Biggest Obstacles to Big Data Are Right In Front of Us
Posted on23 Jan 2017
Tagsbig data, 2016 presidential election, bias, Go, uncertainty, statistics, resistance to change, information technology, decisions, business planning, artificial intelligence
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Big data analytics is a big thing. It also plays a huge role in artificial intelligence (AI). Deep learning requires analyzing a... Read More
The Secret to Making Uncertainty Our Friend
Posted on12 Mar 2015
Tagscertainty, creativity, decisions, fear, innovation, J. Michael Fox, uncertainty, Predictability as Hell Analogy
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When we do not deal well with uncertainty, we make bad decisions. As an unspecified fear, it stirs anxiety in us. The... Read More
Apocalyptic Decision Making – Dealing with Uncertainty
When four horsemen of apocalyptic decision making (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity [VUCA]) confront us, we tend to avoid them. We avoid... 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
Leadership, The Secret (Pt 6): Scientifically Unproven
Posted on03 Feb 2014
Tagsdefinitions, emotions, leadership, prove, quality, Scientific Method, subjective, uncertainty, Leadership - The Secret Series
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A professor and I were discussing the effect of goals on employee performance. He was commenting that research shows they raise performance... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 5) – Relational Preferences
Posted on09 Sep 2013
Tagsconfidence, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, hypocrisy, interpersonal, Personality, power, psychopaths, relationships, rules, style, success, Talent, uncertainty, Psychopath in Workplace Series, charisma, uniformity
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Psychopaths prefer relationships in which we will tend to: Permit psychopaths to break the rules Be seduced by confidence Misinterpret success for... Read More
Luck’s Effect on Experts’ Predictions
One of the outside factors that tend to cause us to make the fundamental attribution error in assessing talent is randomness .... Read More
Computers in Decision Making
Posted on10 Jun 2013
Tagschess, Allègre Hadida, Matthias Seifert, Go, Deep Blue, Garry Kasparov, uncertainty, poker, information technology, information, Harvard Business Review, decisions, decision-making process, computers, certainty
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Chess is a relatively easy decision-making task for computers. Thus, historically, the defeat of Garry Kasparov by Deep Blue was inconsequential when... Read More
Confidence as a Psychological Weapon of Leadership
Posted on02 May 2013
Tagslogic, certainty, confidence, facts, honesty, Influence, interpretation, leadership, message, power, psychology, subconscious, trust, uncertainty, martyrs
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Confidence frequently indicates incompetence. However, leadership often requires confidence. Since people often fear uncertainty, they naturally gravitate to people who provide certainty,... Read More
