Before Christmas, I was intrigued by a McKinsey report which cited survey data that 40% of supervisors didn’t reach out to their team members to ask the simple question “how are you doing?” during the pandemic. Link to the original report is here: Talking about complex feelings at work A plethora of smart and thoughtful […]
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I’ve always been a fan of Dr Karen Walch. She’s wicked smart, kind, funny and committed to making an impact through her academic thought leadership. As so often happens, if you surround yourself with great people like Karen, good ideas bubble up and I’d like to tell you about one of them today. But first, a bit […]
Continuing on with our theme of sharing some of the most interesting research into learning, we’re going to take a detour into the world of Greek mythology today. The Greek God Proteus was known for his power of assuming whatever shape he pleased and, from him, the adjective “Protean” has evolved to bring connotations of […]
Some of the best minds in social, psychology and machine learning have been exploring the field of persuasive technology for years. This summer, I locked myself in a room and set out a target of reading 4 academic research studies per day in this terrain area. Yes… arguably I am not the ideal person to […]
Babies are special aren’t they? I just took a cab back to my hotel in Mumbai and came very close side by side to a rickshaw with a mother holding this cute baby. Our eyes connected and we both smiled so hard our faces lit up. It was a special moment. And somewhere it made […]