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How To Overcome Opposition To The Scientific Consensus

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Typically the flow of scientific communication has been one-way, with those in the scientific community attempting to educate the general public on their findings and help forge agreement with their scientific consensus. “Human opposition to scientific consensus is an extremely important topic. ” Identity matters.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus.

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How Proximity To Cities Shapes Our Politics

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The researchers analyzed survey data from Gallup from 2003-2018, and found clear evidence of a urban-rural political divide. The data showed that the proximity to cities of at least 100,000 people, and the population density of that city, played a huge role in the political beliefs and the partisan affiliation of people.

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It’s Important To Understand People For Hierarchy To Work

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The aim was to examine how a hierarchy elicits an emotional response from people and ultimately affects education reforms in various contexts. Emapthy, which was conveyed when leaders made values-based connections with educators, beyond merely referring to their past teaching experience.

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Are Smaller Economies Naturally More Competitive?

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Earlier this year a group of Harvard Business School academics warned that the dysfunctional nature of American politics was harming the country’s competitiveness. “In part these may be fed by the fact it is easy to find social consensus.”. Small economies for the win.

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Fact Checking Services Help To Reduce False Beliefs

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“When we started doing misinformation work about five years ago, it was the consensus that correcting misinformation wasn’t just ineffective, but that it was aggravating the problem and making people more entrenched in their false beliefs,” the researchers explain. “We found no evidence of that in these four countries.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

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Unfortunately, for many people, fluctuating feelings can run on overdrive in response to a society overflowing with negativity – think natural disasters, mass shootings, suicides and even a heated political environment all occurring with disturbing regularity. Take practical steps to help your organization. The Bottom Line.