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Problems, Decisions, Change – and Resistance
Published in Ralf Lisch, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Management, 2016
Change is first of all a question of power. Wishful thinking is a weak basis. Only change that comes out of one's own persuasiveness and authority has the required power to succeed. It is necessary, therefore, if we desire to discuss this matter thoroughly, to inquire whether these innovators can rely on themselves or have to depend on others: that is to say, whether, to consummate their enterprise, have they to use prayers or can they use force? In the first instance they always succeed badly, and never compass anything; but when they can rely on themselves and use force, then they are rarely endangered. Hence it is that all armed prophets have conquered, and the unarmed ones have been destroyed.
People Prep
Published in Jessica Keyes, Enterprise 2.0, 2016
Virtually, any creativity-inducing activity can be translated to work online. Here are two more. Be creative. Come up with a way to turn these into moderated online discussions. Reversing a problem statement often provides a different framework for analysis. For example, in attempting to come up with ways to improve productivity, try considering the opposite, how to decrease productivity. Wishful thinking enables people to loosen analytical parameters to consider a larger set of alternatives than they might ordinarily consider. By permitting a degree of fantasy into the process, the result just might be a new and unique approach.
Understanding the inward emotion-focused coping strategies of individual users in response to mobile malware threats
Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, 2022
Tong Xin, Mikko Siponen, Sihua Chen
Wishful thinking is an EFC strategy that ‘prompts the use of panaceas or unrealistic solutions to a problem’ (Rippetoe and Rogers 1987, 598). This strategy is related to avoidance, but it reduces or eliminates negative emotions the resort to fantasy (Livneh 2000). Individuals who engage in wishful thinking construct relevant beliefs based on their desire rather than on reality (Liang et al. 2019). The response of wishful thinking can concern different objects. For example, some users unrealistically believe that the mobile phone protection system can prevent malware attacks. In PMT, a high threat appraisal associated with a low response appraisal was found to produce a greater amount of coping by wishful thinking (Rippetoe and Rogers 1987; Self and Rogers 1990).