Science’s Subjective Birth
Posted on30 Oct 2014
Tagsprocess, assumptions, emotional intelligence, intelligence, scientific, Scientific Method, The Economist, Royal Society, Practicing Safe Science Series
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Understanding the birth and development of modern science helps us become better problem solvers. It was just an idea over 355 years... Read More
Problems with Science
The biggest problem with science are people, not only scientists but the people who fund, publish, cite and use it. As sharp... Read More
Science, Its Irrational Aspects
Posted on21 Nov 2013
Tagsscientific, The Economist, Scientific Method, research methodologies, pressure, names, money, irrational, bank
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Irrationality enters science when people either operate the scientific method or are its subjects. Scientists are not immune to pressures, biases and... Read More
Objective Value, Experts as Masters of Illusions
Posted on11 Nov 2013
Tagsanchoring, assumptions, attractiveness, Dark Side, men, objective, price, scientific, subliminity, The Economist, women, experts, Bloomberg Businessweek, Sokal Moment, Joshua Brustein, leadership dark side, value, value judgments, scientific papers
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Often, when unsure about value, we defer to experts. Experts are often leaders, so they bring leadership’s dark side with them: followers... Read More
The Irrationality of Procrastination
Posted on14 Oct 2010
Tagsaction, Chrisoula Andreou, decisions, emotions, intuition, irrational, logic, Mark D. White, objective, Personality, Piers Steel, procrastination, rationale, reality, scientific, The New Yorker, The Thief of Time, University of Calgary
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I came across a book review in the October 11, 2010 issue of The New Yorker about The Thief of Time, edited... Read More
The Rise of Intuition
Posted on09 Sep 2010
Tagsadvancements, biotechnology, BNET Blog, cognition, communications, decisions, emotions, feelings, illusion, Influence, intuition, knowledge, leadership, management, nanotechnology, Psychology Today, rationale, sales, scientific, sensors, uncertainty, unknown, wants
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The other day a colleague forwarded this link to the BNET blog speaking to intuition. Embedded in it was a link to... Read More
An Intuitive Understanding Of Weaknesses in the Scientific Method
Posted on07 Jun 2010
Tagsbelief, business, emotions, experiment, guarantees, innovation, laboratory, leadership, morale, problem solving, process, product, prove, reality, relationships, scientific
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Weaknesses in the scientific method cause its usefulness to fall far short of people’s belief in it. In other words, hype exceeds... Read More
Problem Solving: Practical Advantages of Intuition
Posted on13 May 2010
Tagsmoney, training, sympathize, service, scientific, problem solving, practical, power, personal, objective, moral, listen, intuition, Influence, example, employees, emotions, effective, compliments, command
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Intuition’s most practical advantage to problem solving is the enhanced sphere of good solutions it offers. Generally, this sphere will produce five... Read More
Decisions: Practical Implications of Intuition and Emotions
Posted on10 May 2010
Tagslogic, practical, rationale, reason, sales, scientific, Scientific Method, statistical, Statistical Analysis, intuition, decisions, emotions
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The important practical implication of intuition and emotions in decision making is this: if we don’t grasp the underlying emotions and how... Read More