Conventional wisdom Noun: The generally accepted belief or opinion about a particular matter. Conventional wisdom may be proven to be untrue. Example: It is widely believed that before the voyage of Christopher Colobus most people thought that the world was flat. This is however not true. The myth of the flat earth Brainstorming What do you do when you need a novel solution? The answer is obvious, you hold a brainstorming session. I’ve been doing them for 30 […]
Who Knows Best?
Learning from others In the 4th century B.C. the Greek historian Herodotus wrote “The Histories”, an account of the Greco-Persian wars. It was the first time anybody had documented events from existing records. So it earned Herodotus the title “The Father of History”. In it he recounts a story about Darius the Great, King of […]
The Puzzle of Motivation
TED Talk Dan Pink Improving employee performance is as easy as 1, 2, 3: Write an objective Define a metric Provide an incentive Then set people off to hit the goal. It is just a question of building motivation. In his entertaining TED talk Dan Pink explains why this approach destroys motivation instead of creating […]
Research: To Be a Good Leader, Start By Being a Good Follower
Harvard Business Review Kim Peters and Alex Haslam Who does the best job of finding good leaders? Assessors: managers, recruiters and trainers. People whose job it is to find and promote talent. Leaders: the person themselves. Individuals who are convinced that they have what it takes. Followers: the team who have to work for the leader. The […]
Messy by Tim Harford — Book Review
What is it about? According to the author, Tim Harford, Messy “celebrates the benefits that messiness has in our lives: why it’s important, why we resist it, and why we should embrace it instead”. According to Maria Konnikova’s New York Times review, “a less catchy, but perhaps more accurate, title for the book would be […]
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