Companies Aren’t Families. They’re Battlefields

Habits, Scientists Say, Emerge Because The Brain Is Constantly Looking For Ways To Save Effort.

If You Tell People That They Have What It Takes To Succeed, They'll Prove You Right

Most Of The Choices We Make Each Day May Feel Like The Products Of Well-considered Decision Making, But They’re Not. They’re Habits.

It Is Facile To Imply That Smoking, Alcoholism, Overeating, Or Other Ingrained Patters Can Be Upended Without Real Effort. Genuine Change Requires Work And Self-understanding Of The Cravings Driving Behaviours.

Companies Aren’t Families. They’re Battlefields In A Civil War. Yet Despite This Capacity For Internecine Warfare, Most Companies Roll Along Relatively Peacefully, Year After Year, Because They Have Routines—habits—that Create Truces That Allow Everyone To Set Aside Their Rivalries Long Enough To Get A Day’s Work Done.