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What Number Crunchers Know About You December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Just 4 Laughs

$It’s not Magic. It’s Math$

For ten years we managed an international research organization packed with people that we didn’t understand at all. They LOVED numbers. To them numbers are like a crystal ball capable of forecasting the future with amazing accuracy. Math and it is being used everyday to know what you’re going to buy before you do.

Do you know why they they put produce at the front of the grocery store? I always thought that was backwards because you put it at the bottom of the cart where it can g...

It isn’t Magic it’s Math December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence

Another plug for The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

I linked an HBR Ideacast interview with the author in my Red Shoes News when I first purchased it. I have listened to 28 chapters so far and learn something surprising in every chapter.

Today, among other things I learned why they put produce at the front of the grocery store.

I always thought that was backwards because you put it at the bottom of the cart where it can get bruised more easily.

I also understand why Target has 50 statistic...

When is Long-Term care appropriate? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Just 4 Laughs No comments

My dad, who is just about to turn 80, sent this to me. I hope you enjoy the system of diagnosis as much as I did. Though hidden in humor (which is the best way to convey almost any message) the story says a great deal about the heuristics we use in decision making.

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, “How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in a Long-Term Care Home?”

“Well,” he said, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the...