In this Washington Post article, Dan Ariely, Professor of Behavioural Economics at Duke University and a prolific writer on the irrational dimension of human behaviour, shows how performance measurement tools influence the performance itself. Taking inspiration from Corporate America (and some real life examples of how motivation policies turn out to demotivate staff), he looks… Continue reading The Twisted Business of Measuring Performance
Irrationally Yours
To follow up on a previous post “Emotions Drive Thinking” the idea that we are, at our core, rational beings is being eroded by recent research. Our economy and financial systems are based on the idea that humans are rational beings and that their actions are determined by rational deductions. Behavioural Economics looks into the… Continue reading Irrationally Yours
The Consequence of Language on Health
A very interesting Newsweek article this week on how American children are being misdiagnosed as suffering from bi-polar disorder and the dire consequences highlights the relationship between language and our health. In his article, Stuart Kaplan, a child psychiatrist with nearly 50 years experience, talks about the fad diagnosis that launched bi-polar disorder as a… Continue reading The Consequence of Language on Health