communication
Meetings, emails, and presentations are often filled with a seemingly endless stream of jargon — such as ‘pick the low-hanging fruit’ or ‘think outside the box’ — that is supposed to serve as shorthand to help convey a message. Does it work? Does its overuse become cliché? Why do people rely on jargon to communicate?
“Trust me.” What sort of image do those words conjure up? Do you picture a parent teaching a child to ride a bike? A used car salesman talking with a customer? Or does your mind perhaps turn to the workplace, thinking of the promise for a future salary increase?
Study supports Tepper School professor's groundbreaking work in "collective intelligence."
A study involving the University of Iowa finds crows join humans, apes, and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking.
Domination and submission, survival of the fittest, constant adaption to change - the wilderness and the corporate world have many similarities. The more detailed the look into each world, its routines, rules and ways of communication, the more obvious it becomes how beneficial it would be if the corporate world could learn from nature. In some areas, such as product engineering it is already happening, but in the area of personal development of leadership and teamwork skills this opportunity is still sadly missed.
Researchers listen in on ‘conversations’ between calves and their mothers
Sometimes, words just complicate things. What if our brains could communicate directly with each other, bypassing the need for language?
Three Practices to Communicate, Engage and Influence People
Computer-mediated communication between humans and dogs opens the door to new avenues for training and interpreting dogs' behavior
