What are team norms and why are they important? A talented colleague, Jennie Glazer, recently introduced me to the power of team norms as a tool for greater team success. (Working agreements is ...

Singing in a restaurant is one example of breaking a social norm. Source: picjumbo / Pexels There’s a scene from Disney’s "The Santa Clause 2" that lives rent-free in my head. Scott Calvin, played by ...

Social norms are so ingrained in our lives that we barely ever think about how they came to be. And sometimes certain social norms disappear over time without us noticing. Or they disappear because we ...

Among animals, Homo sapiens is unique in its capacity for widespread cooperation and prosocial behavior among large and genetically heterogeneous groups of individuals. This ultra-sociality figures ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Harvard professors Steve Levitsky talked about the unwritten rules that allow democracies to function despite vague rules written in a constitution.