“La haine et la colère sont le plus grand poison du bonheur et de l’esprit.”
“Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.”
― Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London, and a faculty member at Columbia University developed for Harvard Business Review a tool to quickly assess your curiosity, based on a more sophisticated survey by Hogan Assessments.
It will stack up against other test takers in three key areas: unconventionality, intellectual hunger, and experiential curiosity. It will also suggest creativity exercises, readings about agility and advices to get out of your comfort zone.
Click here to start the test.
For the ones of you who want to explore the much more complex concept of creativity in function of the context (measuring the individual, assessing the origin or influences of a work, using a strict program or assessing the cultural value of a work), you can read this very good synthesis.
If you want to know what your drivers are – according to the theory of transactional analysis – take the test here.
Source : hbr.org, senseandsensation.com
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“La terre rit avec des fleurs.”
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Ne renoncez jamais à un rêve juste à cause du temps qu’il faudra pour l’
“Never give up on a dream because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”
― Earl Nightingale
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Conductor of The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, teacher and speaker, Benjamin Zander gave this energising talk about the transformative power of classical music.
Video in English, sous-titres français.
Beyond these views, I caught two brilliant quotes that explains what leadership is and also how careful we should use words:
« I realized my job was to awaken possibility in other people. And of course, I wanted to know whether I was doing that. How do you find out? You look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it. »
« I learned this from a woman who survived Auschwitz, one of the rare survivors. She went to Auschwitz when she was 15 years old. And … And her brother was eight, and the parents were lost. And she told me this, she said, « We were in the train going to Auschwitz, and I looked down and saw my brother’s shoes were missing. I said, ‘Why are you so stupid, can’t you keep your things together for goodness’ sake?' » The way an elder sister might speak to a younger brother. Unfortunately, it was the last thing she ever said to him, because she never saw him again. He did not survive. And so when she came out of Auschwitz, she made a vow. She told me this. She said, « I walked out of Auschwitz into life and I made a vow. And the vow was, ‘I will never say anything that couldn’t stand as the last thing I ever say.’ Now, can we do that? No. And we’ll make ourselves wrong and others wrong. But it is a possibility to live into. »
By the way, what is the last thing you said?
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“Ce qui m’arrive arrive à tous les fruits qui mûrissent.
C’est le miel dans mes veines qui rend mon sang plus épais et aussi mon âme plus silencieuse.”
“What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe.
It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.”
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“La danse est mieux que la vengeance.”
“Dance is better than revenge.”
― Brigitte Fontaine
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“Un infini de passions peut tenir dans une minute, comme une foule dans un petit espace.”
“An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.”
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A research carried out amongst 2,600 executives by Steven N. Kaplan at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Morten Sorensen at Copenhagen Business School using data collected during more than ten years shows that candidates for C-suite positions (CEO, CFO, COO and others) can be classified by four primary factors: general ability, execution skills, charisma and strategic skills.
Interestingly, researchers observed that CEO candidates tend to score higher on all four of these factors but also that hired candidates score higher than all assessed candidates on interpersonal skills (for each job category) suggesting that such skills are important in the selection process.
Scores on the four factors also predict future career progression. Non-CEO candidates who score higher on the four factors are subsequently more likely to become CEOs.
Those results are relevant to previous academic work. So, if your ambition is to lead a company it will be useful to consider a self-assessment based on the 30 characteristics* componing the four predictive factors. This will help you find out if your profile ‘fits’ or if working on yourself on specific dimensions is recommended.
* Develops People, Removes Underperformers, Respect, Efficiency, Network, Flexible, Integrity, Organization, Calm, Aggressive, Fast, Commitments, Brainpower, Analytical Skills, Strategic Vision, Creative etc.
Source : Social Science Research Network,
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