Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
WeWork's current workplace model is more centred around flexibility and collaboration, with a wide variety of meeting spaces, more lounge-style seating and different types of lighting.
Dezeen • "No one wants a sea of desks anymore" says WeWork's global head of design
What you allow your milieu to feed into your mind is what you will be processing. It is what will carve the pathways of your brain. This is perhaps well-understood, in theory if not in practice.
But it is equally important to consider who and what you are sending output to.
But it is equally important to consider who and what you are sending output to.
Henrik Karlsson • First We Shape Our Social Graph; Then It Shapes Us
to communicate well and Cognitive & Behavioral Science
What is my impact
At Modulous we are building a technology platform that enables the delivery of high-quality, sustainable multi-family homes, at scale and pace, globally. One aspect of my work at Modulous is that we are designing and delivering standardized housing modules – like Lego boxes that plug in side-by-side and top-to-bottom.
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Numerous psychological studies have found that we seek out information that supports our pre-existing views – and avoid information that might contradict them.
This cognitive bias can push people into more extreme ideological positions | BPS
The rule of reframing is an emotionally intelligent technique based on cognitive psychology.
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), to reframe means to reconceptualize a problem by seeing it from a different perspective.
Justin Bariso • Emotionally Intelligent People Use the Rule of Reframing to Change Their Perspective, Think Differently, and Reduce Anxiety
Along the way, Berns explains the newest science of how memory, perception and influence play upon our pliable minds, and offers insights into better understanding who we are — and who can be.
The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent--And Reinvent--Our Identities a book by Gregory Berns
Ambivalent relationships are unpredictable. With a clear enemy, you put up a shield when you cross paths. With a frenemy, you never know whether Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde is going to show up.
Adam Grant • Opinion | Your Most Ambivalent Relationships Are the Most Toxic
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are... See more
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport