How We Can Argue Better
“Presidential candidate George Bush will be active in making pronouncements in the coming weeks… He wants to define himself before his opponents do it for him ,” intoned a radio commentator when the previous Bush... More »
“Presidential candidate George Bush will be active in making pronouncements in the coming weeks… He wants to define himself before his opponents do it for him ,” intoned a radio commentator when the previous Bush... More »
In a civilization when love is gone we turn to justice and when justice is gone we turn to power and when power is gone we turn to violence. Failure is no more fatal than... More »
Why discover how to make self-led teams succeed? Because, in this flattening world, more of us are thrown into the self-led situation. And, more alluringly, we can have more fun and make more money, according... More »
Two friends involved in the movie industry called to kid me about a character named Kare in a horror film, *The Grudge* <http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thegrudge> that opened to mixed reviews. It seems that the film, an American... More »
in some way. Likable people are open about it,"' writes Ben Casnocha, in extrapolating from Pat Lencioni's insights about why his business fables sell so well. His characters aren't perfect, nor are we. As Casnocha... More »
Many believe that the opposite of love isn’t hate but disinterest. Emotions Revealed author, Paul Ekman takes that finding a bit further. In his research (described in Blink), Ekman discovered that when one person in... More »
“In the foreground, two cowboys with frustrated emotions; in the background, one beer and two brand name sodas. Brokeback Mountain is a great story, beautifully told. But do we really need to be reminded repeatedly... More »
You may have “The Curse of Knowledge” as Chip and his brother Dan Heath have dubbed this phenomena in their new book, Made to Stick. As Mark Howell encapsulates it, “Ever try to lead your... More »
Martin Luther King might have been smiling from the heavens at the flood of people in Davos for the World Economic Forum, eagerly talking about Web. 2.0,online social networks – and all the money to... More »
After President Roosevelt died there was a formal funeral procession through Washington D.C. A flag-draped coffin being carried and escorted into the White House by an honor guard, as the horse-drawn funeral carriage draws away.... More »