Emotional Equations
January 14, 2012 at 3:29 pm 2 comments
Dan Pink posted a short interview with Chip Conley on his creation of emotional equations.
With an interesting twist on the Fresh Ideas strategy “Draw It Forward,” Chip Conley crafted simple formulas to illustrate universal truths, creating a “visual lexicon for mastering your life challenges.”
For example:
Regret = Disappointment + Responsibility
Jealousy = Mistrust – Self Esteem
Authenticity = Self Awareness X Courage
Happiness = Wanting What You Have / Having What You Want
Wisdom = the square root of Experience
What formulas (+ – / X = ) could you play with to capture relationships between the forces at work within your challenge?
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Dick Webster | January 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm
How about “Critical mass is the square root of a population.”
Example: IF five of a company of 25 (or 10 of 100, or 10,000 of 100,000) “get it,” i.e., become attached to an idea and talk it up, THEN that idea will “take ahold” and spread.
R. S. Webster, Ph.D. /
Worthington OH.
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freshideasatwork | January 16, 2012 at 12:39 am
Interesting application – what would this critical mass have to be to the power of (or multiplied by) to make “it” work?
Thanks for posting!