Humans can be overconfident, emotional, and irrational even when making important decisions. This is the premise of two new books on decision making. The first, Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan, by Harvard professor and psycho... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Beginner Level Content , Career Planning , Trends , Training and Development - General

Since research in the 1970s by psychologist Ellen Langer, mindfulness, or concentration, has been credited with improving measures of cognitive function. In 2011, researchers from the University of Wisconsin demonstrated that daily meditation could shift frontal brain a... More »

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Coaching and Mentoring , Business Impact , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends

NPR’s Louisa Lim turned to authors of China’s popular “bureaucracy lit” to glean these five lessons for aspiring civil servants in China. More »

Senior Leaders & Executives , Global Human Resources Development

Asia Pacific , Trends , Training for Multiple Cultures , Training and Development - General

Simplifying is a resolution for many of us going into 2013. Innovation firm futurethink rounded up 10 “simplicity” apps to help you make it a reality. Each one is designed to declutter and free up space in everyday life. More »

Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

Beginner Level Content , Managing the Learning Function , Trends , Informal Learning

Men’s participation in the U.S. labor force reached an all-time low in September. Women, meanwhile, are gaining in earning power, and dominate 12 out of the 15 fastest-growing professions. Hanna Rosin, author of The End of Men, reveals more about this notable shif... More »

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