Stanley Milgram on Social Constraints

If you think it is easy to violate social constraints, get onto a bus and sing out loud.

In "Psychology in Today's World" (1975). Stanley Milgram (1933–1984) was an American social psychologist. He conducted various studies and published articles during his lifetime, with the most notable being his controversial study on obedience to authority, conducted in the 1960s during his professorship at Yale. Milgram was influenced by the events of the Holocaust, specifically the trial of Adolf Eichmann, in developing this experiment.



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Coretta Scott King on Hate

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

As quoted in "Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World‎" (2006) by Leo Parvis. Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.



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Kurt Vonnegut on Triumph

The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.

In "The Sirens of Titan" (1959). Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) was an American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor, and science fiction.



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Mary Wollstonecraft on Feelings

We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel.

In "Letters" (1796). Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book



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Leadership and Markets

Much has been written on leadership in Project Management, but almost every line is about the tip of the iceberg. Did you know there’s a huge amount of stuff beneath it? One of the things you’ll find beneath is the market where relationships lie. Have you ever heard about social and business markets?
We'll start by explaining these concepts from Behavioral Economics and then explore its impacts on Project Management, in particular on leadership.
If I got your attention, please keep on reading!