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Leadership Lessons: The Absurdity of Complexity
I remember as a young Captain in the Army, preparing for the intensely
competitive entrance exam to the prestigious Defence Services Staff College. The
breadth and depth of skill sets reuired to be mastered !as truly enormous, and I
!as making heavy !eather of it. "y Commanding #fficer stopped by one evening
to check ho! I !as faring !ith the preparations. Seeing that I !as looking all
hassled, he took me aside and imparted to me an enduring piece of advice $
%&hen you are at your !its end at finding solutions to complex problems, stop
!hat you are doing and !atch a D'D of the cartoon strip Tom ( )erry for a !hile.
All the military tactics you ever needed to master is right there. Solutions to
problems !ill come flo!ing through to you%
#ver the years, I have often marveled at the depth of that apparently disarming
yet compelling logic. *o!, having hung up my uniform and shifted to the
Corporate +ungle, it is apparent that the underlying principle remains unaltered.
eep It Simple, Stupid. In the high octane !orld of business, you are surrounded
by the number crunchers $ the -big daddies ( mommies/ of 0ig Data-. Don-t get
me !rong. They are crucial, indeed critical to the decision support matrix. &hat
they often do not do ho!ever, is to simplify it for ease of decision for the
management. That is for you, the leader to do. All the business schools !ill teach
you ho! to interpret numbers and analyse data. &hat very fe! !ill teach you is
the art of stripping the end product of the analysis to its bare essentials.
1ssentials that can help the management make an informed yet simple decision. A 2es or a *o3
4ife is complex. 0usiness decisions can be life altering and apparently even more
complex to reach. 0ut trust me, stepping back every no! and then to vie! the
stripped do!n version of the complex sum of its parts ama5ingly alters your vie!.
Solutions shall flo!. As a leader, your aim should resolutely remain to strip the
problem of its complexities. Shun the absurdity of complexities. Aim to be the
CS# $ the Chief Simplicity #fficer. That is !hat is going to lead you on to the
corner office of the C1#.
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is a simple problem. Mandela in his prison never hired and fired followers.is a simple problem. Mandela in his prison never hired and fired followers.
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Great Tricks for Reading People’s Body Language
0ody language provides an ama5ing amount of information on !hat other people
are thinking if you kno! !hat to look for. And !ho hasn6t !anted to read people6s
minds at some point3
2ou already pick up on more body language cues than you6re consciously a!are
of. 7C4A research has sho!n that only 89 of communication is based on the
actual !ords !e say. As for the rest, :;9 comes from tone of voice and the
remaining
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that can give you an edge is po!erful and !ill streamline your path to success.
TalentSmart has tested more than a million people and found that the upper
echelons of top performance are filled !ith people !ho are high in emotional
intelligence =>9 of top performers, to be exact/. These people kno! the po!er
that unspoken signals have in communication, and they monitor body language
accordingly.
*ext time you6re in a meeting or even on a date or playing !ith your kids/, !atch
for these cues?
Crossed arms and legs signal resistance to your ideas. Crossed arms and
legs are physical barriers that suggest the other person is not open to !hat you6re
saying. 1ven if they6re smiling and engaged in a pleasant conversation, their body
language tells the story. @erard I. *ierenberg and enry . Calero videotaped
more than B,>>> negotiations for a book they !rote on reading body language,
and not a single one ended in an agreement !hen one of the parties had their legs
crossed !hile negotiating. sychologically, crossed legs or arms signal that a
person is mentally, emotionally, and physically blocked off from !hat6s in front of
them. It6s not intentional, !hich is !hy it6s so revealing.
Real smiles crinkle the eyes. &hen it comes to smiling, the mouth can lie but
the eyes can6t. @enuine smiles reach the eyes, crinkling the skin to create cro!6s
feet around them. eople often smile to hide !hat they6re really thinking andfeeling, so the next time you !ant to kno! if someone6s smile is genuine, look for
crinkles at the corners of their eyes. If they aren6t there, that smile is hiding
something.
Copying your body language is a good thing. ave you ever been in a
meeting !ith someone and noticed that every time you cross or uncross your legs,
they do the same3 #r perhaps they lean their head the same !ay as yours !hen
you6re talking3 That6s actually a good sign. "irroring body language is something
!e do unconsciously !hen !e feel a bond !ith the other person. It6s a sign that
the conversation is going !ell and that the other party is receptive to your
message. This kno!ledge can be especially useful !hen you6re negotiating,
because it sho!s you !hat the other person is really thinking about the deal.
Posture tells the story. ave you ever seen a person !alk into a room, and
immediately, you have kno!n that they !ere the one in charge3 That effect is
largely about body language, and often includes an erect posture, gestures made
!ith the palms facing do!n, and open and expansive gestures in general. The
brain is hard!ired to euate po!er !ith the amount of space people take up.
Standing up straight !ith your shoulders back is a po!er position it appears to
maximi5e the amount of space you fill. Slouching, on the other hand, is the result
of collapsing your form it appears to take up less space and pro+ects less po!er.
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you6re a leader or not.
Eyes that lie. "ost of us probably gre! up hearing, E4ook me in the eye !hen
you talk to meFG #ur parents !ere operating under the assumption that it6s tough
to hold someone6s ga5e !hen you6re lying to them, and they !ere right to an
extent. 0ut that6s such common kno!ledge that people !ill often deliberately
hold eye contact in an attempt to cover up the fact that they6re lying. The problem
is that most of them overcompensate and hold eye contact to the point that it feels
uncomfortable. #n average, Americans hold eye contact for seven to ten seconds,
longer !hen !e6re listening than !hen !e6re talking. If you6re talking !ith
someone !hose stare is making you suirmHespecially if they6re very still and
unblinkingHsomething is up and they might be lying you.
