THE SCIENCE OF CONNECTION
SOME THINGS ARE WORTH
HOLDING ON TO.
SOME THINGS
AREN’T.
What holds an organization together can also hold it back. James studies the cognitive forces behind both.
THE FOCUS
The Nature of CONNECTION
The story of connection is as old as life itself. We connect to people, places, groups, ideas, habits, and ways of seeing the world. Some connections become so valuable we’ll do almost anything to preserve them. Others survive long after their value is gone.
James discovered that the forces behind both are remarkably similar. People, culture, change, and possibility are not separate subjects at all. They are different expressions of the same thing.
What makes us sticky can also make us stuck.
What makes people choose to stay connected.
What makes people struggle to move forward.
RELATIONSHIPS
Loyalty isn’t a feeling. It’s a calculation.
The relationships organizations can’t afford to lose are governed by a surprisingly predictable formula. James reveals what makes people trust, commit, and choose to stay.
CULTURE
Stop asking people to adapt. Change what they’re adapting to.
Culture doesn’t simply reflect the people inside it. It shapes them. James’ research reveals how environments teach us what to value, expect, and how to behave.
CHANGE
Holding on is instinct. Letting go needs to be learned.
Organizations rarely struggle with change because they lack new ideas. They struggle to let go of old ones. James reveals why and how to build the capacity to move forward.
POSSIBILITY
Find what you weren’t looking for.
What an organization already knows can limit what it sees. James’ research reveals four capacities that help people see beyond the familiar and discover what they’re missing.
TRACK RECORD
Thirty years of research & the organizations who've put it to work.
From Global 1000 companies to the universities where the research began, James' work has been tested in rooms that don't have patience for ideas that don't hold up.
Browse by industry, then by organization.
ABOUT JAMES
The science behind what holds us together & what holds us back.
For more than 30 years, cognitive scientist James Kane has followed his curiosity from laboratories and classrooms to organizations and audiences around the world. His work draws from neuroscience, cognition, and human behavior, translating complex science into ideas people can recognize in their own lives and use in the world around them.
