Idea posted: December 2018

Institutions: Cornell University    Harvard University    Essex University    Yale University   

Conversations with new people are an important part of most people’s social and professional lives. After such conversations, people often seem to underestimate whether the other person in the conversation…

Idea posted: October 2018

Institutions: Guizhou University of Finance and Economics    NUS Business School    Kellogg School of Management   

It’s not surprising to see people in the workplace tired and depleted. The cognitive consequences of such fatigue — the negative impact on people’s ability to think clearly and make…

Idea posted: April 2018

Institutions: Nanyang Business School    Columbia Business School   

Some people have a greater desire for control than others. Specifically, they need to feel that they have control over their surrounding environment — that they are in control of…

Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Columbia Business School   

Marketing luxury products requires connecting with consumers’ often emotion-driven desires, aspirations, and/or fantasies. However, many consumers cannot put aside their ‘rational’ mindset, and as a result feel guilty when purchasing…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    University of Surrey Business School    Aston University Business School    University of Bath   

What makes a good leader? The answer is often given in the context of the leader’s impact on followers — a natural response since the effectiveness of a leader is…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Open University of the Netherlands    Artevelde University College Ghent   

The digital native is a myth, according to an extensive review of the research by by Paul Kirschner of Open University of the Netherlands and Pedro de Bruyckere of Artevelde…

Idea posted: July 2017

Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business    University of California, San Diego   

Cell phones can be distracting when you’re trying to work. If the phone rings, you’ll stop what you’re doing to answer it. If you hear the ping of a new…

Idea posted: June 2017

Institutions: University of Cologne    INSEAD    Kellogg School of Management    Columbia Business School   

Psychological tools are proving to be very effective in helping people in the workplace gain the right frame of mind in challenging situations. Imagine that you are about to enter…

Idea posted: June 2017

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Research has shown that creativity and innovation come from combining seemingly unrelated or irrelevant knowledge. You can create the context for combining unrelated knowledge by bringing together people with diverse…