Culturally, this is an era in which people are held in high esteem when they stick with their beliefs and negatively labeled as “flip-floppers” or “wishy-washy” when they change what they think.
We Need to Protect Ourselves From Our Phones
When it comes to cellphones, we are no better than trained rats in a box. Just the other day, I was stuck behind a driver playing with a cellphone while driving. I have gotten used to assuming that everyone doing something silly on the road is driving while distracted. In Austin, San Antonio and several […]
Stop Micromanaging Your Employees by Using the Neighborhood Technique
June 2 is Leave the Office Early Day, providing a good excuse for managers to let their employees leave early for a day, which could improve morale and ultimately employee retention. Simply put, successful employee engagement involves creating a neighborhood at work. As the labor market continues to improve, employee retention is becoming more important. […]
Liberal Arts Matter in a STEM World
Isaac Barchasis the director of the Austin Technology Incubator, which helps early-stage technology companies to develop in order to get an initial round of funding from investors. From that perch, you might imagine that he sees science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM disciplines) as the core of economic growth in Austin. And, to be […]
Psychology as Commodity
Why it’s time for scientists to market for the masses Psychology is part of everything we do. But, despite our daily use of memory, attention, language and social interaction, most of us do not know much about the field and its innovative researchers. This is unfortunate, because many of the most pressing problems in business […]