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AMSEcastAMSE Science Report with Author Michele GelfandMichele J. Gelfand is the John H. Scully Professor of Cross-Cultural Management Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her book, RULE MAKERS, RULE BREAKERS: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World takes readers on a journey through a variety of human cultures, exploring unique a multi-faceted glimpse into the world around us and ourselves.
2025-11-0304 min
PEELC Strategy: A Deep Dive into Business SuccessE100.1 Tight vs. Fair: How Leaders Build Functional Cultures by Balancing Rules, Equity, and the Goldilocks PrincipleThe first source is an excerpt from the "Deeper Thinking and Stronger Action" resource, an organizational commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) primarily aimed at managers and leaders in the Further Education (FE) sector. This resource outlines the importance of developing knowledge and understanding of EDI concepts, engaging in deeper thinking about personal biases and privilege, and committing to stronger action through detailed planning and collaborative effort. The second source is an article by Dave Nussbaum titled "Tight and Loose Cultures: A Conversation with Michele Gelfand,"...
2025-09-2018 min
If/ThenCulture Still Eats Strategy For BreakfastDo you stick to the rules or do you roll through stop signs? Whether you’re “tight” or “loose” — how closely you adhere to social norms — has major implications for your life at home and at work. “To be effective, we want to be ambidextrous,” says Michele Gelfand, the John H. Scully Professor in Cross-Cultural Management and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. “Even if we might lean tight or loose, we want to be able to create a context where we can have both tight and loose elements.”Sophisticated strategies will fail if they don’t...
2025-06-2529 min
The Future of EverythingBest of: The future of cultureWe've been thinking a lot about culture recently, and reflecting on how–whether or not we’re aware of it–culture is a force that’s always exerting influence on us. It’s typically only when we get outside of our daily routine, our city or even our country, and are confronted with new ways of doing things that we can clearly see the values, norms, and practices that make up the culture we live in. Today, we’re re-running a thought-provoking conversation we had with Michele Gelfand about notions of what she calls “tight” and “loose” cultures. It’s a conversation that...
2025-03-1431 min
The Culture Kit with Jenny & SameerThe Dishwasher Divide: How to Decode Tight and Loose CulturesWhy do some workplaces enforce strict rules while others never seem to start a meeting on time? What happens when a rule-following “Order Muppet”—think Kermit the Frog—pairs up with a “Chaos Muppet” like Cookie Monster? And what does how you load the dishwasher reveal about your cultural mindset?In this episode of The Culture Kit, hosts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava welcome Dr. Michele Gelfand, a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and pioneer of the “tight-loose” framework for analyzing culture. Gelfand, a cross-cultural psychologist, reveals how invisible cultural forces shape behavior across nations, organizat...
2025-02-2727 min
PoliticologyENCORE: Rule Makers and Rule BreakersMichele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve(10:38) The tradeoffs between tight and loose and how different cultures responded to the Covid pa...
2025-02-0630 min
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques177. Don’t Resolve, Evolve: Top 10 Lessons For 2025Ten essential communication strategies designed to elevate your skills.2024 has been an incredible year for learning and growth, and as we head into 2025, there’s no better time to reflect on the skills and strategies that can shape our communication and careers. In this special episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams takes us through ten standout lessons from the past year. These aren’t just ideas to remember — they’re practices to evolve with. From Priya Parker’s insights on generous authority to Huggy Rao’s call to cut through jargon monoxide, each concept highlights how small sh...
2025-01-0725 min
The GistBEST OF THE GIST: Tight Edition vs Loose EditionEach weekend on Best Of The Gist, we revisit an archival segment from the past and pair it with a replay of something from the past week. This weekend, we revisit Mike’s 2018 interview with cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, who challenges us to think of societies not along the traditional “liberal to conservative” spectrum but instead as ranging from “tight to loose.” It’s a theory she explores in her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. From the past week, we replay Mike’s Tuesday Spiel about the acquittal of Daniel Penny. ...
2024-12-1430 min
If/ThenFrom the Classroom: Lessons in Failure, Strategy and the Power of ConnectionBehind every lesson lies a journey of discovery. In this special episode of If/Then, we step into the classrooms of Stanford Graduate School of Business to uncover the human stories driving extraordinary insights. Christian Wheeler, professor of marketing at Stanford GSB, challenges our fear of failure, reframing it as the sharp edge where growth truly happens. “Be comfortable being uncomfortable,” he says, urging leaders to embrace the anxiety of pushing limits to unlock their peak potential.Michele Gelfand, a professor of organizational behavior, takes us into the intricate world of cultural intelligence. “Negotiating across cultures isn’t just a...
2024-12-1113 min
AMSEcastFinding Balance Between Tightness & Looseness with Dr. Michele GelfandDr. Michele Gelfand is a cultural psychologist and author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers. She joins us to discusses how "tight" and "loose" cultures shape societies. Tight cultures, like Japan's, respond to threats with strict rules and order, while looser ones, like the U.S., allow greater flexibility. Gelfand suggests a balanced "Goldilocks" approach, adjusting strictness and flexibility to suit each environment's needs, from families to organizations. She also explores online accountability, recommending "nudges" to promote civility, and sees AI as a potential tool for managing biases and promoting understanding. Guest Bio Michele Gelfand is a Professor of Organizational Be...
2024-11-2048 minIf/ThenThe Science Behind Our Everyday Decisions with Think Fast, Talk SmartIn this episode of If/Then, we're diving into insights from three GSB experts featured on Think Fast, Talk Smart. Join us as professor of organizational behavior Michele Gelfand explains her "tight and loose" cultural framework, revealing how societal structures impact everything from crime rates to creativity. We also hear from marketing professor Jonathan Levav, who explores decision fatigue in judicial settings, shedding light on how mental depletion influences choices. Finally, marketing professor Szu-chi Huang discusses the role of motivation and emotionality in decision-making, drawing from her experiences in advertising and academia. Together, these discussions provide a multifaceted view...
