Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World (Bradford Books)

the alternative with the largest number of positive initial comments is usually the winner.? Furthermore, you can see

keep track of how information flows within the social network.

known that teams with a centrally coordinated structure-the classic "org chart" structure-are good for fixed, well-defined tasks, but not for complex tasks requiring flexibility.' Conversely, teams with richer interconnections are good for tasks requiring flexibility.

Good group decision making must not only eliminate the problems of idiots and gossip but also the problem of ignorance.

Roles are best read from the social circuits, rather than from the signaling of individuals.

The social role of exploring, such as when you want to explore the possibility of having a deeper relationship with someone, can be communicated by displaying a combination of honest signals of interest and an openness to influence. That is, you would adopt a high activity level along with variable emphasis and rhythm.For the social role of active

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Our sociometer-based labeling of group and task roles, however, wasn't as accurate as the human experts until we took social context into account. When we looked at everyone's signaling during a thirty-second slice of the exercise, then the sociometer readings could label the roles as accurately as the human experts

charismatic people are unusually expressive, sensitive, and have strong internal