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Better Ways of Thinking About Risks

Harvard Business Review

It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. cognitive ability, honesty), then focus rewards and training on malleable ones (i.e., Evaluation serves these goals if it prizes learning; it undermines them if it ignores how difficult risk analysis can be. job-specific knowledge and skills).

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Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling in Your Career

Harvard Business Review

How do those without extensive training in statistics equip themselves with the skills necessary to thrive (or even just survive) in our age of “big data”? Silver: I think the best training is almost always going to be hands on training. You’re trying not to make crazy generalizations across too many spheres.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

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Cross-disciplinary training: On a regular basis have members of different departments lead instructional discussions on their particular specialty. Economics and game theory also provide valuable insight into the study of trust (cf. Reduced training time for new employees. Nash Equilibrium, Pareto Principle).

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How to hack a management system [brief talk]

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My goal is to teach whoever is ready to re-engineer their business, startup, or organization. Game theory applications – tapping into mutualistic dynamics. Training for charisma, confidence, and presentation skills. Training to be comfortable and confident in any social situation. Hacking your management system.

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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.