https://peopleandmind.com/tags/business-psychology/Recent content in Business Psychology on PeopleAndMindHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usFri, 27 Feb 2026 23:35:02 +0000https://peopleandmind.com/2026/02/female-pirates-who-built-maritime-business-empires/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:35:02 +0000https://peopleandmind.com/2026/02/female-pirates-who-built-maritime-business-empires/What Happened: Women Who Revolutionized Piracy Seven remarkable women across different centuries and continents demonstrated that piracy could be far more than chaotic raiding—it could be a structured business operation. These leaders, including Chinese confederation commander Ching Shih, Irish chieftain Grace O’Malley, Moroccan governor Sayyida al-Hurra, and Dutch-Caribbean financier Neel Cuyper, established maritime enterprises with formal hierarchies, written contracts, and profit-sharing arrangements. Unlike their male counterparts who often relied on brute force alone, these women combined military strategy with sophisticated business acumen.https://peopleandmind.com/2026/02/the-hidden-genius-who-made-mannequins-come-alive/Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:55:30 +0000https://peopleandmind.com/2026/02/the-hidden-genius-who-made-mannequins-come-alive/What Happened Fashion icon Zandra Rhodes recently chose Adel Rootstein (1930-1992) as her “history hero” in an interview with History Extra, revealing the remarkable story of a woman who revolutionized an entire industry that most people never think about. Rootstein, born in South Africa to Russian parents, became Britain’s leading mannequin designer from the late 1950s onward, founding the successful Rootstein company with her husband Richard Hopkins. Rootstein’s breakthrough came when she recognized a fundamental problem in retail: the mannequins used to display clothing were crude “lumps of plaster” that made even beautiful garments look unappealing.