40 Psychological Facts You Should Know About Yourself

40 Psychological Facts You Should Know About Yourself

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How Much Can Your Employees Get Away With?

How Much Can Your Employees Get Away With?

I was baffled. It was years ago, during my first semester as a physics and math teacher at a last chance Brooklyn public high school. I could be as clear as day about my intentions, what I wanted from the kids, my reasons, and the consequences for non-compliance, and yet the kids did whatever they wanted. But after a while, they started to fall in line. What was happening? One of the benefits of […]

Chapter 10

Chapter 10 Keep ’em on Their Toes What’s the number #1 thing that creates loyal customers? No surprise, it’s the social construct of reciprocity . Better yet, there is an even more powerful form available for business owners to use: the act of creating surprise reciprocity. The Studies 1 In a study by psychologist Norbert Schwarz, he found that as little as 10 cents was enough to change the outlooks of participants who found […]

This Company Spent 9 Years To Build Apps That Mimic How Brains Work

This Company Spent 9 Years To Build Apps That Mimic How Brains Work

Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky started Numenta nine years ago to create software that was modeled after the way the human brain processes information. It has taken longer than expected, but the Redwood City, Calif.-based startup recently held an open house to show how much progress it has made. Hawkins and Dubinsky are tenacious troopers for sticking with it. Hawkins, the creator of the original Palm Pilot, is the brain expert and co-author of […]