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Heuristics Archives - Amie Devero
Why Does Getting Feedback Suck?
You may enjoy this short, summary video.
Literature is devoted to how managers should deliver feedback: Creating a context, “feedback sandwiches” (good news, bad news, good news –in that order) and more. But almost nobody considers the other person…the one receiving feedback.
Yet, for every one of […]
The Chattering Brain
I had a friend who was in a bad romantic relationship. She lived near me, so we so saw each other all the time. For months it seems like every conversation would eventually circle back to her boyfriend. I listened day in and day out to her interpretations […]
Go With Your Gut?
My Friend Holly swims at a public pool. Mothers often bring their 6- or 7-year-old sons into the women’s locker room, where, as you might imagine, women are undressed. Periodically, as a naked woman turns to walk to the shower, she inadvertently finds herself facing […]
Being a Beginner
I’ve just begun learning how to play the violin. It is something I’ve wanted to do for most of my life. Even as a child, when my parents decided that all of us children had to learn an instrument, violin was my secret desire. But being […]
Mayor Mike Nutter on Leadership
He was a 2-term Mayor of Philadelphia, the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and is now a professor at Columbia University. He was kind enough to have a conversation with me about his experience leading Philadelphia out of a recession and a multi-million […]
Measurement Madness
There is a well-known saying that “what gets measured gets managed”. Depending on your source, it was first said by either physicist Lord kelvin, or Peter Drucker.
It’s generally true. After all, if you plan to run a marathon, you start by finding out what distance […]
Pandemic Lessons
We’re about a year out from the beginning of the pandemic. Moreover, we see the light at the end of the tunnel when everybody is vaccinated, and life can go back to the pre pandemic times. But now that we have a little bit of perspective, it […]