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# group dynamics

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0:00The Stephen Colbert lesson: influencing a group is like jumper cablesLindsey Caplan: A lot of my lessons come from comedy, as we've talked about, and I often think about this quote from Stephen Colbert who says that influencing a group is like hooking up jumper cables to the audience, rigEP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 0:00–0:235:37The difference between informing and influencingAl Elliott: You talk about group influence, I believe. So, at what point did you realize that group influence was a different problem to solve than just straight Well, I mean, so after I left Hollywood and screenwriting,EP 273 · 5 Feb 2026·interview· 5:37–8:1617:49Group decision-making without the chaosAl Elliott: So, we've covered feedback conversations, you know, the one-on-one difficult meetings, but here's where things get a little complicated. Group meetings. This is where you've got multiple people, multiple opinEP 241 · 16 Oct 2025·interview· 17:49–22:3026:22The collective nature of true resilienceBruce Daisley: The, the notion that we draw strength from groups is You know, even though it's really well known, we don't really explore it. And, you know, in the medical community, for example, if you're hospitalized fEP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 26:22–34:00

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