Change is pain

Here's an interesting piece about the Neuroscience of Leadership. It is particularly interesting because it does away with a lot of received wisdom in management literature. The salient points are:

• Change is pain
• Behaviourism doesn't work
• Humanism is overrated
• Focus is power
• Expectation shapes reality
• Attention density shapes identity

I am not sure that the authors' statement that the brain is a quantum environment really holds, though - an electron is certainly not an atom-sized entity. Nor do quantum effects usually apply in the "chemical" world.

No jerk policy

Appearances (and stereotypes!) can be deceiving: Here's a great piece from the McKinsey Quarterly about building the civilised workplace by enforcing a strict No Jerks-Rule. I am sure that lots of people who had exposure to McK would be surprised.