New World of Work:  Video on or off?

New World of Work: Video on or off?

Over the past two years, we’ve come to rely heavily on using video in our meetings with others. Interestingly, research suggests that video is helpful for some types of interactions, and less so for others. It can actually impair our ability to focus, think, and...
Your Brain on Boo!

Your Brain on Boo!

Fear sets off a chain reaction of events in our brain.  It kicks off a rapid and deeply wired, non conscious set of responses designed to save our life. One could say there are two key types of fear: The sudden, extreme and short lasting kind – like when someone jumps...
The Insurance of Assurance

The Insurance of Assurance

Have you ever wondered why people love office gossip so much? Not the scandalous kind that includes details of our co-workers’ private lives, but the work-related kind that speculates on who’s getting what promotion or whether recent budget cuts will lead to layoffs?...