Hamilton has finally arrived! It seems appropriate that we take a deeper look at the motivations of some of our favorite characters. It’s interesting to examine a few of the players and understand ways in which we are alike – and different – even 250 years later! This post is based on characters in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical who are based on historical figures. … [Read more...]
A Jedi Guide to Star Wars DISC Styles
Piggy-backing off of our analysis of The Godfather, let’s look at another group of iconic American film characters. This time we’ll look at the DISC communication styles present in George Lucas’s Star Wars series. While we could certainly look at some of the characters of the more recent movies in the series, the main characters Lucas introduced to us over 40 years ago (and … [Read more...]
DISC Styles of the Corleone Family
Two of our recent posts profiled a couple of different pop culture businesses with The Office and Silicon Valley. In this post we’re going to take a look at a different kind of business and one of the most iconic series in American film history: The Godfather saga. They didn’t inhabit a brick and mortar office, nor were they ranked on any Fortune or Forbes listing. Still, … [Read more...]
The Idea of Benign Intent
https://youtu.be/s5Oc_BnRBvk?rel=0&showinfo=0 One idea that we talk about in our training programs is the idea of what we call benign intent. When you interact with other people, they will eventually say or do something that you don't understand or that you understand incorrectly. It might even frustrate or irritate you. Benign intent is based on the presumption … [Read more...]
The Supportive Traits of Mister Rogers
Every day for decades children of all ages turned on their televisions to learn about the world from their favorite neighbor, Mister Rogers. Unlike many shows on television for kids, he wasn’t bold or flashy, loud or boisterous, violent or rambunctious. He wasn’t there to entertain so much as he was to reach and teach viewers intentional lessons about what was going on … [Read more...]