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Polyafficity
Polyafficity [pɒlɪ əˈfɪsəti] noun A way of experiencing the world that is characterized by a multiplicity of group-affiliations. // The university had a culture of polyafficity among its students; it was the norm to be a member of at least two different…
Reciprocity in Everyday Life
Oftentimes when I make a large meal, I put some of it in a reusable container and give it to a neighbor. It is a form of food storage, because my generosity is usually reciprocated in the form of free food at…
Reciprocity Rings
In Adam Grant’s book Give and Take: Why helping others drives our success, he describes a workshop called a “Reciprocity Ring”, a one-time face-to-face or virtual meeting where each person has the opportunity to bring a request to the table and get…
Social Network Analysis
How well do you know the informal social network in your organization? Studies have found that those who have the most accurate mental model of the social network are likely to be highly influential, because knowing the reality of how people are…
Creativity and Connection
What is creativity? And what makes a creative team? Is it the creativity of individual parts of the brain or individual team members? Maybe it’s none of those things. Perhaps, creativity is about creating new things, and that requires the coordination of…
Survival of the Fittest, and other Myths
What if I told you that many of the things you tell yourself, the assumptions you hold about who you are and how the world works, were fundamentally inaccurate, and may be holding you and your business back? Ideas such as “survival…
How a Paradigm Shift Can Resolve Your Current Crisis
You have probably heard the phrase “paradigm shift” used to describe every new technology imaginable, from AI to electric cars to “k-cup” coffee machines. But what exactly is a “paradigm shift”? The prolific buzzword, popularized in the 1960s by Thomas Kuhn’s book…
Cultivating a Culture of Reciprocity
We all talk about the benefits of diversity in the workplace, but what about the benefits of reciprocity? Reciprocity, the back-and-forth exchange of favors over time, is a mutually beneficial practice that can help your business thrive, and at Harmonic Reciprocity Systems,…
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