The primal message of this blog is that most human beings yearn to link with others to solve problems and produce staggering results. Example after example substantiates this claim, whether it’s providing first-string banking services, rescuing trapped coal miners, or winning a Grammy in an orchestra. In addition, we thrive on competition, whether in a [...]

Have you ever felt inertia while sitting in a waiting room? I sure have. Caught in this suffocating conundrum, many organizations have created countless layers of bureaucracy, thus the minds of the participants no longer link—slowing innovation to a LA freeway-like pace. I’ve seen this traffic jam play out over and over during my years [...]

We all have 100 Billion neurons in our brain. That’s a BIG number. Now here’s the fun part . . . there are probably 100 Billion ways to use them. Actually, I recently heard—there’s more. Neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran says the brain has more ways to connect neurons than the number of particles in the universe—that’s [...]

Have you ever wondered if a universal language exists? In the 1970s, scientist and social-behavior researcher, Daniel Stern, used 16 millimeter film to record the way mothers communicate with newborns. He discovered that around the world, women from diverse cultures use essentially the same ‘language’ to communicate with infants: drawn-out exaggerated facial expressions and hand [...]