Category: groups
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A Conversation With Janus Boye About Peer Learning
Janus Boye joins us from Denmark as a guest in this podcast episode to talk about peer learning. Janus facilitates groups in various locations around the world who regularly meet to talk and connect. We discuss how this type of learning is different from, and possibly better than, attending conferences to keep up your professional…
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The Brain’s Bonding Chemical: Oxytocin
What makes you feel connected to another person, a team, or even a pet? It’s oxytocin. In this HumanTech podcast episode we talk about the amazing brain chemical that makes you feel loving towards whatever you are with when it gets released. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your…
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The Brain Science of Empathy — Guest Paul Zak
We were thrilled to have Paul Zak on this HumanTech podcast episode, and the conversation ranges from research on human attachments, sex with robots, and virtual reality. You may want to check out Paul’s book, The Moral Molecule: HumanTech is a podcast that explores the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your hosts Guthrie…
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365 Ways To Persuade And Motivate: #15-24
For this post I’ve put 10 ways to persuade and motivate altogether in one post! 15. Talk first – Research shows that people like to follow a leader and that the person who talks first when a group gets together becomes the leader. 16. Give a gift – When someone gives you a gift you…
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100 Things You Should Know About People: #63 — Group Decision-Making Is Faulty
If your work life is anything like mine, your day is filled with groups meeting by phone or in person and making decisions. Unfortunately research shows that group decision-making has some serious flaws. The Danger of Group-Think — Andreas Mojzisch and Stefan Schulz-Hardt (2010) presented people with information on prospective job candidates. People who received…
