by Kare Anderson | Apr 23, 2009 | Co-Create, Cooperation, Customer
After seeing her grandma struggling to hold heavy pans, Celia Gates recruited an inventor as a mentor then designed ergonomic pans. Kayley Vincent and Jennifer Land created a cookbook that turned local business owners into foodie stars – and turned a profit for...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 4, 2009 | behavior, Caring, Connecting, Cooperation
… is to have someone to “stand by you”, writes empathic Pamela Slim. Here are two of her Me2We suggestions for pulling yourself through hard times by involving others.1. “Don’t try to do everything yourself. Do you have great ideas, but are a bit challenged...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 29, 2009 | Book, collaboration, Cooperation, Friendship
It took me awhile to finally decide to write this post as it runs against the tide of most readers’ opinions. And many feel strongly as I discovered at dinner last night with friends, but here goes. Outliers purports to reveal the real reason some people — like...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 23, 2008 | Cooperation, CrowdSource, Local
Motorists in St. Louis helped each other in a novel way when road construction made driving difficult. Other drivers found their street was in the wrong place on their personal navigation devices? If you use TomTom you can improve their GPS-based maps. Earlier this...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 27, 2008 | behavior, Book, Caring, Cooperation
… is more important than who grooms you,” observed Stanford biologist, Robert Sapolsky. He studies baboons, humans, group behavior and stress. “Social support is vital, no matter how healthy you are.” Suggests psychology professor Dacher Keltner, “Human beings are...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 8, 2008 | behavior, Cooperation
You, too, may laugh in amusement at these Candid Camera style “experiments.” Yet, ruefully, I acknowledge that I might conform within minutes… well seconds? Also, see this other well-known (among psychologists, anyway) “people are sheep” experiment by Solomon Asch....
