Wisdom Of Crowds, Behind The Shroud, Theory, Hype And Reality
Posted on18 Feb 2019
Tagsdiversity, James Surowiecki, team intelligence, wisdom, TED Talks, group dynamics, groupthink, Amazon, wisdom of crowds
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The Wisdom Of Crowds, a book by James Surowiecki, hit the market in 2004. Since then, a shroud surrounded it. That shroud... Read More
Better Forecaster of Future, Confidence or Prudence?
Who’s better at forecasting, the confident or prudent? So far, the prudent seem to be winning confidently. More decisively, those most confident... Read More
Pricing, The Secret
Posted on19 Sep 2013
Tagsneoclassical economics, Drazen Prelec, George Loewenstein, values, Tom Sawyer fence painting, The New Yorker, The Economist, taste, subjective, restaurant, rationale, price, supply and demand, James Surowiecki, Influence, food, economics, Dan Ariely, anchoring, violins, lobster
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The secret to pricing is its arbitrariness, subjectivity. What disrupts this is anchoring, a preconceived benchmark of what should be the price.... Read More
Leadership as a Dependent of Conditions
Posted on23 May 2013
TagsBoris Groysberg, certainty, conditionality, control, Harvard Business Review, James Surowiecki, leadership, security, success, Talent, The New Yorker, training, Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney, Target Corporation, fundamental attribution error, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Nitin Nohria, Warren Buffett
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If we awoke one day with amnesia with life totally scrambled, would we have the same leaders? In his article, “The Turnaround... Read More
Solving the Nonproductiveness of Telecommuting Workforces
The article “Face Time” (The New Yorker, March 18, 2013 edition) by James Surowiecki discusses telecommuting’s downsides by focusing on its interpersonal... Read More
Plug ‘n Play Employees: Not Enough Qualified People
Posted on13 Sep 2012
Tagspigeonholing, Peter Cappelli, James Surowiecki, information technology, employees, skills, Wharton, training, The New Yorker, technology, Talent
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How many times have employers exclaimed, “It’s so difficult to find qualified people”? Well, James Surowiecki’s article, “Mind the Gap” (The New... Read More
Best Service or Best Price: Which Reigns Supreme?
Posted on04 Oct 2010
Tagsemotions, Are You Being Served, article, assumptions, branding, business, buying habits, competition, customer service, customers, intuition, James Surowiecki, luxury, market, premium, price, product, quality, status, subjective, survey, The New Yorker
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In the article, “Are You Being Served?”, in the September 6, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, the author James Surowiecki cites... Read More