2024-11-0613 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsDEEP DIVE: Rule Breaker Or Rule Follower: Which Are You?This month's Deep Dive series is about flouting parenting rules and advice that don't work for us. Listen to a Spotify playlist of all the episodes in the series here. Are you a rule breaker or a rule follower? Are you married to your opposite? We're both rule followers, and when one builds a life with someone who sees the "NO DOGS IN THE LAKE" sign as an invitation to let the golden retriever go for a swim, one is caught between two bad choices: swallow the horrible anxiety that others might think *you* are the sort...
2024-08-1944 min
Grit & GrowthMasterclass: Rule Makers and Rule Breakers in Business CultureWelcome to Grit & Growth’s masterclass on cross-cultural dynamics with Michele Gelfand, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor in organizational behavior. Gain new insights and strategies for understanding your company’s culture – from tight to loose – and how you can use that knowledge to build cultural intelligence in your organization, navigate interactions, enhance company-wide innovation, and drive business growth. Companies and countries can be a lot like people. Some are tight. Others are loose. Neither is inherently good or bad, according to Michele Gelfand, a leading expert on the impact of organizational culture and the best-selling author of Rule M...
2024-08-1329 minPoliticologyENCORE: Rule Makers, Rule BreakersTo unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plusMichele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve(10:38) Th...
2024-08-0730 min
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques142. Power and Persuasion: Live Insights from Stanford ExpertsA special live edition from the Me2We event at Stanford, where strategic communications expert and podcast host Matt Abrahams joins four distinguished faculty members from Stanford Graduate School of Business:Michelle Gelfand explores the dynamics of cross-cultural organizational behavior.Brian Lowery discusses the societal implications of racial perceptions.Deborah Gruenfeld reveals insights into power dynamics and personal presence.Zakary Tormala delves into the nuances of persuasive language.Episode Reference Links:Michelle Gelfand’s Book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World Michelle Gelfand's Tight-Loose QuizBrian Lowery’s Book...
2024-05-1438 min
Choiceology with Katy MilkmanRecipe for Success: With Guests Simon Rogan & Michele GelfandAre rules made to be followed—or meant to be broken? Often, the answer will depend on culture and the context in which people make decisions. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at how carefully people in different contexts follow social norms, rules, and procedures. We'll also see how strict and relaxed cultures affect the quality of our decisions—and how to find the sweet spot depending on your goals.Professional kitchens have historically been challenging work environments: high standards, long hours with low pay, and a strong hierarchy of cook...
2024-04-2234 min
The Future of EverythingThe future of cultureProfessor and cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand’s latest book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, explores notions of what she calls “tight” and “loose” cultures, and how each shapes us as individuals and the world around us. Tight cultures closely follow unwritten cultural norms, while those on the looser side have more latitude. Culture is complicated, she says, but understanding its nuances is key to understanding the world, Gelfand tells host Russ Altman on this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything podcast.Episode Reference Links:Michele Gelfand Website / BioRule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight & Loose Cultures Wir...
2024-03-0131 min
Stanford Psychology Podcast126 - Michele Gelfand: Culture and ConflictEric chats with Michele Gelfand, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Michele’s culture lab studies the strength of cultural norms, negotiation, conflict, revenge, forgiveness, and diversity, drawing on many different disciplines. Michele is world-renowned for her work on how some cultures have stronger enforcement of norms (tight cultures), while others are more tolerant of deviations from the norm (loose cultures). She is the author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers.In this chat, Eric and Michele discuss the latest insights into loose and tight cultures, what academic disciplines are tight versus loose, an...
2024-02-1550 min
PoliticologyEncore: Rule Makers and Rule BreakersMichele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve(10:38) The tradeoffs between tight and loose and how different cultures responded to the Covid pa...
2024-01-0330 min
ROCKING OUR PRIORS"Rule Makers, Rule Breakers" by Michele Gelfand (Review)"Rule Makers, Rule Breakers" by Michele Gelfand (Review) by Dr Alice Evans
2023-02-1020 min
Storyteller's PodcastΝα τηρούμε ή να σπάμε τους κανόνες;Ειναι 11 το βράδυ κάπου στο Βερολίνο. Ούτε ένα αυτοκίνητο στο δρόμο. Ωστόσο ένας πεζός περιμένει υπομονετικά μέχρι να ανάψει πράσινο το φανάρι του. Εν τω μεταξύ σε ώρα αιχμής κάπου στο κέντρο της Αθήνας πεζοί αψηφώντας το δικό τους κόκκινο, διασχίζουν τη διάβαση ανάμεσα σε αυτοκίνητα που φρενάρουν μπροστά τους απότομα. Στη διαφημιστική Α μετά την πανδημία, οι εργαζόμενοι έχουν ευέλικτο ωράριο, επιλέγουν αν θέλουν τηλεργασία και το μόνο που έχουν να αποδείξουν είναι οτι παραμένουν παραγωγικοί και χρήσιμοι. Στη διαφημιστική Β ο πρόεδρος νιώθει ανασφάλεια όταν βλέπει άδεια γραφεία, και ζητάει να από τους εργαζόμενους να επιστρέψουν στις θέσεις τους και να συνεχίσουν να εργάζονται μπροστά στον ηλεκτρονικό υπολογιστή που τους παρέχει η εταιρία. Κανόνες της κοινωνίας, της εταιρίας, της οικογένειας. Μας εξυπηρετούν; Μας περιορίζουν; Μας πνίγουν; Μας ικανοποιούν; Μια έρευνα σε πενήντα χώρες που κράτησε δυο δεκαετίες, οδήγησε στο συμπέρασμα την cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand ότι η συμπεριφορά μας επηρεάζεται σε μεγάλο βαθμό από τον τρόπο που ερμηνεύουμε την λέξη «απειλή». Τις σκέψεις της γυρω απο το θέμα ανέπτυξε στο βιβλίο Rule Makers, Rule Brakers.
