The Unexpected Creative Effect of Sarcasm

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: INSEAD    Harvard Business School    Columbia Business School   

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Is sarcasm in the workplace as destructive as usually assumed? While sarcasm — in which people express one thing by saying the exact opposite — is rampant in organizations, most…

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Body Language: Power Poses That Get Lost in Translation

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: University of Buffalo    INSEAD    Columbia Business School   

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Several studies have made the connection between body postures and feelings and perceptions of strength and dominance. Open and expansive body language has not only been found to communicate power…

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