Your Brain on Collaboration

Your Brain on Collaboration

I got interested in your brain on collaboration when Laurie Weingart, in my podcast interview with her, said to think of emotion as a filter through which we listen to others (see episode 13 at http://libsyn.com/podcast). Then I came across a video by Dr. John Medina, author of Brain Rules, in which he says he…

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013 – Research-Based Ways for Conflict to Improve Performance

Conflict

In this episode, Dr. Laurie Weingart, Carnegie Bosch Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory and Senior Associate Dean of Education at Carnegie Mellon University, talks about her research in conflict management and innovation for multi-functional work teams. Dr. Weingart shares practical approaches and tips for workplace interactions between people with different perspectives that promote creativity…

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012- Time-Tested Ways of Working Together

Working Together Effectively

In this episode, John Vespasian, author of seven books that provide recommendations for thriving in work and in life based on insights from famous figures in history, talks about the different ways that we can work with others to achieve our own goals. John shares some stories from famous figures in history that illustrate how…

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The Power of Context to Put Content to Work

How Context Puts Content to Work

The idea for this post about the power of context to put content to work was triggered by my podcast interview with John Vespasian, author of seven books (see episode 12 at http://scienceofsuccess.libsyn.com/podcast), combined with something I had read about in Team Genius: The New Science of High Performing Organizations (by Rich Karlgaard and Michal…

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