by Kare Anderson | Jun 12, 2019 | behavior, Book, Connecting, Leadership, Persuasion, Quotable, speaking
The smaller the coffin, the heavier it is to carry,” Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told CNN host Christiane Amanpour. Then he went on to describe a Taliban massacre where many children were killed. Asif didn’t try to evoke an emotion with grand...
by Kare Anderson | Apr 23, 2019 | Learning, Persuasion, Quotable, Speaker/Audience, speaking
You can feel the tension in the compressed smiles, quick nods and pointed questions at the annual Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare conference. Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 16, 2018 | Quotable
Dusk settled coolly over the vineyards in Napa Valley, California, one fall evening. Through the window, we gazed wistfully at a thin stream of bittersweet chocolate sauce a waiter was ladling high over a raspberry-colored cake at the table of a hand-holding couple,...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 21, 2016 | behavior, Persuasion, Quotable
“Interestingness is the instigator, the hardy carrier pigeon that can carry your message most anywhere. Interestingness makes a message get heard above the noise. Money can’t buy interestingness, yet vivid comparisons can create them. To make your label stick it...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 18, 2014 | behavior, mutuality matters, Quotable, Sharing
The Law of Unintended Consequences is increasingly becoming the norm. From drugs to drones to data collection, things that are initially invented for beneficial purposes can be quickly turned to evil uses, often creating massive profits and destruction. What We Can Do...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 1, 2014 | Humor, Quotable, Speaker/Audience
“Proofreading your peppers is a matter of the the utmost impotence.” Mortified by some of the mistakes you’ve made in writing and overlooked when re-reading? In a droll stand-up act TaylorMali covers many of the most common, sometimes Freudian slips....
