Category Archives: Body Language

Mental Models and How We Make Sense of Things

The way our minds shape what we notice and how that allows us to do complicated things with ease, and the problems this ability can cause us as we try to work and live together. Steven Wirth is Exec. Dir. … Continue reading

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Measure Your Team’s Success

Alex “Sandy” Pentland, director of MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory, discusses the sociometric badge, a wearable electronic sensor that uses patterns of communication to measure a team’s productivity.

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Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect … Continue reading

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