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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

Economics and game theory also provide valuable insight into the study of trust (cf. Eoin Whelan, Marian Carcary, (2011) “Integrating talent and knowledge management: where are the benefits?”, 2010), and even looking into the impact of facial features (DeBruine, Lisa, 2002). Nash Equilibrium, Pareto Principle).

Team 52
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How to hack a management system [brief talk]

Ask Atma

[A 5 minute talk given at LA Hackers on April 23, 2011 at Coloft]. Game theory applications – tapping into mutualistic dynamics. My name is Atma. I am an industrial psychologist. That’s kind of like a project manager on academic steroids. Part of the power of organizational psychology is that it leverages emotional energy.

System 44
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Understanding the Game Being Played in Washington

Harvard Business Review

Peyton Young’s “ The Evolution of Conventions ,” one of several works of game theory I plowed my way through this week in an attempt to find a way to think about the government shutdown and looming debt ceiling fight that didn’t make me want to bang my head against a wall. That quote is from economist H. Trial and error.