2023-01-2628 min
PoliticologyEncore: Rule Makers and Rule BreakersTo unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plusMichele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve(10:38) Th...
2022-12-2830 min
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques72. Quick Thinks: Talk It Out – How to Successfully Negotiate and Resolve ConflictWhen it comes to negotiating and managing conflict, Professor Michele Gelfand says it’s time to get creative.Everybody has wants and needs. So what do we do when our priorities compete with those of other people? According to Gelfand, a professor of organizational behavior, negotiations and conflict management are exercises in creative problem-solving, ones where we look for ways to not only get what we want, but for those on the other side of the table to get what they want too. “The best negotiators tend to be the most creative,” says Gelfand.In this e...
2022-11-2215 min
Sidewalk TalkRule Makers and Rule Breakers with Michele GelfandMichele Gelfand is a Professor at Stanford University, and an expert on negotiation and cross-cultural psychology. Her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers explores how tight and loose cultures wire our world, and in doing so offers unique insights on how we might bridge today’s cultural divides.
Michele and Traci chat about the impact of culture on everything from international negotiation to couple’s arguments over chores… in a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation that might just shift how you see yourself and the people around you.
Episode Timeline
[00:09] Intro
[0:58] Meet Michele
[3:33] “Tight” and “loose” culture as a puzzle
[5:25...
2022-10-1948 min
Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques67. What Is Normal? How Culture Affects Communication StylesWhy do we drive on only one side of the road? Why don’t we sing in libraries? Why wear a swimsuit?For Professor Michele Gelfand, it all comes down to culture. As a cross-cultural psychologist, Gelfand is fascinated by social environments and their effects on human behavior, particularly, how strictly people adhere to social norms.In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Gelfand joins host and lecturer of strategic communications Matt Abrahams to explain why some cultures are “tight” and “have strict social norms,” while others are “loose,” with “more permissibility of behavior.”Co...
2022-09-1323 min
PoliticologyRule Makers and Rule BreakersTo unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plusMichele Gelfand (Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Professor of Psychology by Courtesy at Stanford University) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss culture, social norms, and her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World (01:46) Why she decided to study culture (04:34) What are tight and loose cultures(06:12) Why tight and loose cultures evolve(10:38) Th...
2022-08-1030 min
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2022-08-091h 48
Behavioral Grooves PodcastHow The Invisible Influence of Culture Shapes Our Behavior | Michele GelfandThe culture we live in has an invisible influence over our individual and collective behaviors. The tendency towards openness or order in a society is expressed by Michele Gelfand, as the looseness or tightness of a culture. How loose or tight a country is can be correlated to the amount of threat the nation has faced in the past, and in turn, can indicate how its people will respond to a new threat, such as a global pandemic.
Michele Gelfand is Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Professor of P...
2022-05-021h 15
O Behave#40 Michele Gelfand - The Case for Chaotic PeopleWhich of these words feels more like you? Restraint, prevent, adhere. Or: allow, freedom, create? Professor Michele Gelfand reveals how our words, clothing and culture reflect where we sit on the tight-loose-scale. And importantly, what this says about our behaviour as employees, citizens and leaders.
2022-01-2426 min
The Coaching Studio with Lyssa deHartthe Coaching Studio with Guest Annie Gelfand, MBA, MCCWelcome to the Coaching Studio. In this episode let's get to know Annie Gelfand, MBA, MCC. In this episode, Annie and I dive deep into what partnership at an MCC level means in a coaching conversation. Annie is passionate about supporting coaches to enhance their skills so that they are able to show up deeply with the people they work with. When Annie isn’t assisting clients in creating radical wisdom, she can usually be found with her gentleman love, biking the open roads, exploring the woods, swimming and kayaking in the lake on a hot s...
2021-11-2546 min
Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of GoodMichele Gelfand: What Tight & Loose Cultures Tell Us About the World & OurselvesIn Singapore, you can face a heavy fine or even jail for offenses like spitting on the sidewalk and importing chewing gum. Meanwhile in New Zealand, a man who hatched himself from a giant egg was appointed the country's "official wizard." These are examples of tight and loose cultures. Much of what's going on in America and the world right now can be understood better through knowing more about tightness and looseness: for example, the appeal of authoritarian leaders, or refusals to follow COVID safety guidelines. Spencer's guest this time is Michele Gelfand, an expert...
2021-11-041h 04
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsRule Breaker Or Rule Follower: Which Are You?Are you a rule breaker or a rule follower? Are you married to your opposite? We're both rule followers, and when one builds a life with someone who sees the "NO DOGS IN THE LAKE" sign as an invitation to let the golden retriever go for a swim, one is caught between two bad choices: swallow the horrible anxiety that others might think *you* are the sort of person who has zero consideration for clearly posted signage, or be the stick in the mud who can never loosen up a little.In this episode we discuss why...
2021-09-0145 min
THD美籍华人英语访谈秀Tight vs LooseToday we take a mindset quiz that measures how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms. Inspired from a book written by Michele Gelfand called "Rule Makers and Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World". We share our results from this online quiz and talk about our personal dealings with tight vs loose mindsets and how this translates to larger social and cultural issues.Join us on WeChat: THD_OfficialEmail: thehonestdrink@gmail.comInstagram: thehonestdrink_Find us on: Apple, Spotify, 喜马拉雅, 小宇宙, 网易云音乐, Bilibili, YouTube...
2021-08-181h 16
The Honest Drink PodcastTight vs LooseToday we take a mindset quiz that measures how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms. Inspired from a book written by Michele Gelfand called "Rule Makers and Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World". We share our results from this online quiz and talk about our personal dealings with tight vs loose mindsets and how this translates to larger social and cultural frictions. ________________________ If you enjoy this show don't forget to leave a rating! Follow Us On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehonestdrink_/ Email: thehonestdrink@gmail.com...
