by Kare Anderson | Mar 21, 2020 | Article, behavior, Connecting, influence, Leadership, Likeability, Values
Perhaps one of the most vulnerable of moments is when someone criticizes you. If the person who criticizes you knows you well, and if she makes their comments in front of other people, she can cut deep. The scalpel of her comments can be surgically rapid and close to...
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 | Jul 4, 2009 | Co-Create, collaboration, Collective Clout, Values
“We live in the age of interdependence. Borders don’t count for much or stop much, good or bad, anymore ~ Bill ClintonOne person didn’t cause it. Like most great events Independence Day happened because people came together around an idea greater than any...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 24, 2008 | behavior, Tribe, Values
I was born lucky. At the “up” end of Marty Seligman’s pessimistic/ optimistic temperament continuum. Yet this is my dire prediction for 2009 plus a bit of advice. In this volatile time, the Law of Unintended Consequences will strike repeatedly –...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 28, 2007 | Collective Intelligence, Values
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt died there was a funeral procession. A working class man was asked by a reporter, “Did you know President Roosevelt?” He responded, “No, but President Roosevelt knew me.” Sometimes it takes a life-changing event to look inward for...
