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May31
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In this last in the series of rubric measurements... I’d like to float the idea that diversity  is measured more by its evidence in the workplace than by its definition in the firm’s vision. It’s measured more from the equity of who holds power at the top ... and how salaries distribute ... than by the debates energized in a boardroom or staff room.
A good friend of mine sees diversity as potential in all people... a sort of notion .... that “culture is currency” and so do I.... What about you?
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May31
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When you think about it… no wonder so many differences show up in how we do things at work… Worker approaches differ because each of our brains is wired differently…. Add to that ... the fact that men’s and women’s...
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May30
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Which business does not want its top talent engaged in ways that increase its bottom line…? And yet talented people often tell you they come to work wishing they could use more of what they do well … to get...
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Exertia posted an interesting blog on how theory can become practice in ways that benefit business, and that got me thinking … about how the mind works to measure progress for better results at work. How do you assess your...
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May29
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Over the next few weeks I plan to describe unique facets in the lives of several creative business leaders who bring new shades, textures and angles to work through their creativity…. Know anybody who would fit my new series of...
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New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network did a story on Lynn Twist author of The Soul of Money, which described how “the personal relationship we have to money determines how it functions in our lives.” Many of us have wounds around...
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The Dixie Chicks took a great deal of heat when they spoke out where others stay silent… They seem to want peace instead of war …. So do I…. They see the fall in American respect from other parts of...
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A book you won’t want to miss if you want change as I do… is Rise of the Creative Class …. Its pages open a provocative new window into where we’re headed… as author Richard Florida shows increasing creativity in...
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May28
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Contrary to conventional wisdom…Kotulak said… people do not lose brain cells… in huge numbers… because of age. So why does it appear otherwise at times? Too many seniors allow their brain functions to stick… slog… and rust out… because of disuse....
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Stimulation keeps the brain alive and hopping for you. The opposite is also true…"For the first time we are gathering the biological evidence showing that lack of proper mental stimulation could actually harm the brain," Kotulak said. Too little healthy stimulation predisposes...
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April Thompson's exercise tips are designed to help the brain flourish daily… Her ideas came from one of my favorite books… Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the Mind Works… by Pulitzer Prize-Winning author, Ronald Kotulak, I’ve decided to...
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Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, tells of a stressed doe who attacked three passersby at Southern Illinois University… “charging them, rearing up, and whacking them with her sharp hooves.” Luckily injuries were only minor—but less minor is the fact that people are...
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Have you ever felt the need to break down a big project into more manageable bite-sized pieces. That’s where your left brain operations can help you out…. Regardless of your age or background learning … left brain capabilities…just as...
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May27
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Have you used all the tools available to achieve your goals for this year? Why not take a closer look at power tools sitting in your right brain alone ... and ask yourself if you are spending and investing this amazing deposit...
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Apparently Singapore Airlines reports profits yearly – with no losses reported … and all because they master in customer service …. Giving better customer service makes sense when you think of its ability to increase profits. It makes even more...
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May26
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Researchers at Queensland Brain Institute just identified the molecule that links the left and right brain. Professor Helen Cooper said her group's research provided new clues regarding development of the corpus callosum. Think of the corpus callosum as millions of...
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Just when we thought they had taken care of cell phones for brain health… a recent study on cell phones shows the side effect still excite parts of the brain. Is this good or bad…? Unfortunately researchers can’t say for...
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Have you noticed that tone either nurtures communication or creates conflict at work…? If tone is the body language of words … then good tone starts by affirming remarks that show another’s view … before you respond with your ideas....
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May25
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Have you ever thought about developing your math smarts while at the same time you bring together more differences at work…? If not you’ll enjoy these tips to get started in an exciting new direction for math ... for diversity......
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Have you ever wondered why some stores play certain kinds of music at times while people shop…? Store managers likely figured out what music is more likely to put you in a good mood… increase your chances of buying… and...
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Fellow writer and friend, Ann Michael, at Manage to Change, asked a question which challenged me to look again at how I capitalize on diversity at work….Ann asked: ”What do you do to make sure you’re hearing opinions that differ...
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May24
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Look around you from where you sit at work... What do you see in the art images...? Is the diversity your firm celebrates there in the art and images you see...? Art is a great way to rewire your brain...
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Language can rewire the human brain for diversity in remarkable ways.... SJ's excellent post about narrowing the gaps in the language divide for diversity's sake... makes a lot of sense from a brain based perspective... That's because language is used in...