2021-08-181h 16
The Ezra Klein ShowThe Good and Bad News About the Delta Variant“The war has changed.” That’s what the leaked C.D.C. document says about the way the Delta variant has upended our coronavirus policies. Delta is astonishingly contagious. It can generate 1,000 times the viral load of the original coronavirus strain, and it spreads with the ease of chickenpox. The vaccinated can no longer assume immunity. The unvaccinated are at more risk than ever. Masks are back. New York City is essentially imposing a vaccine mandate.I have so many questions about the war we’re now in. What do we actually know about Delta? If you’re vaccina...
2021-08-0658 min
Curious Minds at WorkCM 192: Leidy Klotz on Doing More with LessSo often, when we try to solve a problem, we focus on what we can add. Let’s say you're moving to a smaller space. Your first thought might be to research shelving or rent a storage unit.
But what if, instead, you subtracted? What if you thought about what you’d sell, donate, or just throw out?
That’s the question Leidy Klotz answers in his book, Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less. It’s a topic he was inspired to pursue while building a bridge of Legos with his son. Faced with a design challenge, Leidy chose to add Legos...
2021-07-1936 min
Making Sense with Sam Harris | 5 minute podcast summaries#248 — Order & Freedom Michele Gelfand | Making Sense with Sam HarrisOther podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-sense-with-sam-harris/id733163012?i=1000519494970Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/2ls0Q-248-Order-Freedom
2021-05-0803 min5 minute podcast summaries of: Tim Ferriss, Hidden Brain, Sam Harris, Lex Fridman, Jordan Peterson#248 — Order & Freedom Michele Gelfand| Making Sense with Sam HarrisOther podcast summaries in Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summariesIn other podcast apps, search 'podcast summaries'.Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-sense-with-sam-harris/id733163012?i=1000519494970Written summary: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/2ls0Q-248-Order-Freedom
2021-05-0703 min
Making Sense with Sam Harris#248 — Order & FreedomSam Harris speaks with Michele Gelfand about the difference between tight and loose cultures. They discuss the primacy of cultural norms in governing human behavior, the trade-offs between order and freedom, conservatism vs liberalism, sensitivity to threat, scarcity, the COVID pandemic, the Jeffrey Toobin affair, political polarization, the problem of extreme stereotypes, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at samharris.org/subscribe.
2021-04-3038 min
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content#248 - Order & FreedomIn this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Michele Gelfand about the difference between tight and loose cultures. They discuss the primacy of cultural norms in governing human behavior, the trade-offs between order and freedom, conservatism vs liberalism, sensitivity to threat, scarcity, the COVID pandemic, the Jeffrey Toobin affair, political polarization, the problem of extreme stereotypes, and other topics. Michele Gelfand is a Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gelfand uses field, experimental, computational and neuroscience methods to understand the evolution of culture and its multilevel consequences. Her work has been published...
2021-04-301h 23
Unseen Unknown18: Systems In Flux: A Unified Theory of Culture, Branding, and Human BehaviorEvery single culture and subculture - from states and governments to user segments and brand tribes - falls along the tight-loose continuum. A culture’s tightness or looseness affects people’s perceptions of threat, how they relate to each other, how they consume, and of course the narratives that shape the businesses and brands that form within that culture. In this third episode in our series on Systems In Flux, we’re talking about the invisible systems that make a culture relaxed or rigid, and the surprising tradeoffs involved. Michele Gelfand is a cultural psychologist and author of the...
2021-04-2847 min
Talks from TokyoTFT Episode 33- Loose vs Strict 2Is Japan a strict country to live in? In our original loose vs strict episode we looked at Michele Gelfand’s paper on the looseness and stictness of countries’ social and cultural mores. Going from the broad to the particular, this time we look at the norms of Japanese and American interpersonal relationships, workplace relationships especially, and analyze the rules of interaction and behavior.
2021-04-2042 min
Coaching CoachesMichele Gelfand, Author & Cultural Psychologist: Is Your Culture Tight or Loose?Subscribe to the *free* newsletter here Click HERE to watch the video referenced in the intro. My guest today is Dr. Michele Gelfand, a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Gelfand is a cultural psychologist and uses field, experimental, computational, and neuroscience methods to understand the evolution of culture--as well as its multilevel consequences for human groups. She's also the author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World, which is the focus of our conversation today. Coaches at all levels talk about...
2021-03-1651 min
The Big IdeaDo cities need rules?Have you ever thought that your city is too regulated? Or that the city you live in doesn’t do enough to police people who break the rules? In this episode, David Edmonds has been speaking to Michele Gelfand, a psychologist whose research on rule makers and rule breakers could change the way we think about our cities. We’ll find out why you might be able to tell the time better in a city that's like Switzerland; why Japanese police officers reportedly egged people on to commit more crimes; and why living in a city like San Francisco coul...
2020-11-2809 min
Spedup Conversation With TylerMichele Gelfand on Tight and Loose CulturesMichele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-released Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. In her conversation with Tyler, Michele unpacks the concept of tight and loose cultures and more, including which variable best explains tightness, the problem with norms, whether Silicon Valley has an honor culture, the importance of theory and history in guiding research, what Donald Trump gets wrong about negotiation, why MBAs underrate management, the need to develop cultural IQ, and why mentorship should last a lifetime. Order Michele's...
2020-10-2255 min
Talks from TokyoTFT Episode 7 -Tight & Loose, Cultures Families and PeopleOn today's episode, we discuss strictness through a cultural lens. How strict is Japan, how and where is it 'loose', how does it compare to other countries, and what does that look like on a societal, personal, familial, and business level.Rule makers rule breakers: how tight and loose cultures wire our world, Michele Gelfandhttps://behavioralscientist.org/tight-and-loose-cultures-a-conversation-with-michele-gelfand/https://www.chieflearningofficer.com/2019/04/09/tight-cultures-and-loose-cultures/https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/loose-vs-tight-societies
2020-08-2438 min
In Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 14: Ambidextrous Leadership and Organizational CultureRecognizing and valuing tight and loose cultures within organizations enables leaders to find the right balance necessary for an optimal workplace. Cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World, discusses how to find that right balance at the right time.
