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Why Confirmation Bias is not what you thought (or perhaps it was)
We all love an echo-chamber
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Picture This: How Imagery Impacts Influential Writing
The science showing how accompanying images can diametrically change the construal of what we write
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Are all managers evil? The cognitive bias that makes this perception (almost) unavoidable
Understanding, expecting, and avoiding the Fundamental Attribution Error
 • Professor Richard Crisp
How bright is your influence? Try this 'lightbulb' test to find out
This neat analogy is a great rule of thumb for estimating the behavioural impact of your messaging
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Success and the Multiplicative Magic of 'Compound Progress'
From singular success to achievement avalanche: Common system of mind
 • Professor Richard Crisp
The Surprising Similarities Between Diversity Messaging and Environmental Sustainability
When you dig deep, its seems these two key organisational concerns are driven by the same underlying psychology
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Leadership Under Uncertainty
Maximise influence by ensuring leader communications match situational uncertainty
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Poles Apart: Presenting Leaders Better to Optimise Organisational Outcomes
Leaders are often perceived as a different species - to the detriment of organisational outcomes. Here’s some strategies to humanise these very human…
 • Professor Richard Crisp
One Foot in the Past? Why Engaging Change is Rooted in What We Know
The human mind hates sudden change - but understanding how it structures our world can help us devise incremental strategies for change
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Anyone want to volunteer? Anyone? Anyyonnnne?
Email appeals for help can often fall prey to a "diffusion of responsibility"
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Beware the Status Quo
Why, for the social brain, doing nothing is usually the most appealing option
 • Professor Richard Crisp
On the Psychology of New Year's Resolutions
One Yuletide tradition provides a perennial peek inside the mind's cognitive toolbox
 • Professor Richard Crisp
All Together Now: Linguistic Cues Matter For Influential Communications
Messages bounce off boundaries - but careful comms can soften the distinction between 'us' and 'them'
 • Professor Richard Crisp
Using Perspective-Taking to Enhance the Power of Persuasive Communciations
The grass is usually greener (or meaner) the other side
 • Professor Richard Crisp
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