How Coworkers Believing Conspiracy Theories React To Change At Work
Posted on19 Nov 2018
Tagscomplexity, employees, Real-time personality assessment, resistance to change, uncertainty, Adam Smith, volatility, ambiguity
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Coworkers believing conspiracy theories say much about themselves. As with any idea or group of ideas, they will attract some personality types... Read More
Importance Of Correlation In Business Decision Making Process
Posted on05 Feb 2018
Tagscomplexity, decision-making process, decisions, Harvard Business Review, quantify, uncertainty, volatility, ambiguity, Nathan Bennett, G. James Lemoine, correlation
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The importance of correlation in business decision making shows up in two main ways. First, people overweight factors. Second, they underweight them.... Read More
Sexual Harassment Discussion Topics Missing From The News
Posted on08 Jan 2018
Tagssexual harassment, The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, Jodie Foster, gender differences, human resources, conflict, complexity
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Sexual harassment destroys work organizational cultures. Certainly, the sexual harassment discussion topics on the news raise awareness. Yet, their focus on the... Read More
Dealing with Complexity
Posted on27 Nov 2014
Tagscomplexity, efficiencies, employees, Harvard Business Review, problem solving, quality, VUCA, Nathan Bennett, G. James Lemoine
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When dealing with complexity, simplifying it to the point of unrealism so it’s easier to understand becomes a major danger. As the... Read More
Wasting Time Not Making Decisions
Posted on15 Sep 2014
Tagsinformation, change management, complexity, decisions, time, uncertainty, over thinking, volatility, ambiguity, indecisiveness
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An executive expressed pride in his people’s efficient execution of an initiative, “Everyone came together as a team and got this done... Read More
The Four Horsemen of Apocalyptic Decision Making
Posted on25 Aug 2014
Tagscertainty, complexity, definitions, Harvard Business Review, quantify, rationale, uncertainty, urgency, Why Problems Occur Series, emotional triggers, silver bullet, volatility, ambiguity, VUCA, Nathan Bennett, G. James Lemoine, Four Horsemen, Apocalyptic Decision Making Series
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The four horsemen of apocalyptic decision making are Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity or VUCA for short. Just as customers do when... Read More
Board War Games Superior to High-tech Simulations
Posted on10 Apr 2014
Tagsalternatives, complexity, computer simulations, computers, creativity, decision-making process, low-tech, military, quantify, rules, The Economist, think outside the box, The Matrix
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Computer games have all but wiped out regular board games. Why then, do American military officials rely more on board games to... Read More
Natural Mistake of Grouping
Posted on15 Apr 2013
Tagscomplexity, group, illusion, knowledge, people's differences, Personality, problem solving, Talent, unique, individual, Fast Food Knowledge Analogy, simplification
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Look at the figure to the right. The top is a multicolored square, the bottom a gray one. Yet, only one single... Read More
Lightning-rod Employee (Scapegoat)
Early on in my career, I witnessed a manager’s termination for the incompetence of her boss. The strategy he outlined for her... Read More
The Seduction of Rankings
Posted on02 Jan 2012
Tagscomplexity, Google, Greek mythology, knowledge, numbers, quantify, rankings, sirens, statistics, unique, unknown
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Even though rankings are extremely subjective, they seduce us as strongly as the sirens did sailors in Greek mythology. Consequently, we often... Read More