2020-08-0525 min
Stories of ImpactDr. David Sloan Wilson: What Makes Human Cooperation PossibleToday, host Richard Sergay is in conversation with David Sloan Wilson, professor of biological sciences at Binghamton University and president of the Evolution Institute. Prof. Wilson describes the core principles of human groups that allow successful cooperation, and discusses how we can implement these principles to alleviate the negative effects of the current pandemic and stop its spread. The fifth and final episode in a special, five-part Covid-19 conversation series. Learn more about David Sloan Wilson and the Evolution Institute. Mentioned in this episode: Elinor Ostrom Michelle Gelfand's Tight and Loose Cultures...
2020-07-2829 min
Innovation HubThe Culture of COVID-19The United States’ disjointed and detrimental response to the COVID-19 pandemic stands in stark contrast to the actions we’ve seen in other countries. While some people elsewhere seem more than willing to wear masks and avoid close contact with others, many Americans have balked at measures that they see as encroaching on personal freedoms, even as COVID-19 cases begin to spiral out of control once more.
There are several factors at play, including what some have described as a failure of leadership at the national level. But, according to Michele Gelfand, a psychology professor at the Univ...
2020-07-1030 min
The DCRO Institute Risk Governance PodcastMichele Gelfand - Distinguished Professor & AuthorJuly 7, 2020 - My guest is Michele Gelfand, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland and author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World - her groundbreaking book on how different cultural norms can be classified into tight and loose cultures, along with the implications of those norms. In our discussion, we focus on the importance of these classifications for organizational behavior, both in terms of resiliency and innovation as well as the impact of threat on cultural tendencies. For board members and executives governing the long-term success of their organizations...
2020-07-0738 min
EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine GounderS1E28 / The Political Psychology of Pandemics / Michele Gelfand & Howard LavineTranscript"In the United States, we have a relatively low threat history. We're separated by two oceans from other continents. We haven't been afraid of Canada, Mexico, chronically invading us. We haven't been afraid of constant fury from mother nature. And so, as a result, we have a harder time tightening up than other countries under these conditions because it's hard for people to sacrifice the kind of liberty and freedom that we've had for constraints and rules.” - Michele GelfandIn today’s episode, our host Dr. Celine Gounder and former co-host Ron Klain inte...
2020-06-1233 min
This View of LifeTightening and Loosening Up for the Coronavirus Pandemic with Michele GelfandTVOL's first podcast with Michele Gelfand explored an axis of cultural variation from "tight" (strong norms, strongly enforced) to "loose" (tolerant of individual differences). In this new podcast, we explore the distinctive blend of tightness and looseness needed to adapt to the pandemic. Related Material Michele's book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World Institutional and Cultural Factors Predicting Infection Rates and Mortality of COVID-19. (OSF pre-print). Contributors: Michele Gelfand, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Xinyue Pan, Dana Nau, Chi Yue Chiu --- Bec...
2020-05-0556 min
The Psychology PodcastMichele Gelfand || How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our WorldToday it’s great to have the cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand on the podcast. Dr. Gelfand is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gelfand uses field, experimental, computational, and neuroscience methods to understand the evolution of culture– as well as its multilevel consequences for human groups. In addition to publishing numerous articles in many prestigious scientific outlets, she is the author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World. In this episode we discuss: What are social norms? The difference between tight and loose cultures The advan...
2020-04-3049 minCurious Minds at WorkCM 160: Olga Khazan on the Upside of Being WeirdWhat if we transformed the word weird from an insult to a badge of honor?
When we call someone "weird," it's rarely positive. Growing up as a self-described "weirdo," Olga Khazan, author of the book, Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World, decided to explore the upside of being an outsider.
Olga interviewed dozens of successful people who'd been labeled "weird" at some point in their lives because of characteristics like their profession, race, religion or sexual orientation. She chose to speak with "people who had struggles and some challenges because they are so different from...
2020-04-2733 min
The Untranslatable PodcastEpisode 192: Tight and Loose CulturesChad and Jared talk about Tight and Loose Cultures- a theory invented by Michele Gelfand. They discuss the criteria for being a tight or loose culture, the benefits and drawbacks of the cultural differences, and then also which culture they think best fits them. Of course, they share new Untranslatable phrases and a Song of The Pod.
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2020-04-271h 07
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby#193 - Finding Balance — with Dr. Michele GelfandFINDING BALANCE: We want to have everything. We want and need to have rules and structure to protect us and guide our lives. Yet we also crave freedom and independence. We long to have empathy and compassion in our relationships,but we also want to be challenged so that we can grow. Finding Balance In All Things Tight vs. Loose. Protective vs. Forgiving. Planning vs. Being Present. Everything we do exists on a continuum, a spectrum of finding balance between extremes so that we can create a healthy path on every level. Dr. Michele Gelfand...
2020-04-1357 min
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby#193 - Finding Balance — with Dr. Michele GelfandFINDING BALANCE: We want to have everything. We want and need to have rules and structure to protect us and guide our lives. Yet we also crave freedom and independence. We long to have empathy and compassion in our relationships,but we also want to be challenged so that we can grow. Finding Balance In All Things Tight vs. Loose. Protective vs. Forgiving. Planning vs. Being Present. Everything we do exists on a continuum, a spectrum of finding balance between extremes so that we can create a healthy path on every level. Dr. Michele Gelfand is the author of "Rule...
2020-04-1354 min
Hidden BrainPlaying Tight And LooseWe all know people who prefer to follow the rules, and others who prefer to flout them. Psychologist Michele Gelfand defines these two ways of being as "tight" and "loose." She says the tight/loose framework can help us to better understand individuals, businesses, and even nations. This week, we look at the core traits of tight and loose worldviews, and how they may shape our lives — from interactions with our spouses to global efforts to fight the coronavirus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...
