Mindful Eating
Several months ago I finished reading the book Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food, by Jan Chozen Bays, MD. I thought that the insights from the book might be of interest to readers of this blog because she does such a good job unpacking the ways in which human biology, social context, and cultural factors converge to impact our relationship with food. So often as researchers we focus on one or two factors influencing the behavior of the people we study. This book served to remind me of the complexity factors which shape who we are...
Read MoreIt’s different here
I visited the SAP headquarters in Germany a few weeks ago. Although the week was jam-packed, I really enjoyed the face time with so many German colleagues and executives. It has been a few years since I was there, and things have certainly changed a lot. One of the nice changes was that I stayed in Kalipeh, which is the guesthouse on campus. It is a beautiful place with a decent restaurant, and it was great to be able to walk to the office in the morning. I just had my thirteen year anniversary with SAP last week, and there was a time in my career that I knew the names of all the...
Read MoreConnected – case studies
As I mentioned in an earlier post about the book Connected, I wanted to share a few of the case studies from the book that I found the most compelling. I can’t believe I wrote that post in October 2009! I have had this post in draft and finally pushed it through to the finish line, which I think speaks to the staying power of these case studies and their theoretical underpinnings. Case Studies After introducing the basic concepts, the authors begin to explore case studies on a variety of topics, including Emotions (Chapter 2), Love and Sex (Chapter 3), Health (Chapter 4), Money,...
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