? No one in Beatrice, Nebraska, will forget what happened just prior to church choir practice on March 1, 1950. All fifteen members of the choir were due at practice at 7:30 p.m. The minister, his wife, and their daughter were...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 26, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Connecting, Friendship, inspiration, Likeability, Networking, speaking
“He’s such a good, smart player and a clutch player,” said S.F. Giants manager, Bruce Bochy, in describing Marco Scutaro after last night’s pennant-winning game in the soggy rain here in S.F. What part of that praise is most memorable? Like Scutaro’s...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 3, 2019 | behavior, Caring, Connecting, Humor
If you make a bulls-eye out of someone weaker, particularly if you initiate the attack, you look like a bully. And rather than getting upset, consider yourself lucky when someone makes you a target first. Because, as Isaac Asimov observed, “For a humane person, the...