Recently, I facilitated a workshop for a group that is very different from my typical groups of professionals and executives…. It was a group of 6-year-old preschoolers. What struck me was the immediate fearlessness when I asked who can build (using LEGO) and tell everyone a story about it and all hands shot up! What followed was an amazing sharing …
“Are the grapes really sour?”: Aesop’s Fables and Corporate Decision Making
Most of us have heard the tale about “The Fox and the Grapes” from Aesop’s Fables. It is the story of a fox that tries to eat grapes hanging from a vine but cannot reach them. But rather than admit defeat, he states that they are sour and not worth eating. Hence the expression “sour grapes”. In psychology, this is …