2020-04-0749 min
The Remnant with Jonah GoldbergRighty Tighty, Lefty LooseyIn order to give you all a break from the talk about the end of the world, this episode has Jonah speaking with psychologist Dr. Michele Gelfand about one of his pet-obsessions: “tight” and “loose” theories of culture. Why do places like Japan and Singapore seem to be in lockstep while the U.S. is so freewheeling? How should we tighten up, culturally, as a response to COVID? And why are Mexican teachers unions so weird? We ask the hard questions here on The Remnant, so don’t miss it.Show Notes:-Michele’s...
2020-03-201h 20
You Are Not So Smart173 - Rule Makers, Rule Breakers - Michele GelfandIn this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World.In the book, Gelfand presents her research into norms, and a fascinating new idea. It isn’t norms themselves that predict how cultures will react, evolve, innovate, and clash -- but how different cultures value those and sanction people who violate them. She categorizes all human cultures into two -- kinds, tight and loose -- and argues that all human behavior depends on whether a person lives in tight culture or...
2020-02-101h 13
Social Science BitesMichele Gelfand on Social NormsLiving in a loosely regulated society, the very term "social norms" can be vaguely threatening, as if these norms are a threat to freedom always lurking on the periphery. But cultural psychologist Michele J. Gelfand says norms are not the enemy – they are one of our most important inventions. "Culture," she says, "is this set of values, norms, and assumptions about the world that we're socialized into from the time we're babies. We follow social norms and we need social norms to navigate. It's really an incredible human invention that helps us predict each other's behavior and co...
2019-11-0118 min
Rob Wiblin's top recommended EconTalk episodes v0.2 Feb 2020Michele Gelfand on Rule Makers, Rule BreakersPsychologist Michele Gelfand talks about her book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gelfand distinguishes between loose cultures and tight cultures--the degree to which culture and regulation restrict behavior or leave it alone. Gelfand explores the causes of why some cultures are tighter than others and the challenges societies face when culture is too tight or too loose. She also applies these ideas of cultural tightness and looseness to corporate mergers and family life.
2019-10-281h 09
EconTalkMichele Gelfand on Rule Makers, Rule BreakersPsychologist Michele Gelfand talks about her book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gelfand distinguishes between loose cultures and tight cultures--the degree to which culture and regulation restrict behavior or leave it alone. Gelfand explores the causes of why some cultures are tighter than others and the challenges societies face when culture is too tight or too loose. She also applies these ideas of cultural tightness and looseness to corporate mergers and family life.
2019-10-281h 09
This View of LifeMichele Gelfand on Tight and Loose CulturesMost people think of cultural differences in terms of race, class, nationality, or religion. Michele Gelfand introduces the concept of 'tight" and "loose", which cuts across all of those other categories. Michele is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park and joins David to discuss cultural diversity from an evolutionary perspective and more, including why the working class cares more about following the rules, the fractal nature of social norms, gamma wave synchrony in response to threat, and the strengths and limits of a tight-loose axis approach. Links from the Episode 00:56- Michele's book, Rule Makers...
2019-10-2148 min
Reader's CornerMichele Gelfand On How Tight And Loose Cultures Adhere (Or Don't) To NormsThis interview originally aired in February, 2019.
2019-10-1930 min
Out of the Comfort ZoneNavigating Culture from Tight to Loose with Michele GelfandSend us a textWorking with different cultures has become a norm in most organizations. One of the fundamental differences in cultures and in people is about preferring a tight culture versus a loose culture. Tune in to hear what that means, why these have evolved, which is best, how it impacts performance and how to transform your team to achieve it’s potential.⬇️ Connect with me!► LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanda-wallace-publicspeaker-author-podcasthost/► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandatwallace/► Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wandawallace/► X: https://x.com/AskWanda► Website: https...
2019-10-1855 min
Hidden ForcesRule Makers and Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World | Michele GelfandIn Episode 103 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, who argues that the world's cultures can be classified into two categories by virtue of their norms. She offers a lucid explanation of how and why cultures become tight or loose, outlining their different societal attitudes. This episode is full of eye-opening insights for development professionals, policymakers and those working in international business. According to Gelfand, tight cultures have a large number of social norms that enforce order and conformity and tend to evolve in nations that face many natural and human-made threats. Loose c...
2019-10-071h 08
The Tony DUrso Show - Journey to Success!The Health Coach and Rule Breakers on The Tony DUrso ShowThe Health Coach Rule Breakers on The Tony DUrso Show with Omar Cumberbatch Michele Gelfand. This show is dedicated to Helping you, make your Vision become a reality. Omar Cumberbatch, founder of The Health Coach Academy, is a Professional Health Coach & Radio Talk Show Host. He received his training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), where he was trained in more than one hundred dietary theories studied a variety of practical lifestyle coaching methods. Michele Gelfand is Distinguished University Professor in Psychology the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her work is cited...
2019-09-061h 01
Midtown Scholar Bookstore Author Reading SeriesRule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals That Direct Our LivesA celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act.
In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, Michele Gelfand, “an engaging writer with intellectual range” (The New York Times Book Review), takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from...
2019-09-031h 18
Midtown Scholar Bookstore Author Reading SeriesRule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals That Direct Our LivesA celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act.
In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, Michele Gelfand, “an engaging writer with intellectual range” (The New York Times Book Review), takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from...
2019-09-0300 min
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2019-09-0250 min
Sean Carroll's Mindscape62 | Michele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and PeoplePhysicists study systems that are sufficiently simple that it’s possible to find deep unifying principles applicable to all situations. In psychology or sociology that’s a lot harder. But as I say at the end of this episode, Mindscape is a safe space for grand theories of everything. Psychologist Michele Gelfand claims that there’s a single dimension that captures a lot about how cultures differ: a spectrum between “tight” and “loose,” referring to the extent to which social norms are automatically respected. Oregon is loose; Alabama is tight. Italy is loose; Singapore is tight. It’s a provocative thesis, back up...
