16 Nov How To Express Empathy in English; For Client Care and Personal Relationships
Can you tell the difference between expressing empathy and just sounding polite? Because in English, most people get it wrong and don't realize it....
Business
15 Oct Pricing effect: Why a higher price tag makes wine taste better. Why are we all so stupid?
Posted at 07:25h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Business Insider, Economics, Popular Culture, Psychology, Science
If you paid more for a bottle of wine last night, did it actually taste better, or did your brain just tell you it did?...
15 Oct Anchoring Effect: Guess how many jelly beans are in a jar (why are we all so stupid?!)
Posted at 07:21h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Business Insider, Economics, Funny, Problem Solving, Psychology, Science
When someone throws out a number first in a negotiation, how much does that number actually control where the deal ends up?...
15 Oct Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement
When two doctors examine the same patient, why might they reach completely different diagnoses even though they trained at the same hospital, read the same research, and have the same years of experience?...
14 Oct How These Companies Cracked the Four Day Work Week
Does a shorter work week actually make employees more productive, or is that just what companies tell themselves to feel better about the change?...
29 Sep Why Foreign Aid Doesn`t Work
Posted at 12:21h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Economics, Environment, Management, Politics, Polymatter, Problem Solving
Does sending money to a poor country actually make it less poor, or does it just make donors feel better about themselves?...
29 Sep What is an Ad Hominem attack?
Posted at 11:54h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Funny, Management, Politics, Popular Culture, Psychology, Wired
Have you ever watched someone "win" an argument without actually addressing a single point their opponent made?...
29 Sep This is why we can`t have nice things
Posted at 10:54h
in Business, C1 - Advanced, Economics, Environment, Funny, Management, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Science, Technology, Veritasium
Can you name a product that was deliberately made worse after it was already perfected?...
29 Sep The Future of Augmented Reality
Posted at 10:02h
in B2 - Upper-intermediate, Business, Economics, Environment, Fashion, Management, Other, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Science, Technology
Could your company use AR right now, today, and you just haven't thought about it that way yet?...
29 Sep Tech Monopolies; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Posted at 09:51h
in Business, C1 - Advanced, Economics, Last Night Tonight, Management, Politics, Popular Culture, Problem Solving, Technology
Do you actually know which tech companies are considered monopolies under the law, and which ones just feel like monopolies in everyday life?...