The little things – again!
Photo by Nutloaf Bob Sutton quotes in his blog 10 of the best comments one of his most prominent commenters, Wally Bock , have written on his blog during the years. Many of them are worth a minute to...
View ArticleOn the difficulties of the questions-based approach
Photo by Kalleboo This week I spent in the Israeli Air Force training some of its commanders on different aspects of communication and feedback. While there, I tried to implement some of the issues I...
View ArticleYou are not listening to me
Photo by ky_olsen It happened last week. I got into an argument with someone close to me. Very close. Well, that happens frequently enough, but this argument was one of those arguments that quickly...
View ArticleActive acceptance and anonymous #feedback
Photo by Ben Fredericson (xjrlokix) A few weeks ago I attended a 3-day seminar dealing with positive psychology. Even though I was familiar with most of the research and concepts presented there, I...
View ArticleGetting #feedback is hard
Photo by Criterion I remember when I was in the Israeli Air Force an officer responsible for teaching one of the cadet courses and I had the following conversation: Officer: Hey, you guys teach how to...
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Photo by lionheartphotography Last week I was thinking a lot about feedback as I was preparing to give a class about it as part of my reserve duty in the Israeli Air-force. One of the issues with...
View ArticleThe atmosphere of #feedback
Photo by NASA I got to teach a few classes about feedback and have always been fascinated with the subject and its personal as well as organizational consequences. I rarely encounter anything that...
View ArticleThoughts about perceptions, imagination and communication inspired by...
Photo by krossbow A few days ago I wrote about Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert and how revealing it is with regards to the fallibility of the human mind. One side effect of Gilbert’s delving into...
View ArticleInside and outside view
Photo by dlco4 Following the last two posts about Stumbling on Happiness by Dan Gilbert (here and here) I wanted to highlight a few more interesting quotes from the book. One of the basic challenges...
View ArticleBook review of The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Imagine you are asked to watch a short video (above or here) in which six people – three in white shirts and three in black shirts-pass basketballs around. While you watch, you must keep a silent...
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