Silver Medals Disappoint Human nature is full of quirks, including that at the Olympics and Paralympics bronze medallists seem happier with their result than silver medallists. In workplaces, it’s best not to put good staff in the position of silver medallists. Read more in the Hardwired Humans newsletter below, from Andrew O’Keeffe  

There’s a key reason why Zoom is useful during lockdown – humans read faces.  But the significance of ‘face’ also explains the struggles we experience with video conferencing. Read Andrew O’Keeffe, Hardwired Humans, latest thoughts around Zoom meetings.

When the Titanic sank, the iceberg got the blame.  But it was more complex than that, with the disaster culminating from a sequence of poor leadership decisions.  The nature of those decisions has close parallels with our current pandemic. Read August’s newsletter by Andrew O’Keeffe, Hardwired Humans