Monthly Archives: July 2014

Cognitive Bias: Mere-Exposure Effect

Part 7 of our “Cognitive Bias and Leadership” Series – See more here. On our January 16, 2013 blog, I gave an overview of cognitive bias (our tendency to filter information through our own past experiences, likes, and dislikes) and surmised that it can lead to judgments that are faulty.  So much of positive leadership is about good decision making so we really wanted to expand on different biases. In the 7th of our series, I am going to talk about the Mere-Exposure Effect – the tendency to prefer things because we are familiar with them.  What this means is that if you have been exposed to something prior, you will tend to favor it over something to which you have never been exposed…this could be a person, a product, a place, an event – you name it.  In fact, if you have ever been to a concert, I am sure you saw this phenomenon in action.…

Leaders who Thrive by Martin Best

by Martin Best, The Corporate Theatre See Webinar Recording from Martin Best’ recent PBDC presentation Technology has transformed old structures into a lattice of interactions that is as vibrant as a Kandinsky painting. The industrial and service ages have passed, and we’re now in a creative age where more and more of us are accountable for leading. Three essentials will help leaders thrive in this ‘new now.’ First, Authenticity: we must know our real selves. We are authentic when we are true to our purposes, beliefs and values. When we demonstrate them in actions and words, great changes can happen. In 1608 Galileo told the truth about the universe. Authority punished him for it, but he made it possible for Newton to shift our understanding from myth to mechanics. A new economics, and enlightenment, followed. We are their heirs. In 1794, Immanuel Kant wrote that Authenticity is maturity: leaders drive change when they have courage to use…