Tag: behaviour
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De-escalating client issues : how to work with less than an optimal situation
No work with clients – and other humans in generally – is just sunshine. There will be bad days, misunderstandings, cultural and social differences, and above all, people who expect especially a different or new employee on the job to magically transform into the person they are used to working with.This is neither fair nor…
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Can anthropology truly work cross business?
One of the most important things to remember when talking about anthropology is that it is about us, humans – literally. It covers who we are, what we do, how we behave – and that is exactly what business does too.When I first started this consulting business, I had to repeatedly explain to people what…
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It’s (always) the end of the world as we know it – GPT-3, Deepfakes and humanity
When photography was invented, all manners of beliefs were almost immediately attached to it. The camera was an almost magical device. It was supposed to be able to capture supernatural, among other things… photos of ectoplasm and ghosts, for instance, became a staple (link).In reality, the invention of photography meant that faking things was suddenly…
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No man is an island…except after a pandemic
As offices everywhere begin to slowly, tentatively reopen, the return to the everyday life simply isn’t what we knew. With the covid-19 considered to be under fragile control (and with a potential new wave always possible), there is a host of new rules to consider for the average office worker…if they even return. According to…