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Emotional Space

Joseph O’Connor and Andrea Lages

WBECS SUMMIT 2016

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Emotion Cognition lays out the options

AND Emotions decide
Reason

Decision

Damasio
Somatic marker Hypothesis

Our emotions can be ahead of our reason

Emotional suppression – emotional openness

We show stress at the losing

decks of cards
before we are aware of them
consciously.

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Priming – the layout of space primes our expectations

How does our use of space affect our
relationships and emotions?

The power of the Space – who controls context?

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Space prescribes and describes our emotional

Metaphors of Space

relationships. 1. Distance

Close to the edge
Up close and personal
Close friends
Distant rela6ves
Too close for comfort
Going the distance
Close to the truth
Within arm’s length
Far from understanding
That's a long way from what I want

Metaphors of Space Metaphors of Space

2. Height 3. Lateral

Beside that… A right
This is above your pay grade.. Higher in the hand
In front of your nose man..
pecking order.. A towering talent .. Above
all.. Top of the form.. Above the law.. Get on the
right side
Beneath contempt… GeJng down to work.. Got
of
out of
the wrong side
On a high horse… someone..
of the bed
Down to earth… Flying high
Behind your back


The left hand path

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Individual space Where do you sit?

The body can communicate

Body language
Comfort

Discomfort

Stress

Joy
Legs - body - arms - hands
What are they saying? Power

Confidence

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Arms
Hands

- communicate - assert
- illustrate - withdraw
- manipulate - claim space

Legs Body

- approach - forward
- escape - back
- cross - shrug

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The emotional space of teams –

how do they use the space they have? What intuitions do you have about this team?

And this one? And this one?

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Thank you!

Andrea Lages and Joseph O’Connor

www.lambent.com

Questions?