CULTURE

One day during a coaching session, an executive asked me, “How do I know if I’m talking too much?” The question had emerged from the results of confidential interviews I had conducted at the executive’s request.  I had created a…
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I am privileged to work with leaders throughout the world in a dozen different industries and professions.  A very common theme is that their workload and job demands are never-ending. Indeed, they feel as if there are no limits to…
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Whether you’re sitting at the gate in the airport for your long-awaited trip or just relaxing in your backyard, it’s a great time of year to read a book. The team at gothamCulture has some interesting summer book…
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We’ve all experienced shiny pennies. As children, it seemed so magical to hold a newly-minted penny, as it sparkled in the light of day. When we held it next to another penny, we instantly drew a comparison and decided somehow that…
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A Venn Diagram is described by Will Kenton in Investopedia as “an illustration that uses circles to show the relationships among things or finite groups of things. Circles that overlap have a commonality while circles that do not…
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The concept of prestidigitation is central to magic shows.  It can involve a sleight of hand or the ability to distract a person while they are looking at a trick, using misdirection. Increasingly, the concept of prestidigitation is…
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“Be nice to those you meet on the way up because you will meet them on the way down,” is variously attributed to Jimmy Durante, Wilson Mizner, and even Walter Winchell. Whoever said it had a perspective from which we all can learn. In…
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Kate Gerasimova, Senior Associate at gothamCulture, has over 4 years of consulting experience, helping clients create efficiencies and improve their business performance through strategy and organizational development, change management,…
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Ever do some deep and reflective thinking while you were walking or hiking? It happened to me one day some years back when my best friend invited me to walk the beach near our home. It was a Sunday and I had just finished a few hours…
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One day, I was sitting at my computer listening to my coworkers as they busily edited a survey on Qualtrics. Because I’m totally blind, I was using a screen reader, which reads the screen out loud to me, and I was using keyboard…
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