http://becomingdoctorjones.com/2009/06/12/productivity-positivity-in-meetings/ Dissertations, Graduate School, & Professionalization Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://becomingdoctorjones.com/2009/06/12/productivity-positivity-in-meetings/#comment-128 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:09:06 +0000 http://becomingdoctorjones.com/?p=242#comment-128 [...] was patrolling my corner of the blogosphere when I came upon a post that referenced research by psychologists Marcial Losada and Barbara Fredrickson about how [...]

]]> http://becomingdoctorjones.com/2009/06/12/productivity-positivity-in-meetings/#comment-127 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:23:32 +0000 http://becomingdoctorjones.com/?p=242#comment-127 Your mention of Losada and Fredrickson’s research into the positivity ratio caused me to spend a morning reading up on their research. I’m not sure if you read this paper but it establishes the mathematical basis for the positivity ratio http://www.unc.edu/peplab/publications/human_flourishing.pdf. Whether the magic number is 3 or 30, I think it is perfectly appropriate to establish a meeting groundrule based on the concept. I posted some additional thoughts on our blog (www/facilitate.com/blog).

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