Simply repeating a lie makes it seem like the truth.
Way back in 1977 Lynn Hasher, a Temple University professor, and her colleagues published a study that revealed a lie repeated three times was just as likely to be believed as a true statement heard once. If a lie was...
I recently learned about two different concepts, horror vacui and deja visite. I’m pleased to say I don’t seem to have horror vacui, but I often experience deja visite. How about you?
Aristotle believed that nature abhors an empty space. In extreme cases this leads to people exhibiting a behavior...
Could you ever have predicted that the fastest moving selection on fast-food menus would be a burger made of oils, soy and starch?
Years ago, well before almost anyone had considered the possibility of a beef-alternative hamburger there were a few people thinking quite a bit about it. They're now...
“What do you mean you can’t make my new Google Pixelbook work like my poor old MacBook?”
I asked my tech expert this question in desperation as she was planning to set up my new system. The reason I purchased the Pixelbook was because it has a cool feature where...
Some people want to change everything. Some people want to change nothing. We see this in people in all walks of life. People frozen in time who can’t escape the good old days or people lost in the chaos of continuous instability. When their decisions only impact themselves, who...
I was invited to participate in a number of interesting events over the rest of the year. All of them require significant travel and a bit of calendar magic to allow time for fulfilling my normal business commitments and client needs. Not to mention writing these missives which take...
FredEx….oops, I mean FedEx, has been led by Fred Smith, the founder, since 1971. As we all know, Smith created the overnight package delivery business. He built a massive and successful company so all-pervasive that FedEx became a verb used no matter the actual delivery service you are referring...
Several weeks ago, I had breakfast with a friend who needed to vent—once again--about the companies he’s trying to help.
My friend is an exceptional financial executive who now operates as what I call a commando. He’s been CFO of a number of big companies. After leaving his last position,...