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How We Contribute To Mistrust In Politics

The Horizons Tracker

Various studies over the past few years have highlighted the declining trust many of us have in politics, and even in democracy itself. This process revealed that it was only generally the information regarded as most important that made it to the end. ” Gossip matters. That’s the crux of it.”

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How Teams Can Function When They Have Conflicting Goals

The Horizons Tracker

The study suggests that transparency and effective sharing of information is crucial for such groups to work well. This was joined by a computer model that utilized Bayesian statistics and differential game theory to simulate such interactions. How do teams manage to function when their goals are conflicting however?

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Embrace the Complexity of Cyber Defense

Harvard Business Review

This approach has greatly enhanced our ability to defend information systems against attack. Today''s cyber-issues involve systemic social, economic, organizational, and political components. These types of cyber-issues must be addressed not only with technological solutions, but also on the social, political, and policy levels.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

Avoid vague or general expression, such as, “politeness or “integrity”. Economics and game theory also provide valuable insight into the study of trust (cf. Some of the more obvious benefits of knowledge management are: Sharing of valuable organizational information throughout organizational hierarchy.

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What Watching Too Much Star Trek Gets You

Harvard Business Review

I found a plane ticket and arrived in time for dinner with the CEO of the Australian Industry Group — not the government, strictly speaking, but heavily involved in the country's politics. How do you know what to share, and what not to share, before you share?" Unsolvable problem. Big opportunity to change the world. It changed my life.

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Understanding the Game Being Played in Washington

Harvard Business Review

In other words, it’s an interaction among “agents” who “base their decisions on limited information about actions of other agents in the recent past, and they do not always optimize.”. But the don’t-push-it-too-far-with-the-debt-ceiling convention is, like most political norms, subject to revision. That quote is from economist H.