Authority Figures as Dangerous Figures
Posted on20 Oct 2014
TagsKristi Erdal, expertise, predictability, training, The Economist, problem solving, placebo, innovation, authority
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Authority figures help in many ways, providing expertise, guidance, definitiveness and certainty. We’re taught to respect them too. Yet, they can be... Read More
Leadership’s Secret Physical Characteristics
Posted on16 Oct 2014
Tagsleader as actor, affect, Leadership - The Secret Series, voice, The Economist, subliminity, physical, leadership, Influence, decisions
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This Secret to Leadership Series began by stating leadership is an affect, an emotional influence that moves group members to action. It’s... Read More
Punishment’s Purifying Effect in the Workplace
While many won’t go through the mental moral gymnastics and anguish of Rodion Raskolnikov, Dostoyevsky’s protagonist in Crime and Punishment, for their... Read More
Programming People with Big Data
Posted on22 Sep 2014
TagsLean Manufacturing, athletes, musicians, dancers, Six Sigma, big data, simplification, KISS Principle, The Economist, procedure, employees, customer service, comedians
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Big data allows us to overcome the human tendency to oversimplify. Whereas we focus on one or two big causes to our... Read More
Computer Viruses Illustrating Diversity’s Power
Posted on08 Sep 2014
Tagsdissent, homogeneity, The Economist, Roman, phalanx, pessimism, Personality, optimism, Macedonian, diversity, computers, cohort, Battle of Pydna
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Computer security is a top priority in our digital age. Repeated reports of viruses and hackings remind us of that priority. Much... Read More
Practicing Safe Science
Journalism has a persistent bias for the new and exciting. They sell in pop culture, and as it turns out, they sell... Read More
The “Big Three” Time Wasters in Business
Posted on28 Aug 2014
Tagsefficiencies, email, Harvard Business Review, management, McKinsey & Company, technology, The Economist, time, Bloomberg Businessweek, meetings, Bain & Company, documentation
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The big three time wasters in business are emails, meetings and white tape, companies’ internal bureaucracies. All three aren’t new to most;... Read More
The Small Importance of Big Data
Posted on14 Aug 2014
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Many small things are critical to big data. Yet, as history shows, revolutionary uses will surprise us. Our imagination lags far behind... 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
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
