by Kare Anderson | Apr 22, 2019 | behavior, Co-Create, Collective Intelligence, Connecting, Friendship, Likeability, mutuality matters
Five men are walking across the Golden Gate Bridge on an outing organized by their wives who are college friends. The women moved ahead in animated conversation. One man describes the engineering involved in the bridge’s long suspension. Another man points to...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 19, 2019 | Book, Connecting, mutuality matters
“Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike,” wrote William Butler Yeats. Hint: Become an Opportunity Maker who enables others to proudly use their best talents together on things that matter to them and you become the sought-after...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 19, 2019 | behavior, Connecting, contagion, Cooperation
What did the New England Patriots ’“rabid” fans’ active sharing mid-game comments via immersive Wi-Fi have in common with Peabody hotels’ guests’ avid videoing and picture-snapping of the daily duck walk? Or parents standing in front a large store wall of bewildering...
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 | Apr 4, 2018 | behavior, Conflict, Connecting, Friendship, Likeability, Listening
When I saw my dear friend, Daniel, walking down the hall toward me that morning I smiled and held up the book I’d gotten for him. When Daniel saw me he looked stricken. Then he quickly wheeled around and shot into the men’s room. Deeply hurt, I avoided him for several...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 5, 2018 | behavior, Connecting
Why do we instinctively like some people and find others irritating or worse? What makes us agree, buy, help… or not? Do your gut instincts help or hinder your “LQ” – Likeability Quotient? From an expert on gut instincts, gain insights about how to say it better...