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In his post ... "Diversity -- Good for the Goose but not for the Gander?" John, makes a great case for the personal reflection it takes for one to live and do diversity. The brain actually helps us to develop more...
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I really liked the ideas I read at Francois' site today as a reminder to stop and learn from one another. Interestingly we now know that our interpersonal intelligence can help us to rewire our brains for more diversity.... What do...
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Did you know that May 22 was International Day of Biological Diversity...? What a cool idea! Check out Gimster's thoughtful post and photographs and you'll be inspired as I was to see how he to shows diversity at work in...
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May23
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Who’s smart and who’s not so smart in your world…? Is the genius… for you… the guy who scores high on tests in an MBA program or the woman who creates the brilliant ad for software that made big business...
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Apparently lead exposure leads to brain cell loss and damage many years later… looks like it’s even worse than once thought… and that “Eighteen years later, people who worked with lead have significant loss of brain cells and damage...
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You know how they told you the hard stuff would toughen you up…? It’s not exactly so… Seems all that was myth.... The University of Leicester found that adversity actually makes you more susceptible to suggestion and lies… Not good...
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Getting the most from your Mind...? A new study at UCLA and published in June’s American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry affirms that people may be able to improve their brain efficiency through simple lifestyle changes. Do memory exercises… eat healthy…...
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Frontier made changes in their set-up system so that my email no longer works. Because the day was already on overload at the MITA center… I decided to call Frontier and get a technician to help change my settings to...
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Do you start your day with the radio and catch the early morning news? Or do you grab a coffee and the newspaper to check out the headlines and scan a few main news items? If you do either of...
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May22
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Do you save more junk than you find places to store it…? Find it hard to get rid of things…? Many people have a tendency to save a bit too many things… but you might be surprised at what Dr....
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There you are ... invited to give a talk to win the deal of your career... and instead of enjoying the benefits that will likely follow… fear of flying fights you like a lion after its kill…. Does that describe you…? Dr....
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Dr. Daniel Schacter… Professor and Chair of Psychology at Harvard University , and the author of Searching for Memory: The Mind, The Brain, and the Past says the key to memory that lasts is to enhance a receptor in your brain…...
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Have you ever stood eyeball to eyeball with a person who lost somebody they loved and found that words stuck in your throat… leaving you numb and speechless? Robert Neimeyer is professor of psychology .... at the University of Memphis,...
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Do you remember the award winning movie...Il Postino..., which is Pablo Neruda's story? When I spoke in Valparaiso, Chile ... which is Neruda’s home … South American leaders there gave me the poet and activist’s Book of Questions. Since then...
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I’m not sure where civility resides in the human brain… and perhaps that’s because we are not cultivating it enough to get any images… Where do you think notions of courage and thoughtfulness and respect sit today…? Well known writer...
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I’m not sure where civility resides in the human brain… and perhaps that’s because we are not cultivating it enough to get any images… Where do you think notions of courage and thoughtfulness and respect sit today…? Well known writer...
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May21
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I once worked with a leader we all admired for his diligence and energy and so when these habits began to decline and Hank started losing weight ... people confronted him about his confusing symptoms. “Not a man for going...
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Foods create mood swings more than most people think. Have you ever noticed that when you eat your favorite foods you tend to feel good? Husband and wife team Drs. Richard Wurtman… and Judith Wurtman … from the MIT Clinical Research...
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How would you rate your workplace for emotional intelligence...? Daniel. Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence and Working with Emotional Intelligence… points out that there has been a decline in the intelligence that shows how we handle ourselves… our empathy…our motivation.......
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Joe Ayala, a colleague at Know More Media posted today on Best Biz Ware site an interesting recommendation about VTC’s new program offering today and from Joe’s post this looks worth investigating here at MITA, so I plan to do...
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After years of watching mysteries and myths shroud the brain, Ronald Kotuluk’s book, Inside the Brain ... shows how researchers are fighting back… with life-changing answers…. Kotulak highlights 4 brain based areas that offer new tools for brain renewal: 1....
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Pick up any book on the brain… or ask about pictures in brain imaging… and you might get more gobble-d-gook than thoughtful answers…but that’s changing. It’s a good thing…. People feel intimidated to speak when language or body language makes...
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Brain Imaging increasingly helps us to shatter silences because it shows the brain’s extravagance in sharp pictures and yields new secrets about success possibilities…. Today I read an article by Joe Fahy, from April 5th, 2006 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that showed another...
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I was glad to read today at Google Adsense that Sears holdings shares are up after 1Q. I like getting my oil changed at the Sears Automotive Shop at Eastview Mall…. For years I’ve heard stories of car shops that sell you parts you...
