Learning to Expect the Unexpected
A black swan is an outlier, an event that lies beyond the realm of normal expectations. Most people expect all swans to be white because that’s what their experience tells them; a black swan is by definition a surprise. Nevertheless, people tend to concoct explanations for them after the fact, which makes them appear more predictable, and less random, than they are. Our minds are … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Source: Edge Foundation | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Organizational Behavior
Global Migration Patterns and Job Creation
Gallup’s World Poll reveals new findings on the “great global dream” and how it will affect the rise of the next economic empire.
Content: Article | Author: Jim Clifton | Source: Gallup Management Journal | Subjects: Economics, International, Miscellaneous, Trends / Analysis
Rotman Magazine – Spring 2007
The Spring 2007 issue of Rotman magazine contains 124 pages of varying quality articles and other information. I personally recommend reading the following:
– Thought Leader Interview: Daniel Kahneman
– Countering the Biggest Risk of All by Adrian Slywotzky and John Drzik
– Bounded Awareness by Dolly Chugh and Max Bazerman
– Hull’s Laws: What we can learn from derivatives mishaps by John Hull
– A Primer on the Management … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Rotman Magazine | Subjects: Management, Miscellaneous, Organizational Behavior, Risk Management
Addressing the Muslim Market
Can You Afford Not To? Throughout the world, Muslims are becoming increasingly active as investors and manufacturers, bankers and traders, competitors and suppliers, and becoming real partners in a global economic system. Muslims comprise one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the world and, hence, represent a major growth opportunity for businesses around the world.
Content: Article | Authors: Dirk Buchta, Martin Walker, Tracey Reuter | Source: Kearney | Subjects: Demographics, International, Miscellaneous
Blowing the Whistle: Which External Controls Best Reveal Corporate Fraud?
New research suggest that the best way to promote fraud detection is to extend the Federal Civic False Claim Act to corporate fraud.
Content: Article | Authors: Adair Morse, Luigi Zingales | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Legal, Miscellaneous
From Reciprocity to Reputation
The basis of trust may be changing. It used to be based on reciprocity and as such was fragile and personal. Because of technology, trust is now based on reputation among people who don’t know each. It is both less personal and more robust.
Content: Article | Author: Philip Evans | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Trends / Analysis
PowerPoint, Warts and All: Relearning to Communicate
PowerPoint recently (and quietly) celebrated its 20th birthday. Why do some people love it while others passionately hate it?
And how can we learn from its strength and its limitations, to be better and more effective communicators?
Content: Article | Author: Abhay Padgaonkar | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development
Age and the entrepreneur, part 1: Some data
Marc Andreessen summarizes some research by Dean Simonton on age and creativity across many fields.
Content: Article | Author: Marc Andreessen | Source: Pmarca | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous
Luck and the entrepreneur, part 1: The four kinds of luck
Marc Andreessen takes a look at luck and the entrepreneur, focusing on the work of Dr. James Austin, who developed a theory of four kinds of luck (chance).
Content: Article | Author: Marc Andreessen | Source: Pmarca | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Miscellaneous
Rotman Magazine – Winter 2007
The Winter 2007 issue of Rotman magazine contains 124 pages of varying quality articles and other information. I personally recommend reading the following:
– Peripheral Vision: An Interview with George Day
– Drivers of Economic Growth by Robert Ayres
– Time for Design by Jeanne Liedtka and Henry Mintzberg
– The Big Picture: Howard Gardner (The Five Minds of the Future)
– Neuroeconomics by … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Rotman Magazine | Subject: Miscellaneous
Do business books work?
Seth Godin blogs about whether business books work or are they an utter waste of time.
Editor’s Note: the blog post itself is fine, but if the topic interests you will will find quite a number of related trackback posts to further your reading…
Content: Article | Author: Seth Godin | Subjects: Education, Miscellaneous
Business Magazine Covers as Contrarian Indicators
Marc Andreessen summarizes and provides a copy of a 2007 paper in the Financial Analysts Journal by Tom Arnold, John Earl, and David North:
“Headlines from featured stories in Business Week, Fortune, and Forbes were collected for a 20-year period to determine whether positive stories are associated with superior future performance and negative stories are associated with inferior future performance for the featured company. “Superior” and … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Marc Andreessen | Source: Pmarca | Subjects: Finance, Miscellaneous
A Small Circle Of Friends
Some self-help groups save lives, and some just drift apart. What makes a personal network click?
Content: Article | Author: Virginia Postrel | Source: Forbes | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Organizational Behavior
Rotman Magazine – Fall 2006
The Fall 2006 issue of Rotman magazine contains 120 pages of varying quality articles and other information. I personally recommend reading the following:
– Identity and the Economics of Organizations by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton
– Loyalty Myths by Timothy Keiningham,Terry Vavra, Lerzan Aksoy and Henri Wallard
– The Big Picture:Tom Stewart
– The Trust Development Process by Mark Weber, Deepak Malhotra and … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Rotman Magazine | Subjects: Management, Miscellaneous
Blinded by the Light
How the “halo effect” distorts our view of company performance.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Miscellaneous
Why Management Consultants
The management consultant has come to be taken for granted. But the management consultant is an extraordinary and indeed a truly unique phenomenon.
Content: Article | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Industry Specific, Miscellaneous | Industry: Consulting
Alvin Toffler: The Thought Leader Interview
Thirty-six years after his book Future Shock, the world’s most influential futurist sees the informal economy as a basis of revolutionary wealth.
Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Miscellaneous, People
Controversy Incorporated
Some of the best growth opportunities are found in fields loaded with ethical and moral difficulties, including biotechnology, providing public services for profit, serving low-income consumers in poor countries, and developing newly legal activities such as gaming. Companies working in these fields have had to make themselves more socially responsible to satisfy not only political activists but also their own shareholders. To make the most … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: David Cogman, Jeremy M. Oppenheim | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Social Responsibility (ESG)
The 80-19-1 Rule
Brad Feld postulates a different way to view the Pareto principle.
Editor’s Note: you’ll probably want to read the prior and external posts he mentions to get the full benefit of this entry.
Content: Article | Author: Brad Feld | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subject: Miscellaneous
Eight Questions Customers Should Ask Suppliers
Just as a supplier needs to do his or her homework to earn the right to do business with a client, training directors need to know how to do the right kind of due diligence about a supplier. One should understand a supplier’s basic capabilities, its content, and what is behind its pricing. But, the most important questions concern what it will be like to … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Diane Hessan | Source: T+D | Subject: Miscellaneous