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Keep it balance

[ADDIE MS @addiems]

Let's groove! Gaskeeennn....! 😁

[Komunitas Kretek @KomunitasKretek]

Menkes Siti Fadilah periode 2004-2009 aja paham bahwa kenaikan cukai itu merupakan bentuk implementasi Framework Convention Tobacco Control (FCTC) yang menjelma menjadi regulasi pemerintah.

Itu akan regulasi “dagang”, bukan regulasi kesehatan. Alias cuma kedok peduli kesehatan aja!

Baca buku “Nicotine War” untuk lebih lengkapnya. Bisa baca di https://t.co/vnxKAtgAdO

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Geometry

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[Mathonymics @Mathonymics]

In 1964, Theodor Benfey, a German chemist created "Spiral Periodic table" of the elements

The elements in a two-dimensional spiral starts with hydrogen in the center and flows outwards as the atomic number increases.

[World of Science @Science_TechTV]

Why π ≈ 3.14

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[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

Empathy Isn’t Missing — It’s Misframed

I’ve watched this video countless times.

Every time, I don’t see generosity. I see design.

I used to believe people ignore the truth because they don’t care.

Now I realize it’s because they don’t see what I see.

Empathy isn’t a lack of compassion — it’s a lack of perspective.

And perspective can be designed.

The words didn’t change the man’s story — they changed our frame of perception.

When language shifts from description to contrast, it activates awareness.

That’s the mechanism behind empathy — it’s not emotional contagion, it’s cognitive reframing.
→ We respond to difference, not repetition.
→ We act when a message bridges our world with someone else’s.
→ We feel when language turns distance into proximity.

Here’s how I try to apply that lesson in my own work:
✅ Reveal contrast, not condition. Don’t describe pain — expose the gap between what is and what could be.
✅ Design for awareness before emotion. Help people notice first; feeling follows naturally.
✅ Make others participants, not observers. Use framing that transfers perspective, not pity.
✅ Use silence strategically. Leave room for the reader to complete the meaning.

Because empathy doesn’t start with emotion — it starts with architecture.

The right words don’t tell people what to feel.
They help them feel what was already true.

💭 The Question

👉 When you communicate — are you trying to make people care, or helping them notice what they’ve been blind to all along?

#LeadershipDesign #FramingEffect #CommunicationStrategy #CognitiveEmpathy #BehavioralPsychology #PerceptionDesign

Video credits: Dr. Marcell Vollmer

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

🌊 The Calm That Destroys: Why Success Numbs Leaders

Most leadership failures don’t look like chaos.
They look calm.

That realization changed how I see teams — because the most dangerous dysfunctions aren’t loud.
They’re quiet.
They begin when leaders stop feeling the pain that built their success.

This cartoon captures it perfectly:
Leaders on a sinking boat, shouting “Keep rowing!” while water pours in.
It’s funny at first — until you realize how often it happens in real life.

Teams are drowning in warning signs, and leadership keeps asking for more performance.

I’ve seen it up close — and I’ve done it myself.

Convincing myself things were fine because the numbers said so.

That’s the silent drift of leadership: the higher you rise, the softer the feedback gets.

By the time real problems reach you, they’ve been polished into dashboards and KPIs.
→ “Burnout” becomes resource allocation
→ “Frustration” becomes attrition risk
→ “Doubt” becomes low engagement

And slowly, empathy gets replaced by efficiency.

You start managing signals instead of people.

But systems don’t feel pressure. People do.

And when people stop believing their discomfort matters, they stop speaking up.

That’s when organizations begin to sink — quietly, predictably, and avoidably.

How I Try to Stay Connected
✅ Create unfiltered listening loops — find people who’ll tell you what others won’t.
✅ Translate metrics into meaning — ask, “What’s behind this number?” before reacting.
✅ Name the invisible — surface emotions no one’s tracking.
✅ Reward truth-telling, not compliance — make honesty safer than silence.

Because leadership isn’t about fixing faster — it’s about feeling sooner.

The moment you stop feeling the current, you lose the ability to steer.

That’s what this cartoon really exposes:

Not incompetence — but disconnection.

A quiet culture of “it’s fine” that numbs awareness until it’s too late.

So here’s what I keep asking myself:
When data tells us everything, how do we still feel what matters?

#Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #OrganizationalPsychology #PeopleFirst #Management #FutureOfWork

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@iklanlawak Iklan bagus

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

Indoor agriculture to the next level.

Here is an entire garden, without a single grain of soil, sand or compost

Credit: O. Fawole
#innovation #green #agritech #tech

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

In 2023, do you want to be a boss or a leader?

#inspiration #management

[Universal Curiosity @UniverCurious]

Is it all a question of perspective?

"One point of view does not show the whole picture."

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

I’ve used this matrix for over twenty years now, and I strongly recommend it

The trick is to make time for the not urgent but important stuff

Do you use it as well? Or a different one?

#success #management #leadership

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@HKBP_GL Evaluasi dong, internal external knp kebaktian sepi, jangan buru2 menyimpulkan karena lapo, zaman sekarang keputusan sebaiknya didasari data dan fakta valid

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@HKBP_GL Kerjaannya BKAG (kalau benar) mestinya bisa lebih produktif dan berguna mis. membantu sosialisasi kebijakan2 pemerintah ttg pandemi, pemahaman anti korupsi, disiplin di jalan raya, disiplin buang sampah, disiplin antri, dan bnyk hal lain. Bkn mengajukan hal yg terkesan mengcopy.

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

Senang lihat orang senang

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Anak Jepang gagal melompati penghalang empat kali.
Lihatlah reaksi teman sekelasnya. Tidak ditertawakan. Justru saling menguatkan.
BUDAYA suatu negara dibangun dan dikembangkan di ruang kelas.

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@hotradero @banyuluynad Group 1: "Hai Lina Kau Rubah Caras Fikirmu"
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@HKBP_GL Kalau HKI atau GKPI cemmana lae?

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@ryuhasan Jadi kajian di ilmu manajemen, terkait fenomena group think.
NASA gak kekurangan bedes pintar tapi saat nyata2 ada potential problem, demi team & menyelamatkan muka team, bedes yg paham ada masalah gak berani ngomong dan walaupun ngomong bedes lain akan meredam/menyangkal.

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Skak Mat...

[Bernie.Situmorang @Bernie_234]

@hamdigalapagos Yang langsung happy biasanya bayar pajaknya tertib 😁