May 03, 2023
For the next three weeks, we’ll dig into the idea of resilience—who has it, how we talk about it, and how we can gain more.
January 25, 2023
Personality characteristics can only predict about 20 percent of behavior. That’s because most people act different ways in different situations.
January 18, 2023
Small simile update: our brain’s visual system is less “like a camera” and more like a card-counting, crystal-ball-wielding stoner who’s high on mushrooms.
January 11, 2023
The brain is a strange, complex structure with one critical role: allostasis. We don’t fully understand them, but having one is a serious upgrade from the “stomach on a stick” phase.
August 03, 2022
Maestro Group has reached a major milestone this week. You know who helped us get here? Cavemen.
June 29, 2022
“Digital body language” describes what we can use in written messages and video meetings that replaces physical body language and vocal cues. There are four law—value visibly, communicate carefully, collaborate confidently, and trust totally.
June 22, 2022
Written communication is more often misinterpreted, since there’s no body language or vocal cues to read. Interrobangs, textese, emojis—your message is about a lot more than dotting Is and crossing Ts.
June 08, 2022
“Thanks a lot”: whether you hear that phrase as sincerity or snark is all about someone’s paralanguage.
April 27, 2022
Snap at your partner for no reason? Feel like punching someone in the throat? “Lizard brain” is that ancient vestige inside all of us that doesn’t respond to facts or logic. There’s just one problem.
April 13, 2022
What someone learns from body language and vocal cues is important, but we’re not going to sub in interpretive dance for discovery calls anytime soon.