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How Scarcity Shapes Office Influence
Season 3 Episode 132
Lucas and Luna explore how the scarcity principle drives office politics, using the real-world example of a colleague who turned down help requests b…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
How the Anchoring Effect Sabotages Your Salary Negotiation
Season 3 Episode 131
In this episode of The Office Politics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the anchoring effect—how the first number presented in a negotiation or decisi…
4 weeks ago
How to Use the Door-in-the-Face Technique at Work
Season 3 Episode 130
Lucas and Luna explore the 'door-in-the-face' persuasion technique — asking for something extreme, then retreating to your actual request to get a ye…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
How the Sunk Cost Fallacy Traps You in Bad Work Projects
Season 3 Episode 129
Lucas and Luna explore how the sunk cost fallacy keeps professionals stuck in failing projects, toxic jobs, and outdated strategies. Using the case o…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
How the Zeigarnik Effect Keeps You Thinking About Work
Season 3 Episode 128
In this episode of The Office Politics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the Zeigarnik Effect — the psychological principle that unfinished tasks stick…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Why Your First Idea Is Rarely Your Best Idea at Work
Season 3 Episode 127
Lucas and Luna explore the 'serial position effect' and how the order in which you present ideas in meetings shapes how colleagues perceive them. Dra…
1 month ago
How the Spotlight Effect Makes You Overthink Office Moments
Season 3 Episode 126
Have you ever felt like everyone is watching you after a minor mistake in a meeting? Lucas and Luna explore the spotlight effect — our tendency to ov…
1 month ago
How the Pratfall Effect Makes You More Likeable at Work
Season 3 Episode 125
Lucas and Luna explore the pratfall effect in office politics—why small mistakes can actually boost your likability and influence at work. Using a 19…
1 month ago
How the Benjamin Franklin Effect Builds Office Allies
Season 3 Episode 124
In this episode of The Office Politics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the Benjamin Franklin Effect—the counterintuitive psychological principle that…
1 month ago
How the Lake Wobegon Effect Warps Your Office Self-Assessment
Season 3 Episode 123
Why does everyone in your office think they're above average? It's not just ego — it's the Lake Wobegon Effect, a cognitive bias named after Garrison…
1 month ago