I’m a decent enough typist that when someone is speaking at a thoughtful pace—no word vomit, mind you—I can type their thoughts out verbatim (with plenty of typos and messy punctuation, of course). These typing skills come in handy for one of my key job functions—extractor of information. I spend at least an hour or … Continue reading The downside of taking verbatim meeting notes
Tag: Leonard Mlodinow
Playing the “gaze game”
In his excellent book Subliminal, Leonard Mlodinow discusses a common and not-often-commented-upon element of all in-person social interactions—what he refers to as the "gaze game." We automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position, and we typically do it without being aware that … Continue reading Playing the “gaze game”
Taylor Coe 