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This morning the Democrat and Chronicle published the news … Rochester ’s urban groups are looking to grants…. On the surface looks good – more money to fix urban problems…. Who’d disagree…? Look a bit deeper though… money may...
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May20
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What book would you have chosen as the best book of fiction in the last 25 years? The New York Times did a survey and the results … just in ...might surprise you…. The full list of winners will...
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In an Interview on The LCM Radio Show… The Infinite Mind… Rocco Dispirito, chef and owner of the Union Pacific Restaurant in New York gave us a picture of what creativity means within the food industry. I was especially...
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Know anybody at work who’s just plain …flat out… selfish…? Dr. David Sloan Wilson, and Dr. Elliott Sober… at the State University of New York in Binghamton … co-wrote Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior which shows...
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At Washington University In St. Louis a computerized atlas now highlights critical changes in brain disorder, according to Michael Purdy post on May 18th… The computerized atlas has illustrated the genetic condition known as Williams syndrome as 33 abnormalities in...
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Walk into an office where the boss is smiling and gesturing for you to sit down and you likely tend to relax and follow the clue to chat…. But what if you walked in… saw furrowed brows and heard him...
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We’ve come a long way since Erma Bombeck said “anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead…” Springer Science + Business Media put out a press release on May 19th to show...
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Seth Godin cheers for more flexibity when it comes to marketing and Seth's rally makes sense when you think about it...Since there is no one formula to the winning solutions that move a firm forward… Why not motivate workers to use their unique personal...
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Question first and solutions tends to follow faster. Have you noticed how good questions help workers to map their interior worlds and motivate problem solvers to explore new lands? Target with a win in mind. Leaders who help their teams...
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On January 24, 2000 at UCLA … surveys of more than 260,000 full-time college freshmen, reported boredom, drudgery, and disengagement in class. This lack of interest in listening to somebody talk, is also the reason Problem Based Learning ...or PBL as...
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After a brain injury, Andrew found a new way to get ahead at work and it came from focusing on what his brain could do to improve his day. Now there is an idea that can take any of us past...
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May19
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How many books do you read in a year…? In a week...? Did you know that linguistic intelligence ...which includes reading... is only one of your multiple intelligences? Yet language ... and maybe math intelligences ... were likely the main...
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As long as your brain is a mystery…so too will much of your world also be a mystery… Joel Davis who wrote Mapping the Mind: The Secrets of the Human Brain and How it Works, put it this way: ”The...
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I was interested in John Gratton's post at Core Character today about teens who learn to mask their fear and found myself wondering about the rest of us... Do you remember the fox in Aesop’s Fable…”The Fox and the Mask?”...
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I always enjoy reading about customer care and creativity that comes from using more of our brains at Kathy’s Sierra’s blog at Creating Passionate Users. According to Tim Claydon… Jet Blue’s senior vice president of sales and marketing… Jet Blue’s climbing fast...
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Many workers tell you they prefer Online courses … partly for their convenience and flexibility…and partly because they feel more in control of their own career progress. Far fewer though ... ever finish Online programs as hoped….Turning on the computer...
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Miracles happen everyday when it comes to a human brain’s power to rebuild… Who can forget the news from 1848 – when a three and a half foot long iron rod rammed into Phineas Gage's face…and he recovered. At the...
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May18
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Thanks to Colbert Low and his blog at IT Tech Tips which is part of the Know More Media Network ... I found a really cool site bursting with "games for the brain".... Since your brain develops new links and better acumen through these kinds of...
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Differences between men and women at work come more from hormone levels and mixes than once thought.... Dr. James McBride Dabbs looked at testosterone levels in more than eight thousand people ... and showed links between testosterone and behavior....
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If you’ve ever done business with a person who exhibits up-down-and- unpredictable business patterns ... you’ve likely met a person controlled more by hormones than business acumen…. So what are these chemical surges that race through your brain…? Since experts...
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I was interested in a story Science Daily reported that confirmed... when personal safety is threatened or wiped out during tropical storms it comes with a long term cost…. Sociologists in Florida State University… followed South Floridians who survived 1992's...
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May17
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Mike Treder asked in his blog today ... if a computer can ever be as smart as a human... and his answers will fascinate you and show you your brain on a microchip.... Sounds like a future blog here ... thanks...
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Anybody see Akeelah and the Bee? It was kind of a fun movie about a smart kid who came from the wrong side of town…worked to win a spelling bee and about a professor of the classics who coached her...
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