by Kare Anderson | Sep 11, 2012 | behavior, Book, Caring, Conflict, Connecting
Ironically, both psychopaths and Tibetan monks detect deep emotions that are invisible to others. Psychopaths are much better at recognizing “those telltale signs in the gait of traumatized assault victims” notes The Wisdom of Psychopaths author, Kevin Dutton....
by Kare Anderson | Sep 3, 2012 | behavior, Book, Choice, Connecting
Tired of the hot cross-accusations and name-calling around presidential campaign politics? Then why not jump into another hot skirmish: what’s happening between men and women? It’s already getting heated in advance of the launch of Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men and...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 18, 2012 | Book, Co-Create, collaboration, Connecting
Remember how the jury consultant, played by Gene Hackman, attempted to bribe jurors in the movie Runaway Jury? It seems that jurors can be swayed by much less – by the same cues that affect us all in other settings. Here’s how. A college professor of Jayson Zoller...
by Kare Anderson | Aug 6, 2012 | behavior, Book, Choice, Conflict, Connecting, decisionmaking
Ashamed as I am to admit after all these years, my instinctive reaction is to defend or retreat still kicks into gear when I feel wronged or simply slightly mistreated. When others appear to be behaving badly, we tend to sink into our own feelings, blinding ourselves...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 19, 2012 | behavior, Book, Conflict, decisionmaking
Long ago one of my heroes, the unflappable and well-liked Howard Raiffa once said something like, “It is easier to deal with a jerk who knows what he wants than a pleasant person who doesn’t.” He also offered this gem in his classic book, The Art and Science of...