by Kare Anderson | Sep 8, 2015 | Friendship
Why, exactly, did the famous #ALSIceBucketChallenge raise over $100 million within a couple of months? And what spurred people to support the challenge by creating more than 17 million videos that were viewed more than 10 billion times on Facebook alone? That...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 11, 2015 | behavior, Caring
At the end of last year, Pope Francis suggested it was an apt time to examine our conscience — yet it behooves us to do that more often. That’s not always easy but always vital as Todd Essig suggests, citing Peter Seeger and Martin Luther King. Acting with...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 30, 2015 | Connecting
1. Compare your message to something or someone familiar Examples: A Cuban, after apologizing because he could not offer his guests anything to eat, described the results of Castro’s Revolution: “The three successes were education, healthcare and sports. Three...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 26, 2015 | Article
When I was a Wall Street Journal reporter, my bureau chief bluntly told me one day that I took too long when interviewing some individuals — and sometimes that was a good thing. I got insights about the interviewees’ views on other topics. He told me that, when...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 20, 2015 | behavior, Co-Create, Team
Don’t Inadvertently Support Others in Becoming Seasoned Takers Help others to become more helpful for each other — thus building collective self-esteem and opportunity. I’m sure that you’ve feel that heady, immediate, hedonic high when someone sought your...