Expanding our Vocabulary – The Just World Hypothesis

We often have underlying beliefs that the world is in balance, that good will be rewarded and bad will be punished.  This is pervasive in our societal outlook, but it may be a cognitive bias.

Writeup on the Just World Hypothesis - https://effectiviology.com/just-world/

Lerner’s studies https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fh0023562

Meritocracy article - https://medium.com/@tanya_64634/meritocracy-a-prescient-warning-4b23f0bbbd3f

The Hays code - https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-the-hays-code-1934/

SNL alternate ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A

Quotes explained - https://quotesexplained.com/god-does-not-play-dice-albert-einstein/

Joker - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456

The Fundamental Attribution Error - https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-vocabulary-%e2%80%93-fundamental-attribution-error/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

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Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Saying that should cease – One person cannot make a difference

While it is easy to fall prey to the convention that problems are vast and one person cannot make a difference – one person can absolutely make a difference!

Loren Eisley’s Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Eiseley

TVO Agenda Episodes:

• Bill Browder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLFGWEdA4Bs

Kathleen Sharp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTbKD2GR00c

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Expanding our Vocabulary – Nocebo effect

Many of us are familiar with the placebo effect, and we should also be familiar with the nocebo effect.

Rutger Bregman’s Humankind – A Hopeful History - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Rutger_Bregman_Humankind?id=yumsDwAAQBAJ

Conscious Leadership - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqzYDZAqCI

Human Brain - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/a-better-way-to-worry/

Susan David’s TED talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45YDJZLjW8

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Saying that should cease – Mind your Own Business

Mind your own business may apply in some situations, such as vengeful blackmail, but not in others, where information may be helpful to expose or correct a societal ill.  Take a listen and let me know what you think!

Liane Davey on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianedavey/

Cautionary Tales Halloween episode - https://timharford.com/2022/10/cautionary-tales-the-halloween-poisoner/

Matt Guerney’s article on the Emergencies Act inquiry - https://www.tvo.org/article/thanks-to-the-emergencies-act-inquiry-the-rcmps-top-cop-may-finally-face-career-consequences

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Saying that should cease – Go Along to Get Along

While there may be some unique circumstances where we need to conform to the crowd, in general, we need to allow our uniqueness to shine.

Talli Osborne - https://talliosborne.com/

Talli Osbourne’s Tedx talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Fl_OCmKa8

Article on Talli opening the Punk Rock museum - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/las-vegas-punk-rock-museum-1.6561820

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Expanding our Vocabulary – Empathy Caveats

While empathy is not a new vocabulary, some of aspects of empathy might be.  We need to be careful in how we use the term empathy.

Against Empathy – the Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom is available where you buy books.

A video interview with Paul Bloom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjBhxq_YpiQ

For the Love of Work – How to Make Better Mistakes https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/how-to-make-better-mistakes/id1530443742?i=1000498761809

Kim Scott’s story of ruinous empathy - https://www.radicalcandor.com/video-ruinous-empathy-story-kim-scott/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Ignorance is not bliss – it is not knowing.  And not knowing does not make you smarter.

Eat me (or try not to) https://www.tvo.org/programs/eat-me-or-try-not-to

Todd Conklin’s Pre-Accident Investigation podcast - https://preaccidentpodcast.podbean.com/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Expanding our Vocabulary – Second Victim

The person most proximal to the first victim, often the person who was the last line of defense to prevent the first victim, is the second victim, and suffers as well.

Dr Wu’s seminal paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117748/

Julie Thao’s story links :

Videos

• https://www.healthcareinnocenceproject.org/case-study-julie-thao/

Articles:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20402372/

Extraordinary Canadians: https://www.amazon.ca/Extraordinary-Canadians-Stories-Heart-Nation/dp/1982134526 (Robb Nash story)

Previous relevant Beyond the Minimum episodes:

https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/new-vocabulary-the-local-rationality-principle/

https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-vocabulary-%e2%80%93-fundamental-attribution-error/

https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-vocabulary-hindsight-bias/

https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/expanding-our-vocabulary-the-second-story/

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Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjohns730/

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverleymckiver/

Saying that should cease – The customer is always right

The customer may have complaints and feedback, but the customer is not always right.

Wikipedia entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_customer_is_always_right

Medium Article on Southwest Airlines - https://medium.com/@stevenduran_96808/a-story-about-how-southwest-airlines-lost-a-customer-5e6608b227fb

Assholes – A Theory - https://assholesatheory.com/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love

Expanding our Vocabulary – the Second Story

Being curious and digging beyond our first impressions can yield a much richer second story.

Todd Conklin’s Pre-Accident Investigation book - https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Accident-Investigations-Todd-Conklin/dp/1409447820

Nippin Anand’s article on the Costa Concordia - https://novellus.solutions/insights/psychological-safety-at-work/

About Nippin Anand - https://nippinanand.com/about/

Nippin’s Company - https://novellus.solutions/

Beyond the Minimum episode on the Local Rationality Principle https://beyondtheminimum.podbean.com/e/new-vocabulary-the-local-rationality-principle/

Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn

Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah

Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love