1: “Since 1980, about 650,000 Americans have lived who would have died if traffic death rates had remained the same,” Steven Pinker writes in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.
Automobile deaths are down twenty-four-fold since the numbers were tabulated for the first time in 1921. Which is “not even the full story,” he writes, “since for every person who died there were others who … continue reading
1: Many people believe that we live in the worst of times and that things continue to get worse.
Nothing could be farther from the truth, Steven Pinker writes in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.
How do we know this is true?
Data.
In prior RiseWithDrews, we’ve looked at a number of incredible trends: the mind-boggling uptick in prosperity, the dramatic decline … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Let’s say we’re going to buy something.
It’s a significant purchase. We’re going to lay out some of our hard-earned cash.
Imagine we have two options.
Option one? We … continue reading
1: And how do we create more of them?
Those are amongst the questions Chip and Dan Heath pose in their terrific book The Power of Moments.
Chip and Dan share the research of Harry Reis, a social psychologist who has spent his career studying this mystery.
Turns our there is a simple answer: Our relationships are stronger when we perceive that our partners are responsive to us.
2: What does … continue reading
1: “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period,” says Dr. Robert Waldinger, director of the longest and most comprehensive study on human happiness.
Period. Hard stop.
Robert tells us: “It’s not the number of friends you have; it’s the quality of your close relationships that matters.”
In his book The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor shares … continue reading
1: Yesterday, we looked at the stunning increase in prosperity over the past 200 years.
“The story of the growth of prosperity in human history is close to: nothing . . . nothing . . . nothing . . . (repeat for a few thousand years) . . . boom!” writes Steven Pinker in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.
Imagine a standard nine-inch pie … continue reading
Much of the discussion around poverty centers on who is to blame.
“Few people believe that accidents or diseases have perpetrators,” writes Steven Pinker in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.”
Yet “discussions of poverty consist mostly of arguments about whom to blame for it.”
Wrong question, Steven believes.
Poverty “needs no explanation. In a world governed by entropy and evolution, it is the default … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Question: What’s the big deal about being a great place to work?
Four words.
The. War. For. Talent.
The current unemployment rate is 3.4%. The unemployment rate for college … continue reading
1: Our goal as leaders?
To build a high-performing team or teams.
The problem?
Our assumptions around group culture are mostly wrong, Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.
“Group culture is one of the most powerful forces on the planet,” he writes. “We sense its presence inside successful businesses, championship teams, and thriving families, and we sense when it’s absent or toxic.”… continue reading
Why psychological safety plays such an important role in team performance
1: 43 out of 44.
That’s the number of groups that behaved the same way in the “Bad Apple Experiment.”
An actor Nick was placed into these four-person groups instructed to create a marketing plan for a start-up.
Will Felps, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of New South Wales in Australia, designed the study. He trained … continue reading
