People Don’t Actually Know Themselves Very Well
Chances are, your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality than you are.
Content: Article | Author: Adam Grant | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Capitalism the Apple Way vs. Capitalism the Google Way
Whichever company’s vision wins out will shape the future of the economy.
Content: Article | Author: Mihir A. Desai | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Capitalism, Economics
The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence
In some jobs, being in touch with emotions is essential. In others, it seems to be a detriment. And like any skill, being able to read people can be used for good or evil.
Content: Article | Author: Adam Grant | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Organizational Behavior
The Confidence Gap
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here’s why, and what to do about it.
Content: Article | Authors: Claire Shipman, Katty Kay | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Career / Employment, Organizational Behavior, Women in Business
They’re Watching You at Work
What happens when Big Data meets human resources? The emerging practice of “people analytics” is already transforming how employers hire, fire, and promote.
Content: Article | Author: Don Peck | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Human Resources
The Optimal Office
How better design could fix your workday—and your life .
Content: Article | Author: Julie Beck | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Organizational Behavior
More Is More: Why the Paradox of Choice Might Be a Myth
It’s widely assumed that overwhelming people with options — whether in TVs or delicious jams — can make them less likely to make a decision. But maybe that’s wrong.
Content: Article | Author: Derek Thompson | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Marketing / Sales
Anthropology Inc.
Forget online surveys and dinnertime robo-calls. A consulting firm called ReD is at the forefront of a new trend in market research, treating the everyday lives of consumers as a subject worthy of social-science scrutiny. On behalf of its corporate clients, ReD will uncover your deepest needs, fears, and desires.
Content: Article | Author: Graeme Wood | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Market Research
Graeme Wood
Listen to people talk about how they break the rules, in other words, and you’ll figure out what they consider the important rules in the first place.
Content: Quotation | Author: Graeme Wood | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Should We Trust Economists?
They’re fractious, frequently wrong, and have lost much of the public’s faith. But their insights are still valuable — as long as you don’t expect them to predict the future.
Content: Article | Author: Noah Smith | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Music Sales Are Growing For the First Time This Century: Here’s Why
Americans Spend $52 Billion on Pets in a Year
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Market
Zadie Smith
Avoid your weaknesses. But do this without telling yourself that the things you can’t do aren’t worth doing. Don’t mask self-doubt with contempt.
Content: Quotation | Author: Zadie Smith | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Personal Development
Do CEOs Matter?
Can a CEO—even one as talented and visionary as Steve Jobs—really make or break a corporation? Many business scholars have grown skeptical of the idea of chief executive as superhero. Cutting-edge research reveals that while some CEOs clearly do make a big difference, many are merely the most visible cogs in complex machines.
Content: Article | Author: Harris Collingwood | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Corporate Governance
Sink and Swim
Bankruptcy helps the undeserving—and that’s the way it should be.
Content: Article | Author: Megan McArdle | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Jonathan Schlefer
This lack of direct disagreement between advocates and critics of NAFTA reflects standard economic theory, which predicts both “gains from trade,” meaning higher total income and more efficient production, and “trade adjustments,” including job losses and salary cuts for some. “Trade adjustments” sounds pleasantly minor and temporary, but though economists do not like to say so out loud, their texts explicitly confirm that losses can … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Jonathan Schlefer | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Pop Psychology
Why asset bubbles are a part of the human condition that regulation can’t cure
Content: Article | Author: Virginia Postrel | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Henry Blodget
So what can we learn from all this? In the words of the great investor Jeremy Grantham, who saw this collapse coming and has seen just about everything else in his four-decade career: “We will learn an enormous amount in a very short time, quite a bit in the medium term, and absolutely nothing in the long term.” Of course, to paraphrase Keynes, in the … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Henry Blodget | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics
Infectious Exuberance
Financial bubbles are like epidemics— and we should treat them both the same way.
Content: Article | Author: Robert J. Shiller | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Economics