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The impact of confirmation bias on decision making

The other day I was watching a YouTube video, which depicted various “mind traps” that affect how we see the world. Mind traps in the world of psychology are called cognitive distortions, aka ways our brain can trick us into a false reality.…
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The Journey to the 4 Day Work Week

The Journey to the 4-day work week is just getting started. This trend is at full capacity and has brought the attention to multiple countries, thousands of employers, and millions of people. So far, there have been reports from multiple countries…
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The Bouba/Kiki Effect: Understanding the Relationship of Sound and Meaning

Bouba and Kiki are two words invented by the German psychologist, Wolfgang Kohler, in his late 1920’s research exploring the connection between sound and meaning. Participants were asked to match two abstract shapes with two made-up words…
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Finding Flow

I’ve been thinking a lot about peak performance lately, and not just because my Philadelphia Eagles lost the Super Bowl after the entire pregame broadcast team picked them to win. I promise, I’m going to stop talking about this… eventually. We…
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Tell The Truth, But Make It Fascinate

While getting my degree in advertising at Portland State University, professors encouraged students to do a lot of extracurricular reading – and provided recommendations. The ones I remember enjoying most were: Lovemarks, How to Talk to Anyone,…
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Self-Care: Overstated and Underutilized

Now that we are sitting in this “post-pandemic” world, it’s easy to see the level of burnout across the workforce. Having previously worked at a medical institution, the burnout was glaringly evident. If not addressed, burnout can affect…
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Are you making a BIG mistake in times of economic uncertainty?

During uncertain economic times, it’s easy to cut Marketing budgets, prioritizing new customer acquisition over what you invest in current customers – the most important people in your world. If you nurture and serve your current customers…
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Know Your Why

At the beginning of every new year, we hear ‘what’ resolutions our family, friends, and colleagues are making and ‘how’ they plan to implement these changes in their lives. To save money by creating a budget or to lose weight by healthy…
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Asynchronous Work in 2023

I’ve been following Anne Helen Petersen for years, first on Facebook, then on Instagram, and now I’m a paid subscriber to her Culture Study newsletter. The prompts she poses to her readers about culture and work, and her responses to those…