Raised eyebrows signal discomfort. There are three main emotions that
make your eyebro!s go up? surprise, !orry, and fear. Try raising your eyebro!s
!hen you6re having a relaxed casual conversation !ith a friend. It6s hard to do,
isn6t it3 If somebody !ho is talking to you raises their eyebro!s and the topic isn6t
one that !ould logically cause surprise, !orry, or fear, there is something else
going on.
Exaggerated nodding signals anxiety about approval. &hen you6re telling
someone something and they nod excessively, this means that they are !orried
about !hat you think of them or that you doubt their ability to follo! your
instructions.
A clenched jaw signals stress. A clenched +a!, a tightened neck, or a
furro!ed bro! are all signs of stress. egardless of !hat the person is saying,
these are signs of considerable discomfort. The conversation might be delving
into something they6re anxious about, or their mind might be else!here and
they6re focusing on the thing that6s stressing them out. The key is to !atch for that
mismatch bet!een !hat the person says and !hat their tense body language is
telling you.
The bottom line is that even if you can6t read a person6s exact thoughts, you can
learn a lot from their body language, and that6s especially true !hen !ords and
body language don6t match.
What other body language clues do you look for? Please share your thoughts in
the comments section below, as I learn just as much from you as you do from
me.
r. !ravis "radberry is the a!ard$!inning co$author of the JK bestselling
book, Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the !orld-s
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The American City Was Built for Cars. What Will
Happen When They All Leave?
,ost of "hat "e bu! - bubble gum# blouses# books# baseball - is destined to last
da!s# "eeks# ma!be !ears. ut "e think of houses as investments rather thanconsumable goods because houses last decades or centuries. ver that time# "hat
makes a house valuable doesn/t change much "ell al"a!s like plent! of suare
footage# vie"s# and mostl! prefer living in cities "ith nearb! restaurants# train
stations and obs.
3nd "e love parking. 4here "e live# "ork and even eat is shaped b! "here "e can
park our cars. 3 car has been the pet that 3mericans insist on accommodating# in
numbers ten times higher than modern parts of 3sia like Hong ong.
ut no" a change is at hand. 6esla ' 'lon ,usk predicts that cars "ill drive
themselves in t"o !ears. hris 8rmson at 9oogle estimates it "ill take five !ears.
3lread! :!ft and 8ber have shifted millennials/ home;bu!ing preferences "ho
needs a garage# or for that matter a kitchen or a living room# "hen transportation#
food and even a social life are all available online and on;demand< 6his is "h!#
even as urban home prices boom# "e see couples "ith one car or no cars
preferring smaller homes "ith fe"er amenities but a high 4alk =core and nearb!
transit.
$n our lifetimes# and the lifetimes of our mortgages# the self;driving car could
change the shape of the 3merican cit! even more profoundl!. 8nlike the cars of
toda!# "hich are parked >+% of the time# self;driving cars "ill be in semi;
continuous service e?cept in the "ee hours@ "e/ll need far fe"er cars overall# and
those that remain "ill leave to"n at night.
3 third of urban real estate is devoted to parking garages that could become
parks@ there are eight 8.=. parking spaces for ever! car in operation# for as man!
as t"o billion 8.=. spaces overall. 6hirteen percent of ever! lot for a t!pical single;
famil! home is no" dedicated to a garage that could be converted into an office ora mother;in;la" apartment@ "ith the income provided b! 3irn and other
propert!;rental sites# single;famil! homes could thus become 1A% more
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fi?ed;fee garage;conversion services# in much the same "a! that old houses "ere
once converted en masse to use modern furnaces and plumbing.
=elf;driving cars "ill also change homebu!ers/ location preferences. Data from
:!ft and 8ber alread! sho" that "hen private transit becomes significantl!
cheaper# public;transit use also increases man! carless households replace the
car "ith a mi? of private and public transit. 3s cars become a service rather than
an asset# pro?imit! to bus lines ma! become less important# but sub"a!s and
trains that can b!pass car traffic altogether "ill onl! gro" in popularit!.
Ho" should this affect !our home;bu!ing decisions toda!< Berhaps not much@ the
average lifespan of a car is 15 !ears# so it ma! be 20A5 or later before nearl! all
cars are self;driving. 3nd "e/ll still need at least some parking# not to mention a
place for our skis and la"n;mo"er.
ut our guess is that the future# "hich usuall! doesn/t come to pass at an even
pace# "ill happen faster than that@ there "ill be a tipping point# driven in this case
b! the over"helming convenience and safet! of self;driving cars# and b! the
likelihood that onl! a small proportion of cars need to be self;driving before real
estate prices begin to anticipate a "orld "here most cars are that "a!.
Cegardless of "hen !ou "ant to prepare for the future# here/s our take on "hat to
do about it
Don’t pay a premium for a garage. 6oda! the same home "ith or
"ithout a garage costs an e?tra 50#000 per parking space. 3 decade from
no" self;driving cars "ill make urban homes "ith less parking more
attractive.
Do pay a premium for proximity to a subway station or rail
station. 6oda! pro?imit! to transit adds A0% to a home/s value. 3s the
number of partiall! or completel! carless households increases# "e believe
that premium "ill be closer to 50% in a decade.
3nd last but not least# consider the possibilit! that a home next to an
unsightly parking garage may one day be situated next to a new
park or a ne" block of coffee shops and restaurants.
3 hundred !ears ago# the car "as the reason that cities became something entirel!
different than villages# "ith spra"l# painful commutes and gated communities.
Eo" the self;driving car ma! bring the old idea of a village back to the future.
$"ennke"man is t!e CE- o (ein, a tec!no"o$y/powere rea" estate broker.
%!oto creit0 T!omas &awk on F"ickr.
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