Even our most routine encounters act as regulators in the brain, priming emotions in us, some desirable, others not. The more strongly connected we are with someone emotionally, the greater the mutual force. The most potent exchanges occur with those people with whom we spend the greatest amount of time day in and day out, year after year—particularly those we care about the most.» Read more
this is also stated in the book Flip - How to succeed by truning everything you know on it's head: http://tinyurl.com/amnacf (my amazon affilate - i get a little dough). pp. 159 business is personal. Recommend it. Goes with Mavericks!
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Crhistine & Bunny - this one is for you and your leaners! - you can remix graphics with this, I will update bubble! - with a fab book my wife got - remxing graphics!
""A**holeology: The Science Behind Getting Your Way and Getting Away With It," to explain how applying the a-hole principle can help you effectively deal with bad customer service."
This research paper looks at the different types of testimonials that customers or service users can provide your organisation: to persuade and shape behaviour.
You can also extend this to your other stakeholders.
Very academic so you have to sift through it with patience and get the nuggets out.
The materials link to Every Child Matters outcomes and focus on four areas:
* community cohesion (including neighbourhood participation, community safety (especially issues around guns), gangs and knives)
* health and wellbeing (including sport, healthy eating)
* arts and culture (including encouraging reading, museum work)
* sustainable development (including global trade, sustainable living).
One of the things that always fascinated me with virtual worlds and social networks was how many users regard their online contacts as 'friends' in every sense of the word...with the exception that they've often never actually met.
"We may be differently occupied, but we're hanging out together, each doing our own thing. Nobody would be throwing up their hands in horror if we were all reading our books or staring into space having our own thoughts."