Good HBR article on how :”Hiring for cultural fit can thwart diversity”. Why Hiring for Cultural Fit Can Thwart Your Diversity Efforts Recently I had a revealing conversation with the head of sales of a global marketing company. She was talking about her...
Harvard professor Linda Hill presents her findings on characteristics of leaders / situations that inspire consistent creative thinking and progress. Three key capabilities are: Creative Abraision, Creative Resolution and Creative Agility. See her HBR...
Confounding variables are nothing new, so controlling form them are common. However, as this paper shows, a lot of these controls are flawed, calling into question the validity of the results. SEM is proposed as part of the solution. Statistics: When...
The extent information takes hold and is spread depends on the “Majority illusion”; which means: whether other people in the network believes most other people have the information. (Who wants to be the odd one out?) Worth noting, this is independent of...
Brilliant and hilarious description with fantastic graphics of how to think of the level of preparation for a talk, and on procrastination in the process! Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story – Wait But Why You’ve probably heard this Seinfeld joke: According...
There are MANY behavioral biases, and their books, Kahneman, Ariely and Thaler (to name a few) explain what lies behind these biases. Fantastic books! However, sometimes a list of some common ones are welcome; in this article, 61 are presented. 57 Cognitive Biases...
