Behavioral ecology: the somewhat different business seminar
This seminar is special. It carves out the highlights of evolutionary biology and shows what challenges you can expect and how to meet them. It shows that everything depends on the context (“It all depends” would say the biophilosopher Daniel Dennett) and how you can use the knowledge of human nature.
Seminar topics:
Why evolutionary biology? …
… which analogies from nature help you and which do not
Natural selection …
… a constructive conflict culture as an evolution accelerator and salt in the soup of your success
Environment of evolutionary Adaptation …
… why and how you should make friends with the limbic system for sustainable change
Biologie, die großen Missverständnisse …
… why social responsibility is „natural“ and the law of the strongest is „unnatural“ and what that means for your company
Showing off, Male und Female Choice…
… how mate choice behavior influences day-to-day business
Evolutionary stable strategies: The pitfalls of language and communication …
… use constructive lies and recognize destructive truths
Confidence and the organizational instinct …
… learn from baboons and use the potential in the company
Self-Deception and the Placebo Effect …
… distinguish the positive aspects of self-deception from the risky ones
Emotions, the secret rulers …
… how to use the positive feelings of your employees for mutual success
Tribal cultures in the company …
… how to use myths, visions and rituals to connect the interests of employees with those of the company
„Humans are very strange animals – a mixture of the nervousness of a horse, the stubbornness of a donkey and the viciousness of a camel“ (Thomas Henry Huxley, british biologist)
