The Spotlight Effect:

No… not the lighting cue… or your chance to shine… The Spotlight Effect in the Human Mind The spotlight effect is a fascinating psychological phenomenon that significantly influences how individuals perceive themselves in social contexts. Let’s explore its definition, history, research findings, implications, related concepts, and criticisms, providing a thorough understanding of this cognitive bias …

Listening, a First Nations Perspective

Recently Thorben Grosser, someone whose ideas I have respected for many years wrote this fabulous rant about sustainability, people and respect and how we should be recognizing WHERE we are meeting and those who came before us. Check it out along with the many comments from others with weighty opinions and actions in the comments..This is …

Mastering Dopamine Management Using Events

Dopamine: Harvard Medical School has referred to it as “the pathway to pleasure,” stating in an article earlier this year that it “is most notably involved in helping us feel pleasure as part of the brain’s reward system.” And isn’t that what live events are all about? Triggering dopamine releases at every touchpoint? It could start with …