The Secret to Accelerating Diffusion of Innovation: The 16% Rule Explained
Last year as part of my Masters degree, I wrote a paper on why iPhone adoption will be faster in… Read more
The problem with being goal-oriented
A few months before I decided to quit my job and move, I’d made a whole timeline of accomplishments I… Read more
The Critical Role of Orientation for New Employees to Your Organization’s Culture
First impressions count. However in the workplace, organizations often fail to realize that this truism is a two way street. … Read more
Why all-star teams fail: Strategies to get everyone to play together
Look no further than the USA basketball team during the world championships in 2006. With a super successful coaching staff… Read more
Social Cognitive Theory for Social Marketing Research and Practice
As social marketers and change agents, our theories drive how we understand and describe problems and propose and test different… Read more
What is Gratitude and What Is Its Role in Positive Psychology?
There is a variety of things that can conjure positive feelings of appreciation or gratitude. A well thought out Thank… Read more
GE’s Real-Time Performance Development
As managers in a large, complex organization at GE, we face a daily challenge: ensure that our employees collaborate, make… Read more
Five Strategies of Appreciative Leadership
Through our research on Appreciative Leadership and positive power, we have identified five areas of relational practice—what we call the… Read more