Lessons in Leadership: Thankfulness and Grati...

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The future of the design profession will be determined by value . . . both perceived and objectively measured. The traditional built environment disciplines of design are all at the crossroads of relevance. 

Felix, Mihir and their colleague Kathleen McGinn discuss the role of gratitude at work and at home. Gratitude can be incredibly effective, so why don’t we thank others more often? What goes wrong when a thank you seems shallow and inauthentic? Can gratitude even be an impediment ...  Show more

The practice of gratitude may help us to overcome our natural human tendency to focus on the negative. Here's why. 

We should always thank people when they do something nice for us. Gratitude is actually a good thing to have. But it does not have to be a public declaration. Why am I see people get angry that someone didn’t come to them personally and get on their knees to thank them? There are ...  Show more

One of the mysteries of human behavior is that it’s often easier for us to focus on what’s going wrong than on what’s going right in our lives. Why is that? Psychologist Thomas Gilovich studies the barriers that pr ...