Do We Really Learn From Our Mistakes?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, people may learn less from their failures than from their successes, a study shows. More
Contrary to conventional wisdom, people may learn less from their failures than from their successes, a study shows. More
Americans average six hours per week in meetings. And managers especially spend considerably more time in them. But attendees rate as many as half of the meetings they attend as “poor,” and organizations in the US waste an estimated $213 billion on ineffective meetings annually. What are the keys to effective meetings More
You’ve probably heard by now that trying to multitask is a terrible idea. One main reason is that our neural wiring does not allow us to split our attention: when we try to attend to two things at once, all we actually do is switch our focus back and forth More
A series of experiments suggests that merely believing that we’re multitasking may boost our performance by making us more engaged in the tasks at hand. More
If the NFL team you hate the most is in the Super Bowl, take heart. Psychological science suggests that a rival team’s win may improve your team’s motivation and performance next season. More
Ranked chess players’ data suggest that women playing against men perform better than expected based on official ratings More