Bookmarks tagged “psychology”
137 bookmarks tagged “psychology”
Asynchronous Communication: What It Is & Why You Should Care About It
And what you can do to start implementing it, whether you're an individual contributor or a team leader.
A Founder's Guide to Writing Well — 8 Writing Tips | First Round Review
There's a long list of most frequently-cited skills for becoming a successful entrepreneur. One that rarely makes the list is effective writing. Upstart CEO Dave Girouard pens this thoughtful case for the importance of strong writing in the startup world — and his tips for leveli
Designing for the Appearance of Speed | by Bill Chung | Medium
The jury has spoken: performance, conversion, and brand engagement are inextricably connected.
Why Perceived Performance Matters, Part 1: The Perception Of Time — Smashin
In this article, Denys Mishunov aims to provide you with the reasons and theories for why things function in certain way. He will use examples that are observable in the offline world and, using principles of psychology, research and analysis in psychophysics and neuroscience, he
Research-backed actions to help communicate more effectively
University of Oregon professors offer science-backed strategies to converse and connect with coworkers, clients, and family in a virtual environment.
37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong
Some reader is bound to declare that a better title for this post would be "37 Ways That You Can Use Words Unwisely", or "37 Ways That Suboptimal Use…
Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (109 Models Expla
The smartest people in the world use mental models to make intelligent decisions, avoid stupidity, and increase productivity. Let's take a look at how ...
How working apart brought our team together - Humans of Xero - Medium
Historically, I haven’t been the biggest advocate of remote working. Sure, my team worked from home occasionally, but I always believed that in-person collaboration was vital for development teams. I…
How I Learned to Have Uncomfortable Conversations | Human Parts
I had 50 painfully uncomfortable conversations with strangers in New York City to practice being assertive under pressure. Here’s what I learned.
The Culture Map: A Systematic & Intentional Tool For Designing Great Compan
If I asked you: what’s the one thing you’ll do differently tomorrow to make your organization a better place to work, where would you start? How would you design, communicate and implement
Time is linear. Customer journeys are not. - Humans of Xero - Medium
As a service designer, I’m often asked to help map the customer journey of products and services. Most of the time, people want a journey because it’s visual — something they can look at and have a…
How DISC is like the Hogwarts Houses
Often with behavioral profiles like DISC, being able to apply the concept to something you already know, helps to quickly understand it. If you are familiar with Harry Potter, then this is an excellent platform to better get to know DISC behavioral profiling. Whether you grew up
3 Strategies for Becoming a Self-Made Meeting Master | Inc.com
It takes skill to run a great meeting. Here's how to get the practice you need.
2 Questions to Ask When Interviewing New Leaders | Inc.com
Leaders spend up to 80 percent of their day in meetings. Better make sure they have the skills needed to use that time well.
10 Research-Backed Rules for Meaningful Meetings | Inc.com
Studies reveal the keys to running consistently effective and meaningful business meetings.
Everything you always wanted to know about running Silent Meetings but were
UPDATE: I expanded this post into a much more detailed guide called “Silent Meeting Manifesto v1”. Go there if you want to learn more. “Silent Meetings” are meetings where most of the time is spent…
Product engineers - Sherif Mansour - Medium
We had just finished a customer conference and on a long, 14-felt-like-18 hour flight from San Francisco back to Sydney. I was sitting next to Jean-Michel Lemieux (“JML” ), our head of Engineering at…
7 Things I Learnt from 10 Conversations About Recognition
If you aren’t familiar with Officevibe check them out, but essentially it’s a tool that uses an ongoing survey with a randomised set of questions. Results are then grouped into 10 metrics…
You Can’t Fix Unethical Design by Yourself - Modus
Like the climate emergency, unethical design won’t be solved with individual action alone. We need a radical shift in how the industry operates and educates, and regulatory bodies with power.