Schemas: helpful and hurtful

Schemas can be helpful in that they save our brains the time and energy of recreating a template each time. However, they can also be hurtful, especially because they operate unconsciously and move us to interpret the world in a biased way, such as with gender, race, or skin color.

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#TeamCulture

The main theme for a leadership team workshop I recently facilitated was RECONNECTING with each other, but the team also wanted to RESET how they work together. To accomplish this, we leveraged Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle concept, with the team “WHY” in the middle, followed by the “WHAT” and the “HOW”.

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Emotional Valence

The emotional charge of being drawn to or away from something is known in psychology as EMOTIONAL VALENCE. It’s referring to the intrinsic attractiveness (Positive Valence) or aversiveness (Negative Valence) of events, people, things, or situations.

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