In my last blog, I noted that I just finished reading a book for our book club- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger (Simon & Shuster Paperbacks, New York (2020)) (“Catalyst”). The thesis of the book is how to get people to change their minds through [Read More]
I just finished reading a book for our book club- The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind by Jonah Berger (Simon & Shuster Paperbacks, New York (2020)) (“Catalyst”) As one might glean from the title, the book's goal is to explain how to get people to change their minds through [Read More]
I am in a quandary. Whenever I have a mediation that does not settle at mediation, I follow up. But the question arises: what is the best way? Should I do it by telephone? E-mail? Text? Some of the above? All of the above? This quandary came to mind in [Read More]
While driving home the other day, I heard a story on NPR that caught my attention. It was about Kentucky prisoners hacking a computer system to put more money into their digital accounts than existed. It happened at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in Oldham County, Kentucky. After a prisoner [Read More]
The blog post on the Harvard Program on Negotiation(PONS) raised an interesting and timely issue: using chatbots to assist in negotiations. In her post, “Chatbot Negotiations: What can AI Do for You?” author Katie Shonk (August 8, 2024) relays the story of Walmart’s use of a chatbot to negotiate with [Read More]
Last week, the news was full of a study about the effects of excessive heat on young children (coinciding with the start of school, no doubt), noting that it hits them hard. An article from the Harvard Graduate School of Education entitled "Excessive Heat Hits Young Children Hard” by Elizabeth [Read More]
Like many folks, I have watched the Summer Olympics occasionally during the last week or so. The one thing that struck me is that not only are the competitors racing against each other, but they are racing against the clock, trying to set new world and/or Olympic records. Can the [Read More]
The Economist magazine has a feature called “Bartley,” which discusses business management. A recent article entitled “Why We Need to Laugh at Work” discusses the importance of humor in the workplace. Among other things, the article points out the obvious: “… a sense of humour is, by and large, a [Read More]
