Sex, Lies & Leadership: An inevitable threesome?
SEX scandals were the undoing of a remarkable number of Singaporeans last year. Leaders were exposed, shamed and removed from office; the public lost the benefit of those leaders’ contributions to society; and future public officers are nervous to go…
The Paths to Happiness
Skip the hard work, and opt for a transcranial magnetic stimulation—could happiness really be that straightforward? Jonathan Marshall chews on a disturbing simplicity for Global-is-Asian (Oct–Dec 2012)
Intuitive Decision Making
Many researchers claim that we make all our decisions from a place of self-interest. Presumably, then, Mother Teresa chose to help millions of people out of her own need to be needed, not because of a fundamental concern for others….
Leading to the Apocalypse
Throw a stone at the guy opposite you and the chances are that he’ll do a great job of ducking. And if you’d conducted the same experiment a couple of million years earlier, the same unlucky fellow would have done…
Lessons from 9/11: the dangers of spanking the floor
If World Bank predictions come true, we face the return of a 2008-type financial meltdown, soaring food prices, and millions in Africa dying if they do not receive urgent assistance. Ten years ago, the world was focused on a different…
The Six Factors of Leadership Derailment
With so many leaders getting derailed, you might wonder how you can avoid being next. Rupert Murdoch, ranked 13th most powerful person in the world by Forbes, is accused of “willful ignorance” in his management of one of the most…
The Psychology of a Dictator
As the current wave of uprisings in the Middle East continue to push dictators out of office, it is easy to wonder what makes those leaders so different… so narcissistic. Gaddafi, for example, is hated by many of his own…
Trance for Mental Resilience (a case study)
On 10 December 2008, Dr. Jonathan Marshall shared with the NUS community his use of trancework for mental resilience. The forum was presented by the NUS Development Office and the Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine….