persagen, to news
@persagen@mastodon.social avatar

Pg-RSS external news feeds: Saturday 2024-05-04
News/analytics re: abuses of wealth, power, influence

📱 1-col: https://persagen.com/rss/pg-extnews.m.xml
💻️ 2-col: https://persagen.com/rss/pg-extnews.xml
🌐 Click title to go to external news source

Updated throughout the day
Victoria, Persagen.com 🙏

+

Image: Pg-RSS news feed

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Need more Influence at work? (We all do, even the self employed)

  • Develop Empathy
  • Listen with the Intent to Understand
  • Shoe Benefit of the change is better than the Status Quo ++++++++
  • Ask for Help, Don't Tell
  • Find people who don't already agree with you, but aren't too far away.
  • Make smaller requests first -> Larger requests later
  • Reduce risk -> make decisions reversible

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Top things that kill your Influence at work

  • Force people into a decision
  • Failure to overcome the Status Quo
  • Change is too far outside of my "zone of acceptance"
  • Risk of change
  • Not Listening to Others
  • Lack of Empathy
  • Failure to build rapport
  • Not supporting others when they need your help

When you fail to -- look to your own actions before grumbling about others

Nonilex, to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

🧵 Thurs, May 2

charges are falsifying business records to hide payments in lead up to 2016 election to electorate

just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.

's lawyer, , to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

The Catalyst: Jonah Berger is good reminder of the possibility of good things, even when the gap is large. I just reread the story of Virginia who talking to a voter about Transgendered people. The voter calls them 'fags'. Virginia "I'm gay does that include me?". This turns to a discussion with the voter about their disabled spouse and being able to love anyone. By the end of conversation, the voter has changed their view. Deep listening, #empathy and #vulnerability go a long way.

#Influence

linforme, to business French
@linforme@masto.ai avatar

❌ Le trouble business de Sonia Tlev, créatrice du Top Body Challenge

👉 Sur les réseaux sociaux, l’influenceuse distille, depuis Dubaï, ses conseils sportifs et diététiques à plus de trois millions d’abonnés. Un business lucratif… qui intrigue le fisc et laisse un goût amer à d’anciennes collaboratrices.

https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-trouble-business-de-sonia-tlev-creatrice-du-top-body-challenge_1332.html

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Mapping - set of ideas to help you determine how to influence people, outside your normal sphere of influence https://charleslambdin.com/2021/12/14/influence-mapping-part-1/

Nonilex, to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

#TrumpTrial Day 4 🧵 starts here.

Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder

Nonilex,
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

suggested that buy 's story, leading to the deal, repayments & records at issue.

The prosecution’s discussion of the deal w/ —brokered in summer 2016— demonstrated that the payment was part of a to that year’s .

Pecker said that McDougal’s payment was disguised as a contract for services, to avoid violating .

Nonilex, to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Start of #TrumpTrial testimony day3 (I’m not counting jury selection or off days) 🧵

#Tabloid Publisher #DavidPecker to Resume Testimony

#Pecker, the longtime publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, is expected to return to the stand & describe the #HushMoney deal w/ #StormyDaniels at the heart of the case, in which #Trump is charged w/ 34 #felonies.

#criminal #law #CatchAndKill #FakeNews #ElectionInterference

Nonilex,
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

drills into a critical element of the prosecution's case: that these payments to were made to the .

confidently identifies exhibits that corroborate his story about McDougal.

Pecker admits straightforwardly that he didn't "want this story to embarrass Mr. Trump or embarrass or hurt the campaign."

The testimony neatly establishes that knowingly violated laws.

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

15 yrs ago I read one book on

Since then it more doubled in size.

Then it had children.

BTW The Catalyst - Jonah Berger is so good that I have 20+ postit notes over two chapters.

(Can't alt tags to work. Books are Influence: The Psychology or Persuasion - Robert Cialdini - 2 editions and How Minds Change David McRaney)

image/jpeg
image/jpeg

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

When we give people data, we expect the data will overcome preconceived notions and change minds. Sometimes data works at changing minds. 10 yrs ago the vaccine autism link was throughly debunked. (Orig paper was fraud). Yet showing ppl the truth often backfired. Some went from slightly anti-vaccine to throughly.

If the distance between their current thinking and the new belief is too far, it is easier to reject.
https://buff.ly/3w3GRWX

Source: The Catalyst - Jonah Berger

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Where do you wish you had more ? Where has an failure harmed you in the past?

Nonilex, (edited ) to random
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Alright, who’s ready to see #Trump get his just deserts? He fucked up the whole damn world & that’s not an overstatement.

PS #BabySquirrel & I had a lovely weekend. It’s as boy! (He’s developed discernible - stuff)
He is doing quite well! Name: “Ramone” because he’s a sweet little punk rocker.

Nonilex,
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Expected to be the first witness in the is , the fmr publisher of the , who bought & buried damaging stories about in a scheme to unlawfully the 2016 presidential election.

Nonilex,
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

describes “ scheme, in which bought stories that were problems for & buried them.
NOT NORMAL

Colangelo describes some NE headlines that helped Trump's 2016 , embarrassing campaign opponents incl’g & .
Prosecutors are limited to the HEADLINES per . They go to Trump’s : to the election by promoting negative stories about others & suppressing those about himself.

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Mere exposure to ideas that are outside of our zone of acceptance can reinforce our existing beliefs. Chris Bail et al ran experiment on twitter, they had hoped to discover that getting people to listen to ideas different from their own would moderate opinions. Result: the opposite. Exposure to ideas from the other caused them to take on more extreme beliefs. https://buff.ly/4aHbbpo

Share examples of where this has undermined your work?

Source: The Catalyst - Jonah Berger

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

We trigger when we leave the other person feeling (not thinking ;-), that our request is all about us and not their emotional need. If you want to avoid take the time to listen to other people's needs. Really listen with the intent to understand. (Hint this is often an emotional response, better explaining your idea won't help)

When have you triggered reactance, by putting your own needs first? What did you do to recover?

Nonilex, to anime_titties
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Secret #Russian #ForeignPolicy document urges action to weaken the #US

#Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the #UnitedStates, & leverage the #Ukraine #war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, acc/to a secret Foreign Ministry document.

#geopolitics #influence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/17/russia-foreign-policy-us-weaken/

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

and What to do about them
You're a manager who just asked your leadership to solve an impediment. Starting a new team and you tell them they need to use Scrum. In both cases you're surprised by the defensive reaction you just triggered. What happened?

https://buff.ly/3vWVE5W

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

without Authority. To overcome the Endowment effect, it helps to highlight the cost of inaction. In the world, we often deal with teams that say, we too rushed or busy to improve. Consider showing them cost of not doing anything. Not refactoring and improving engineering practice? Highlight the increase of chaos in their code. Not improving flow? Consider measuring # of days items are stuck waiting to be worked on. Show the failure to act is already harming the team.

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Berger's - The Catalyst, offers "Burn the Boats" as way overcoming the Endowment effect. Historically Cortes did this to force his men to conquer what we now call Mexico. Two obvious problems - few people have enough control over their situation that they have an opportunity to burn the boats. The other is that sometimes it backfires - hello Noika. (I assume we all remember the burning platform memo)

So far this is my least favourite tool

Source: The Catalyst - Jonah Berger

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

without Authority. We get kicked by the Endowment effect: It is easier to tolerate the status quo than to make change. In the world this is made worse because of a Cost Benefit Timing Gap. We pay a lot of $$ upfront and the benefit only shows up later. Sometimes much later. This tells us we need to change how we offer Change.

We must speed the time to benefit and reduce the cost/risk. Look for clever ways reduce cost of change and even make it reversible (less risk).

kravietz, to random Polish
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl avatar

Taka obserwacja kulturowo-socjologiczna: na Fediverse od dawna jest trochę Rosjan “z Rosji” (w sensie, że nie emigrantów), głównie uciekinierów z mainstreamowych rosyjskich sieci społecznościowych typu VK po wprowadzeniu cenzury kilka lat temu. Poza grupą autentycznie szurniętych nacjonalistów (którzy też byli wtedy w Rosji ścigani, stąd ucieczka z VK) z większością z nich do wojny i przez pierwszy rok można było normalnie dyskutować. Mam tu na myśli dyskusję na poziomie jaki mogą prowadzić ludzie mający czasem odmienne poglądy ale potrafiący wysłuchać argumentów drugiej strony i z nimi polemizować lub je przyjąć. Ale w ciągu ostatniego roku dokonała się ciekawa zmiana kulturowa. Jeżeli mogę dokonać kilku uogólnień na podstawie niedawnej (i chyba ostatniej) dyskusji z nimi:

