We continue to explore the idea of organizations as a platform for pursuing human potential. This post is focused on goals. From a scientific perspective, we can understand goal pursuit as three discreet mental processes: 1.) Goal representation – people think about, picture, and create a clear notion of what the goal is and then hold [...]
If you look at the word cloud for this blog, you will see that the biggest name of all is Paul Lawrence. That is because Paul Lawrence was more than a scholar to The Maritz Institute, he was our teacher and encourager. There are teachers who simply impart their knowledge through books, lectures, and articles. And, then, [...]
The ability to entertain the perspective of another has long been recognized as a critical ingredient in proper social functioning. Piaget marked the ability to shift perspectives as a major developmental breakthrough in cognitive functioning, and Kolhberg recognized its importance in his classification of moral reasoning. Batson noted that the presence of perspective-taking can inspire great gestures of altruism, and its absence can incite the devastations of social aggression. — Edited from Adam Galinsky
The Maritz Institute Network has been studying perspective-taking over the past couple of months with the help of Emily Falk, a neuroscientist who works with the University of Michigan. Emily has introduced us to the work of Adam Galinsky with Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University who does research on perspective-taking, negotiation and other [...]
This sounds like a pretty bold statement. It was made by Tamara Erickson in a recent HBR blog post. I was struck by the line of logic that she offered…
As Albert Einstein stated, “problems that are created by our current level of thinking can’t be solved by that same level of thinking.” Business isn’t in the midst of a transitional or incremental change. It is in the midst of a paradigm shift relative to business practices. And, paradigm shifts require challenging the foundational assumptions that we hold to be true.