For a complete list of Jake’s research and publications, click here for his CV. To see his profile at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, visit his faculty page here. EXPERTISE BOOK The Handbook of Personalized Persuasion: Theory and Application (link) PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2025: “Does Artificial Intelligence Cause Artificial Confidence? Generative AI as an…
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust The return to graduate school after winter break is always tougher than I expect. From being treated like a prince at home, I return to the stables where memories of grand feasts, shoulder rubs, and encouraged…
We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us. – Anonymous Every time I’ve traveled to a new place—whether that is a foreign country or another town in Ohio—it reminds me how little of the world I have actually seen. The different clothes, the different customs, the different sauces you use…
Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams These last few weeks we’ve been exploring the psychological construct of power and how it affects our thoughts and behaviors. And today’s concluding post on the topic couldn’t have had a better, real life corollary:…
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done. — Unknown Did you know that each dandelion flower produces 200 seeds? Or that a quarter of the world’s wealth is controlled by just 200 companies? Or that in 200 minutes, you will have taken about 2,600 breaths, blinked about 3,400 times, and…
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde Why is it, late at night, so comfortable in your bed, the quiet whir of crickets outside, your pillow like a sheep’s coat beneath your head, that all the regrets of the day storm into your skull. That…