by BIRD GEI | Consultoria e Gestão de Idiomas

Battle of the sexes: A-Z Differences Between Men and Women

Admitting Mistakes: Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted that he was wrong was Gen. George Custer. Bathrooms: A man has at most six items in his bathroom – a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number… Read More

by BIRD GEI | Consultoria e Gestão de Idiomas

Neither men nor women: they are more creative TOGETHER

Abstract An experiment is reported in which the effect of sex composition on the creativity of brainstorming groups is investigated. It was hypothesized that mixed sex groups would be more creative than either homogeneous male or homogeneous female groups. Fifteen groups, consisting of four members each two males and two females; four females; four males,… Read More

by BIRD GEI | Consultoria e Gestão de Idiomas

Pirahã People: carpe-diem culture doesn’t allow for abstract thought or complicated connections to the past — limiting the language accordingly

The Pirahã people (pronounced [piɾaˈhã]) are an indigenous hunter-gatherer tribe of Amazon natives, who mainly live on the banks of the Maici River in Brazil’s Amazonas state, in the territory of Humaitá and Manicoré municipality. As of 2004, they number about 360, which is sharply reduced from the numbers recorded in previous decades, and the… Read More

by BIRD GEI | Consultoria e Gestão de Idiomas

The 48 Laws of Power. To quote Spock “fascinating”!

The 48 Laws of Power is a 1998 book by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers. The book shares thematic elements with Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and has been compared to Sun-Tzu’s classic treatise The Art of War. Greene uses anecdotes from historical figures such as Louis XIV, Talleyrand, Otto von Bismarck, Catherine the Great, Mao… Read More