Category: Thoughts and Feelings
Emotion, cognition and the machinery underneath both. What the evidence says about how we think, what we feel at work, and the biases that shape decisions we believe we made rationally.
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The Science of Well-being – Laurie Santos free course on Coursera
Laurie Santos (Yale) has shared a free course on Coursera called “The Science of Well-being”. It’s a great introduction to many ideas, theories and models relating to human happiness. Its central argument is that our intuitions about what will make us happy are systematically unreliable — we chase things that don’t work, […]
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Mirror Neurons – Others may affect us more deeply than we think
Parts of our brains, our mirror neurons, fire when we perform an action and when we observe someone else performing that action. This increases our likelihood of doing the same action, and can strengthen our connections. Mirror Neurons A team of Italian researchers, led by Giacomo Rizzolatti discovered the existence of “mirror […]
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Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences – Intelligence can take many different forms
Gardener’s 1983 theory of multiple intelligences proposes that intelligence is not one thing, measurable by IQ. Instead it is eight different distinct abilities that people have in blends, and which may be assessed in different ways. Gardener’s Multiple Intelligences In 1983, developmental psychologist Howard Gardner published the book “Frames of Mind: The […]
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Cognitive Dissonance: The discomfort of holding conflicting opinions at the same time
Key Points: Cognitive Dissonance is the term used to describe the discomfort experienced when an individual holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes simultaneously. Cognitive Dissonance At its core, cognitive dissonance arises when there is a conflict between our existing beliefs or the underlying values that we hold or our behaviours. In other…
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Cartesian Dualism: The Mind-Body Divide
René Descartes’ proposed that the mind and the body are two distinct and very different things. This “dualistic” perspective, introduced in the 17th century, continues to shape our assumed knowledge and understanding of the world, particularly in the West. It also continues to spark debates in philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. Mind and […]
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Social Pain – The impacts of social rejection, discomfort and loss
“Social pain” is the name given to the emotional distress people suffer as a result of negative inter-personal interactions including rejection, exclusion, or other social threats. Research has shown that the brain responds in a very similar way to this social pain as it does to physical pain. Social Pain We’ve all […]
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Leisure Sickness – Why do I always get sick when I have time off work?!
Key Points: “Leisure Sickness” is the name given to phenomenon where individuals become sick at the start of a holiday or other period of time off of work Leisure Sickness Have you ever gotten ill just as you head into a holiday or long weekend? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, this experience…
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E178 – Acceptance And Commitment Training With Chris Westcott
From the archive This episode is from The World of Work Podcast, made by James Carrier and Jane Stewart at the World of Work Project — a previous venture of ours. All 187 episodes, recorded between 2019 and 2024, are kept here because the conversations still hold up. You can find Jane on LinkedIn, and…
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E177 – Emotional Salary With Clodagh Beaty
From the archive This episode is from The World of Work Podcast, made by James Carrier and Jane Stewart at the World of Work Project — a previous venture of ours. All 187 episodes, recorded between 2019 and 2024, are kept here because the conversations still hold up. You can find Jane on LinkedIn, and…
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E176 – Management Challenges: The Loneliness Of Leadership
From the archive This episode is from The World of Work Podcast, made by James Carrier and Jane Stewart at the World of Work Project — a previous venture of ours. All 187 episodes, recorded between 2019 and 2024, are kept here because the conversations still hold up. You can find Jane on LinkedIn, and…
