Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to author Karl Albrecht about social and practical intelligence can make or break your career. Also, we take a look at Demosthenes and how you can look smarter without actually getting smarter.
A very relaxed Karl
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Show Notes
0:00 Welcome to our 191st Show. Today we’re talking about being able to develop your social skills and common sense. This show is dedicated to Demosthenes, who knew a thing or two about developing yourself and having people overcome their first impression of you.
4:14 The quote of the week is from Marcel Proust, ( who is a great example of the kind of folks we’re talking about) but smart as he was he had no idea why the #$@%** people did what they do.
5:00 Welcome Karl Albrecht. Yes it’s another discussion of Multiple Intelligences but Karl explains it pretty well. Anyone who refers to the brain as the bio-computer is probably going to geek out but be worth listening to.
8:54 So not only are there multiple intelligences, but then along comes Emotional Intelligence (listen to a cool Cranky interview about this here). I love when smart people disagree about stuff. How is Emotional Intelligence different from Social Intelligence…or is it? EI is what’s going on with you, Social Intelligence is how you deal with the external world.
13:03 If multiple intelligences plays to strengths, can you develop your weaker intelligences? For the sake of humanity we hope so. We all have defaults but we can function in the others. What does this mean when we are managing others, especially in the tech fields?
16:47 Practically, how can you change your stripes? Karl says we have to develop an air of humility, rather than assume our way is best. Language is a key to understanding how people work. By using the language of the other person you can activate your brain and activate the pattern.
20:29 I know we can grow our social intelligence (or I would still be a highschool nerd). Can you develop common sense though? NOTE: he’s WAY more optimistic than I am. Here’s a question: are you a finished product or are you work in progress?
24:11 An example of developing common sense: defeat group think. It’s all about divergent thinking vs. convergent thinking. Even the simple act of asking a question can break a logjam and get thinking moving in a divergent direction again.
Karl’s Resources
Don't let the weasels get you down
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