Perceptions of Beauty: Dove Commercial

This video has been making its rounds on Facebook and Twitter.  It was published on Apr 14, 2013 on YouTube and has over 7.5 million hits. Interesting and startling fact:  Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful. Dove, a self proclaimed entity that is committed to creating a world where beauty is…

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Are Anxious People Better Poker Players?

Anxiously attached people who worry about separation and abandonment tend to be good lie detectors according to Research Digest. Being able to delineate when a person is being truthful and when they are lying is a crucial skill for a poker player. Researchers Tsachi Ein Dor and Adi Perry  suggest that anxiously attached individuals seem…

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Cultural Adaptation & Global Dexterity

Cross-Cultural Adaptation has become a hot topic in this global business world.  From the Internet, Skype and overseas travel, it is important to be able to adapt and communicate with a variety of varying cultures. Andy Molinsky, who is an associate professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School and author, has broached the topic of…

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The Evolution of the Cosmos

Astrophysicist, George Smoot, shares new images from deep space in his Ted Talk, The Design of the Universe. One of his key questions is How come there are so many galaxies?  Visible to the Hubble Space telescope there are approximately 100 billion galaxies, which is roughly the number of stars in our own galaxy.  How…

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