Your core values are the truth. They are your behavior. They are what already exists. They are what really happens behind the closed doors, not just in the seclusion of executive meetings, but in the solitude of personal choice.
My Sweet Satan And The Power Of Confirmation Bias
My biases might initially lead me down the wrong path, but I’m not powerless. I can choose to take a different path.
Social Proof And Social Media – The Value Of Confederates
Social proof is a powerful influencer. I’ve read a good deal of the writings of Robert Cialdini. He is well known for his studies on influence and the factors associated with it. He has put forth that there are six key principles of influence. They are; reciprocity, commitment, social proof, liking, authority and scarcity. One […]
What Behavior Is My iPad Use Modeling?
“Daddy, I’ve never seen you read a book before.” Last Sunday I read a “real” book for the first time in a long time. I don’t buy paper books anymore. This one was a hard cover version of Trust Me, I’m Lying that was sent to me to review. I sat in the leather chair […]
Protecting Children From The Dark Side Of The Internet
Every technology has both a positive and negative impact. I’ve been writing a lot about Technopoly in the past few months. In the last few days, the social media behaviors of teens in the wake of the alleged rape of a 16-year old girl in Steubenville, Ohio, have been exposed in the harsh light of […]
Klout, IQ and Reification – Why Trying To Measure Influence Is Dangerous
“Klout matters to employers.” When I read that bold headline in Todd Bacile’s post, Florida State University class using Klout to determine student grades, I had a visceral reaction. Why? First, because Klout really only matters to a very small percentage of employers in a niche of the business world, and second, because I wouldn’t […]