Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill
Posted on18 Feb 2013
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, coaching, employees, fear, fun, ignorance, inertia, Influence, leadership, management, management by walking around, military, problem solving, resistance to change, training, uncertainty, warfare, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series
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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties.... Read More
Clausewitz’s Friction: Difference between Plans and Reality
Posted on15 Nov 2012
Tagsdecisions, phone, friction, On War, Clausewitz, uncertainty, planning, people, management by walking around, Management by objective, management, information, Influence, follow up, employees, change management, business planning
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Carl von Clausewitz’s book, On War, greatly influenced my business ideas especially his short chapter on “Friction in War.” Essentially, there is... Read More
Stock Gambling & Poker Investing: Lesson in Skill & Outcomes
Posted on11 Jul 2011
TagsUniversity of Chicago, uncertainty, Thomas Miles, The Economist, stock market, Steve Levitt, skills, poker, investing, intuition, gambling
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The May 21, 2011 edition of The Economist had two articles casting a cloud over the skill inherent in successful stock market... Read More
Directing People Lays Groundwork for Resistance to Change
Posted on06 Jun 2011
Tagscertainty, change, change management, child, Cognition Journal, creativity, discovery, Elizabeth Bonawitz, exploration, management, Patrick Shafto, procedure, process management, The Economist, thinking process, trial and error, uncertainty, University of California Berkeley, University of Louisville
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The article, Now You Know, in the May 28, 2011 edition of The Economist discussed a study published in Cognition by Elizabeth... Read More
Is Freedom for Everybody?
Posted on27 Dec 2010
Tagsaction, certainty, policies, uncertainty, thinking process, The Economist, Stanford, Sheena Iyengar, rules, procedure, Muslim, Mark Lepper, Iraq, freedom, driving, decisions, Columbia University, Choice, chaos
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This past month, I conversed with a resident of a Muslim country. He commented on how many of his fellow citizens couldn’t... Read More
Accounting for Unconscious Biases in Your Decision Making?
Posted on16 Dec 2010
Tagsdissent, decisions, Dan Lovallo, budgets, behavioral economics, abilities, diversity, unknown, uncertainty, self-interest, optimism, Olivier Sibony, McKinsey & Company, management, leadership, economics
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The article, The Case for Behavioral Strategy, (PDF) by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony* from the March 2010 McKinsey Quarterly states: Once... Read More
The Rise of Intuition
Posted on09 Sep 2010
Tagsemotions, rationale, Psychology Today, nanotechnology, management, leadership, knowledge, intuition, Influence, illusion, feelings, sales, decisions, communications, cognition, BNET Blog, biotechnology, advancements, wants, unknown, uncertainty, sensors, scientific
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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
