Necessary Mischief

TYPHOID MERRY
Now just stay with me a minute, this is a good thing – thus the oh so clever play on words. Given the power of contagion with germs, rumors, and fear, why not use it for the good stuff?
The National Academy of Sciences recently reported “the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior is contagious and [...]

JANUARY 2010

The Slippery Art of TIMING

Timing is a frighteningly powerful feat, producing everything from divine to disastrous results.  And it’s critical to almost everything we do:  merging in traffic, passing the ball, asking for a raise, cooking a meal, closing the deal, catching a plane or Ark, delivering the punch line, winning the [...]