2019-09-021h 12
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasMichele Gelfand on Tight and Loose Societies and PeoplePhysicists study systems that are sufficiently simple that it's possible to find deep unifying principles applicable to all situations. In psychology or sociology that's a lot harder. But as I say at the end of this episode, Mindscape is a safe space for grand theories of everything. Psychologist Michele Gelfand claims that there's a single dimension that captures a lot about how cultures differ: a spectrum between "tight" and "loose," referring to the extent to which social norms are automatically respected. Oregon is loose; Alabama is tight. Italy is loose; Singapore is tight. It's a provocative thesis, back up...
2019-09-021h 12
Bregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule BreakersIs your organization’s culture tight or loose? It’s not a duality, it’s a dynamic continuum, says Michele Gelfand, professor of psychology at the University of…
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2019-09-0232 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule BreakersIs your organization’s culture tight or loose? It’s not a duality, it’s a dynamic continuum, says Michele Gelfand, professor of psychology at the University of…
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2019-09-0232 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule BreakersIs your organization’s culture tight or loose? It’s not a duality, it’s a dynamic continuum, says Michele Gelfand, professor of psychology at the University of…The post Episode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule Breakers first appeared on Bregman Partners.
2019-09-0232 minBregman Leadership PodcastEpisode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule BreakersIs your organization’s culture tight or loose? It’s not a duality, it’s a dynamic continuum, says Michele Gelfand, professor of psychology at the University of…The post Episode 164: Michele Gelfand – Rule Makers, Rule Breakers first appeared on Bregman Partners.
2019-09-0232 min
Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive FunctionEp. 79: Dr. Michele Gelfand - The Invisible GiantSend us a textOther than air, what is invisible, omnipresent, affects every single human being and yet is taken for granted? The answer is the cultural norms. They are the unspoken rules of social behaviors and shared conventions that everyone is expected follow, but may be doing so without really connecting it to the WHY.On this episode, our guest, distinguished university professor and professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, Michele Gelfand, Ph.D., discusses the concept of looser or tighter cultures and how our deep cultural programming shapes our views and...
2019-07-0946 min
The Talent Grow Show: Grow Your Leadership and Communication SkillsRule Makers, Rule Breakers – Balancing Tight and Loose Cultural Norms in Your Workplace with Michele Gelfand on the TalentGrow Show with Halelly AzulayWorkplace cultures vary greatly in terms of how strict or loose they are. Ideally, where a given workplace falls on this spectrum reflects the values and necessities of that business or organization. This raises a crucial question for us as leaders: how do we determine what is just the right amount of tightness or looseness in our workplace cultures? Professor Michele Gelfand of the University of Maryland joins Halelly on this episode of The TalentGrow Show to discuss the high impact role of cultural norms in the workplace. Listen to find out what factors tend to determine tightness or...
2019-04-0230 min
Work and Life with Stew FriedmanEp 115. Michele Gelfand: Rule Makers, Rule BreakersMichele Gelfand is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. As a cross-cultural psychologist, Michele uses field, experimental, computational, and neuroscience methods to understand the evolution of culture and its consequences. In 2016 she received the Diener award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, which honors a mid-career scholar who has made major contributions to social psychology. She also received the 2017 Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the APA, the 2018 Outstanding Cultural Psychology Award from SPSP, and the Annaliese Research Aw...
2019-03-2050 min
On WisdomWisdom & Social Norms (with Michele Gelfand)Is it wiser for a society to be ‘tight’ – strictly enforcing social rules, or ‘loose’ – in which social rule-breaking barely raise an eyebrow? What do social norms have to do with a sense of threat? And might wise leaders have worked out how to dynamically calibrate the tightness or looseness of their organisations as the situation demands? Michele Gelfand joins Igor and Charles to discuss the role of threat in ‘tight vs loose’ societies, the goldilocks principle, ‘real vs perceived’ threat’s in Trump’s America, autocratic recidivism, rum-fuelled meetings, transgressive hand puppets, and the case for recalibrating the internet. Igor reflects...
2019-03-1359 min
2019-03-1237 min
EdgeCastMichele Gelfand - Cultural Intelligence [3.12.19]MICHELE GELFAND is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/michele_gelfand-cultural-intelligence
2019-03-1237 min
You Are Not So Smart148 - Rule Makers, Rule BreakersIn this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World.In the book, Gelfand presents her research into norms, and a fascinating new idea. It isn’t norms themselves that predict how cultures will react, evolve, innovate, and clash -- but how different cultures value those and sanction people who violate them. She categorizes all human cultures into two -- kinds, tight and loose -- and argues that all human behavior depends on whether a person lives in tight culture or...
2019-02-251h 13
Debrief med Dag SøråsEp. #31: HandMorty's TaleDag er tilbake med nok en recap fra uken som har gått, og denne audiomassasjen er innom gladsaker som assistert hundejokking, føkkings Ørjan Burøe, og ekte norsk svartmetall fra statene. Mail debriefpodcast@gmail.com Tips:Jon Ronson- "So You've Been Publically Shamed""Bohemian Rhapsody"Death Fortress- "Reign of the Unending" Night Beats- "Myth of a Man"Michele Gelfand- "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2019-02-2042 min
The Michael Shermer Show54. Dr. Michele Gelfand — Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our WorldIn this wide-ranging conversation Dr. Shermer talks with the author of the new book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World, Dr. Michele Gelfand, Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her pioneering research into cultural norms has been cited thousands of times in the press, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and Science, and on NPR. As a cultural psychologist, Dr. Gelfand takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix...
2019-02-201h 45
New Books in National SecurityMichele Gelfand, "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World" (Scribner Books, 2018)In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World(Scribner Books, 2018), Dr. Michele Gelfand leverages cultural psychology research to examine social norms and their implications on individuals, organizations, and nations. Dr. Gelfand examines how the threat environment shapes a nation’s culture, as well as how organizations, such as the military, are shaped by cultural forces. Rule Makers, Rule Breakers is written for a broad audience and includes research that national security readers will find particularly noteworthy. For example, Dr. Gelfand’s research on the Arab Spring in Egypt is an interesting case study of cultu...