  • W złym tonie jest podawanie… źródeł informacji. W dobrym tonie jest pisanie “swoimi słowami”. To znaczy, jeżeli ktoś napisze “ja wiem, że rakiety S-300 nie mogą trafiać w cele naziemne” to ma to z ich punktu widzenia większą wartość poznawczą niż ”nawet ze źródeł rosyjskich wynika, że mogą - tutaj jest link do TopWar.ru” (popularny portal wojskowy w Rosji). Nie mam pojęcia z czego to wynika, podejrzewam jakiś podprogowy komunikat o tym, że wszystkie linki mogą prowadzić do exploitów i wirusów.
  • Całkowite pogrążenie w oficjalnej rosyjskiej narracji - oni nie wiedzą, że Charków był regularnie ostrzeliwany od lutego 2022 i autentycznie myślą, że rosyjskie ostrzały Charkowa zaczęły się dopiero w odwecie za ukraińskie ostrzały Biełgorodu czyli około grudnia 2023.
  • Całkowita brak zdolności do konfrontacji z informacją nie pasującą do tej oficjalnej narracji. W naszej kulturze, jeżeli ktoś poda informację sprzeczną z naszą wiedzą to zaczyna się kopanie w źródłach - albo ja mam błędne źródło, albo on/ona i na podstawie uznawanych przez obie strony można to ustalić. Rosyjskie “pokolenie wojenne” po prostu kończy dyskusję, nie było tematu.
  • Ciekawe zjawisko “podwójnej moralności” - wobec “swoich” przyznajemy nieco więcej (np. ludobójcze cele Kremla w zakresie “złamania Ukrainy”) niż wobec “obcych” (negowanie tych wypowiedzi i upieranie się, że to tylko “”emocje”). Ale to akurat Rosjanie mieli zawsze, to nie jest nowe zjawisko.
  • Odrzucanie dowolnych relacji świadków czy wręcz materiałów wideo z miejsc wydarzeń na tej podstawie, że “nie było cię tam na miejscu, nie wiesz jak było”. W konsekwencji tuzin bezpośrednich relacji wideo z danego miejsca jest odrzucany jako “niewiarygodny” ale obwieszczenia oficjalnych przedstawicieli władzy jest traktowane przynajmniej jako wyraz oficjalnej wersji.
  • Bezkrytyczne podejście do częstych w rosyjskiej oficjalnej narracji zmian stanowiska o 180°. Fakt, że dzisiaj władza mówi coś całkowicie odwrotnego niż wczoraj nie wywołuje absolutnie żadnych refleksji na temat tego, że władza może w danym przypadku kłamać oraz, że jutro powie coś inne niż dzisiaj. Jest prawda życia, i jest “prawda etapu”.

W większości są to zjawiska dość oczywiste dla każdego kto ma kontakt z Rosjanami “z Rosji”, nowością dla mnie była obsesyjna fiksacja na “swoimi słowami” oraz odrzucanie źródeł. Nie wiem w jaką stronę to idzie ale wygląda na to, że oni sami siebie zagnali w jakąś sekciarską informacyjną czarną dziurę. Długofalowe konsekwencje, przede wszystkim dla rosyjskiego społeczeństwa, będą dramatyczne.

doboprobodyne, (edited )
@doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz avatar

@kravietz

May I add some hashtags in order to solicit views of psychologists and others who deal with human (or animal) cognitive modelling of reality? I would be fascinated to read about the degree to which we're all vulnerable to bias, the highest-yield methods of protecting oneself from bias (especially in social media), and of helping reflect back to others their own views in a way that lets them critique them. I think the last point is especially hard, especially if the other person has no desire for critical thinking (and as humans, we are terrible at critical thinking!).

If there are any textbooks on the subject, ideally written by scientists &/or aimed at scientists, I'd be keen as mustard to know about them!

If anyone has opinions on the work of Han, Lee, Wang, & Baldwin (librai fact checking automation - https://github.com/Libr-AI/OpenFactVerification ) I'd be all ears too.

Please feel free to boost this if you think answers might interest you.

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

Getting other people to taken on your ideas seriously isn't about authority. At best that will get compliance. Instead it's about .

There are many paths to influence.

  • Look for collaborators
  • Ask open ended questions
  • Freedom to make their own choices
  • Reduce risks
  • Focus on Relationships

How have you succeeded at influencing others?
(Hint although I don't go into geeky detail in the video, everything I share is evidence based)
https://youtu.be/mLnx5W8mXIU

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

To Limit Reactance, people need to be allowed to persuade selves. How Florida reduced teen smoking. Instead of telling, cue Reactance, they asked teens what they should do. ex: The students cold called a magazine exec asking why accept tobacco ads with teen readership. Exec, says we run anti-tobacco ads. Teens ask, would they run them for free as a public service? Exec says: "We're in business to make money" -> students: "Is this about people or $$?"

The Catalyst - Jonah Berger

mlevison, to random
@mlevison@agilealliance.social avatar

We trigger reactance, when we limit the freedom someone has. Especially true, when we want them to do something. To succeed in influencing, we need to give people meaningful real choices.

Where have you had better luck by providing someone choice?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • JUstTest
  • InstantRegret
  • mdbf
  • osvaldo12
  • magazineikmin
  • GTA5RPClips
  • rosin
  • thenastyranch
  • Youngstown
  • cubers
  • slotface
  • khanakhh
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • anitta
  • Durango
  • everett
  • ethstaker
  • cisconetworking
  • Leos
  • provamag3
  • modclub
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tacticalgear
  • tester
  • megavids
  • normalnudes
  • lostlight
  • All magazines