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Leading Thoughts for November 7, 2024

Leading Blog

If the analysis shows that brilliant work fails again and again as soon as it requires cooperation by others, it probably indicates lack of courtesy, that is, of manners.” Source: Management Challenges for the 21st Century * * * Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog.

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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

While working, you perceive change on a continuum from cooperation and learning — to resistance and a pain in the ass. . Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. .

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The Factors Affecting Cooperation

The Horizons Tracker

Traditionally, game theorists posit that cooperation rests on theories of reciprocity, and therefore our confidence that if we cooperate with others, they will do likewise with us. The model suggests that a degree of deceit can actually promote cooperative activity within the community.

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How to Get People to Do What You Ask (Influence Without Authority)

Rich Gee Group

If you want someones cooperation, ask yourself: whats in it for them? You have to earn that cooperation through empathy, mutual respect, and smart communication. Theyre thinking about their responsibilities, pressures, and deadlines - so your request might be background noise. Why should they give you their time?

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What Information Helps Us To Cooperate?

The Horizons Tracker

Research from Cambridge Judge Business School explores how we can best encourage others to cooperate with us. Some will inevitably cooperate while others will attempt to free-load. To add further spice to proceedings, participants were placed in a couple of conditions to see if that affected their willingness to cooperate.

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Can Hiding The Truth Boost Cooperation?

The Horizons Tracker

Traditionally, game theorists posit that cooperation rests on theories of reciprocity, and therefore our confidence that if we cooperate with others, that they will do likewise with us. The model suggests that a degree of deceit can actually promote cooperative activity within the community. Building trust. Tipping point.

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How Cooperative Might Humans Be With AI?

The Horizons Tracker

On the one hand, we expect it to be trustworthy and benevolent, but on the other, we’re reluctant to cooperate or compromise with it. The study, which used methods drawn from behavioral game theory, saw a large-scale online experiment conducted to test our levels of cooperation with AI systems and with fellow humans.

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