The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe, where things more often go wrong than they go right.
Research
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.
Toward a psychology of attitude conflict
We review research on “attitude conflict” —- competitive disagreement with regard to beliefs, values, and preferences, characterized by parties’ intolerance of each other’s positions.
When Gender Matters in Organizational Negotiations
A person's gender is not a reliable predictor of their negotiation behavior or outcomes, because the degree and character of gender dynamics in negotiation vary across situations.
The Impact of Leader Eye Gaze on Disparity in Member Influence: Implications for Process and Performance in Diverse Groups
One important benefit of teamwork is the exchange and integration of diverse knowledge, experience, and opinions group members bring to the table.
Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science
Policy-makers are increasingly turning to behavioural science for insights about how to improve citizens’ decisions and outcomes1.
Successful Failure in Public Policy Work
It matters if public policies succeed in solving societal problems, but a dominant narrative holds that policies fail ‘often’.
The Role of Social Signaling in Selective Exposure to Information
Effective judgment and decision making demands exposure to diverse information.
Don’t Let Power Corrupt You
Although power is essential to taking charge and driving change, it makes leaders vulnerable to two traps that can not only erode their own effectiveness but also undermine their team’s.
The impact of COVID-19 on trips to urban amenities: Examining travel behavior changes in Somerville, MA
While there has been much speculation on how the pandemic has affected work location patterns and home location choices, there is sparse evidence regarding the impacts that COVID-19 has had on amenity
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