NEWS IN BRIEF

In the box Clients seeking creative solutions to problems should avoid ‘thinking outside the box’, suggests research by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The researchers looked at whether it is best to use unrelated concepts to drive...

Positive emotions are nonsense

You are putting your decision-making ability at risk if you wish only to cultivate ‘positive’ emotions, said Professor Brown, opening day two of the AC conference. “There is a great danger coming out of the positive psychology field. Some emotions were thought of as...

Leading in a turbulent world

By Zsófia Anna Utry If organisations are to survive and maintain sustainability they need to embrace complexity, paradox, difference and emotions. Ian McDermott, Naomi Iles and Professor Paul Brown, in workshops at the AC conference, all made the case for openness...