Had a great conversation with @JonWestover about how performance management is changing. Check it out: linkedin.com/events/7216139…

Check out our latest research paper on #TeamFlow: How to Spark Team Flow over Time. This is one of the first interventions to promote team flow. Huzzah to fellow authors Jef van den Hout of Flow Concepts and Siem Buseyne! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

As Todd Kashdan points out: self-help books are not very helpful (toddkashdan.substack.com/p/most-self-he…). My recommendation on using those sorts of materials is to tailor the information to you and your life (youtube.com/watch?v=PZrw78…).

There seems to be some confusion. What Israel is doing in Gaza and in Lebanon is a direct response to Hamas and Hezbollah, under the orders of Iran, attacking Israel unprovoked. I’ll remind you that Israelis, myself included, were in synagogue on October 7th praying, when

Hey friends, please RT! 😊 This summer, we gave the website a fresh look! Starting October, our new lab account @thesolitudelab will share regular posts on research on solitude. Give it a follow and join us on our website to read and comment on blogs✨ 👉solitude-lab.com

I may have posted this piece by Todd Kashdan before, but it's so good I'm posting it again: The Dangers of DIY Mental Health toddkashdan.substack.com/p/the-dangers-…

A fabulous write-up of Thùy Vy T Nguyễn, PhD ☕️💻📄🪷's solitude research in Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵'s Beautiful Minds newsletter: beautifulminds-newsletter.com/p/inside-the-s…

Had a great conversation with Jessy Grossman about finding flow on her podcast. Shoutouts to some brilliant scientists in the field: Jef van den Hout, Amy Edmondson, and Barbara Fredrickson Check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/209dLz…

I expect much more of this. People will lose a lot of money on AI. All of this was predictable. Nobody wanted to listen, and still doesn't want to. Everyone was blindsided by undervaluing predictability in tech, as we have never had unpredictable tech before.

Great piece from The Dark Fiddling Pirate Jussim

🎉 Big news: I've created my AI twin! askwizly.ai/orin-davis I've been wanting to make the fruits of my work and research more accessible, and I am delighted to announce that I've partnered with AskWizly to create an AI-powered version of my professional expertise.

Thrilled to finally have this paper officially out! Across eight samples (n=2k+), we find that having a larger strategy repertoire can benefit goal attainment. We also discuss challenges with measuring repertoire and flexibility more broadly. w/Raymond Wu J. Gross & Malte Friese

The Well-Being and Morality Lab is hiring a 1-year post-bacc starting in July/August 2025 to conduct research on social interactions and well-being! Please spread the word. I will do an initial review of applications on April 25. wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…

Sadly we have to do studies like this, but more of these please. Yes, if you try to replace a human with a machine, you will end up more lonely because...you are missing out on LIFE. media.mit.edu/publications/h…

Great article from Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵!

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the all-new 6th edition. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com

Fun to speak about The Creativity Choice PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group with a fellow researcher/ author Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ About the creative drive, emotions, how to use and manage them when they get in the way. And more #creativity #innovation #podcast shorturl.at/WZJYT

Finally, starting to MEASURE the effects of LLMs on the brains. It's not good. Claims they make you able to think better, learn better, reason better are only that, claims. Measurement shows the opposite. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872… linkedin.com/posts/jiunn-ty…

Reminiscing about some of the things I learned from my mentor, the late Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. (My latest in Positive Psychology) positivepsychologynews.com/news/orin-davi…

(H/T Todd Kashdan for sharing this article -- solid productivity advice) open.substack.com/pub/productive… And subscribe to Todd's blog here: toddkashdan.substack.com