Even though both evoked positive emotions, the cat videos, which were simply amusing, broadened the mind (measured by subjects making more holistic matches to a target stimulus), whereas the dessert clips that carried higher motivational intensity narrowed subjects' scope of attention (subjects made more detail-oriented matches to a target stimulus).
Senior teams displaying problem-sensing behaviours tended to be cautious about being self-congratulatory; perhaps more importantly, when they did uncover problems, they often used strategies that went beyond merely sanctioning staff at the sharp end, making more holistic efforts to strengthen their organisations and teams.
For example, nurses who visited patients in their own home reported that they were able to make more accurate holistic assessments based on a deeper insight into personal or lifestyle factors, which in turn, improved the effectiveness of prescribing decisions.
Using the parable of Tempus and Hora, Simon (1962) argued that a watchmaker who builds hierarchically decomposable watches (Tempus) will make more watches than one who builds holistic watches (Hora).
Social media, too, tend to make us more holistic, because they construe the airing of political views as an act of friendship.
In a report for the Social Market Foundation published last week, I produce a series of proposals for both sectors to work more closely together to reverse our stagnating social mobility, to make learning more holistic and a better preparation for the 21st-century world, and for teaching and school leadership to become ever more attractive careers for the most talented.
Their goal was to make healthcare more holistic, and reduce healthcare disparities by improving patient and provider awareness of co-occurring disorders for patients within similar demographic groups.
The goal is to make the application more holistic and gain more insight on applicants over a period of time.
As the Fog computing is still in its infancy stage, similar technologies have also been discussed to make the survey more holistic and beneficial.
More interactive e-classroom sessions will make for a more holistic learning environment.