2019-01-1044 min
Decoder with Nilay PatelRecode Decode: Silicon Valley loves to break the rules. Is that a good thing?University of Maryland professor and cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our Minds." In this episode: (01:14) How Gelfand became a cultural psychologist; (03:12) Why some countries have more rules than others; (08:35) Are techies rule breakers?; (13:28) What changes as successful companies get bigger?; (18:38) Why didn't anyone think about the psychological impact of the internet?; (23:18) Is there really a "Goldilocks" solution to rule culture?; (28:39) Are we entering an era of rule making?; (32:03) Can people find common ground on the internet?; (34:46) What should tech leaders be...
2018-11-2845 min
Everyday MBA180: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our WorldEpisode 180 - Dr. Michele Gelfand discusses her book "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers," and how 'tight and loose' cultures wire our world. Michele is a cultural psychologist and a distinguished professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her groundbreaking research has been featured in places like the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Boston Globe...and in national media like NPR, NBC, ABC, among many others. In 2017 she received the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association. Host, Kevin Craine Want to be a guest? http://Everyday-MBA.com/guest
2018-11-2420 min
RSA EventsHow Culture Divides UsAward-winning social psychologist Michele Gelfand explains how the clash between ‘tight’ and ‘loose’ cultures drives many of our most polarised and intractable global challenges.
With rave reviews from heavyweights such as Steven Pinker, Robert Cialdini, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Carol Dweck, Professor Michele Gelfand’s ‘ground-breaking analysis’ of cultural divides ‘Rule Makers, Rule Breakers’ has been hailed as the manual for how we approach today’s most intractable challenges.
This event was recorded live at The RSA on Thursday 18th September 2018. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2018/10/how-culture-divides-us
2018-10-181h 02
The Kathryn Zox ShowEp. 1: Culture and Ep. 2: Made in MexicoKathryn interviews cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand PhD, author of “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World”. In 2011, Gelfand and her colleagues conducted a major cross-cultural investigation of the behaviors of 7,000 people in more than 30 countries. This led Gelfand to develop the tightness-looseness classification system of cultures that is the focus of her new book. Gelfand, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, is featured in The Washington Post, NPR and the NYTimes. Kathryn also interviews humanitarian Hanna Jaff Bosdet, star of the Netflix series “Made in Mexico”. Bosdet was born in San Diego to a Mexica...
2018-10-1054 min
Relish The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele J. GelfandPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/180620to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
Author: Michele J. Gelfand
Narrator: Katherine Fenton
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
Release date: 10-04-18
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 5 ratings
Genres: Church & State
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Why are clocks in Germany always correct while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why are Singaporeans jailed for selling gum? Why do women in New Zealand have three times the sex of females worldwide? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? And why does each generation of Americans give their kids weirder and weirder names?
2018-10-048h 20Curious Minds at WorkCM 114: Michele Gelfand on What Makes Us DifferentWhen we try to explain cultural differences, we often turn to descriptions of east versus west, rich versus poor or, in U.S. politics, red versus blue. But Michele Gelfand, author of the book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World, argues that we’re overlooking the most comprehensive explanation of all – how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms.
Michele is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and her pioneering research into cultural norms has been cited in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Science, and...
2018-09-2241 min
Talk CocktailTight and Loose Explains the WorldWe spend hours and hours talking about the divides in America and the world today. Red and Blue divisions, class divisions, social sorting, urban vs. rural, left vs. right, progress vs. conservative and the ways we look for the world to make sense.
But what if there were an overlay to all of this? One that, while not exactly putting us in neat little boxes, does help explain a core reason for so much of contemporary division.
Michele Gelfand, a Professor of Psychology at the Univ. of Maryland,Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and...
2018-09-2121 min
The Politics GuysMichele Gelfand on Rule Makers & Rule BreakersMike talks to University of Maryland cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand about her new book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World. Topics Mike and Michele discuss include: the importance of culture in understanding politics why some cultures are 'tight' and others are 'loose' the advantages and disadvantages of tightness and looseness tight culture support for 'loose' Donald Trump the geography of tightness and looseness in the United States threat perception, political ideology, and tightness if the United States should be tighter or looser than it is how tight and loose cultures...
2018-09-1942 min
Pantsuit PoliticsHurricanes, Designing Women, and Tight and Loose Cultures with Michele GelfandHurricane Florence is expected to wreak havoc on the Carolinas, Congress is racing to fund the government, and one of our favorite TV writers and producers has revealed that Les Moonves harassed her. We talk about how Designing Women impacted us and how rare strong female characters have been in the history of television. Then, we talk to Professor Michele Gelfand about her research regarding tight and loose cultures and how they affect our politics and our world. Recommended Resources: Linda Bloodworth Thomason articleMichele Gelfand website Tightness–looseness across the 50 united statesT...
2018-09-1448 minPantsuit PoliticsHurricanes, Designing Women, and Tight and Loose Cultures with Michele GelfandHurricane Florence is expected to wreak havoc on the Carolinas, Congress is racing to fund the government, and one of our favorite TV writers and producers has revealed that Les Moonves harassed her. We talk about how Designing Women impacted us and how rare strong female characters have been in the history of television. Then, we talk to Professor Michele Gelfand about her research regarding tight and loose cultures and how they affect our politics and our world. Recommended Resources: Linda Bloodworth Thomason articleMichele Gelfand website Tightness–looseness across the 50 united statesT...
2018-09-1448 min
Conversations with TylerMichele Gelfand on Tight and Loose CulturesMichele Gelfand is professor of psychology at the University of Maryland and author of the just-released Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. In her conversation with Tyler, Michele unpacks the concept of tight and loose cultures and more, including which variable best explains tightness, the problem with norms, whether Silicon Valley has an honor culture, the importance of theory and history in guiding research, what Donald Trump gets wrong about negotiation, why MBAs underrate management, the need to develop cultural IQ, and why mentorship should last a lifetime. Read a full t...
2018-09-1256 min