Rats and children are not so different They are similar in the way they behave: If you think a rat is clever, then the it will become clever If you think a child is clever then it will become clever as well Those might be scientifically proven facts, but proof and explanation are not the same […]
What Could a Lab Rat Teach You About Leadership?
In the 1960’s a couple of scientists (Rosenthal and Frode) were busy trying to breed clever rodents. To see if they had succeeded they ran some experiments with two strains of rats and a series of mazes: The first strain was “maze bright”, with parents and grand parents who were good at navigating mazes The […]
Are Your Team High Performers or Losers?
What do you think of the team you manage? Are they the crème de la crème or a shower of … Is that a rather harsh question? Perhaps, but the answer may well have a lot more to do with you than with them. Why do some people do better than others? In 1968 Rosenthal and […]