Get your nut while you can
Until you contemplate and understand the base-level psychology of those who come to run organizations, you’re basically just throwing content into the void discussing this stuff. Continue Reading
Psychology
Anxiety, risks, and value trade-offs
The complicated tapestry of emotions at work. Continue Reading
“Diversity as the signature of our democracy” and, er, white male backlash
“White male rage.” Continue Reading
Relevance, control, and status
What’s work really about? Continue Reading
The endowment effect at work
People value things more when they feel like they have earned them. Continue Reading
A Mother’s Day PSA
It’s not all Gram platitudes and fancy brunches. Continue Reading
Misinformation ain’t just a politics/social media issue. It’s a big work issue.
Work is largely about power and control, and those things provide powerful incentives for lying. Continue Reading
Most managers ain’t gonna do jack shit without incentives, honestly
Why would a manager care about “contagion” and “mood management” if he’s got a mile-long to-do list? Continue Reading