Posted in Architecture, Communication, People, Psychology, Reading on December 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Are excellent communicators born or bred? To communicate well you need probably a bit of both, but it turns out that a large part can be learnt.
Genie Laborde, the author Influencing With Integrity, comes from the school of thought that looks at an effective communication process, breaks it down into smaller elements that can be […]
Posted in People, Psychology, Security on April 17th, 2007 No Comments »
We had a vigorous discussion on this topic at work and I thought it would be useful to some of my thoughts for re-use.
Despite us having much better methods and much improved information on vulnerabilities and threats, how is it that the decisions always feel to security practitioners only half right, leading to less than […]
Posted in Psychology, Security on March 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Bruce Schneier:I have just started exploring the relevant literature in behavioral economics, the psychology of decision making, the psychology of risk, and neuroscience. Undoubtedly there is a lot of research out there for me still to discover, and more fascinatingly counterintuitive experiments that illuminate our brain heuristics and biases. But already I understand much more […]