First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 11, 2016

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner Crown Publishers (2015) How to blend computer-based forecasting and subjective judgment to gain a better sense of what will likely occur Obviously, computers can process, organize, and access more data faster than can human beings.

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Review Books Process How To 70

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Simon Sinek challenges what and how thinking. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Your ‘Why’ Should Not Be Because You Hate Commuting. In his book Start with Why?, While what and how are the yin and yang of everything, why is the driving force. So why didn’t I start the article with the why?

Simon 50

Simon Self-aware Call Center Agility 50

Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

Simon Sinek refers to this as well when he describes his “golden circle” concept, telling us that working and leading from “why” (the reason an organization exists) is deeply rooted in our biology, as it connects deep within people’s brains – their limbic systems – the seat of basic human emotion. 2015, November). Richardson, W.

Covey 69

Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Schramm (Simon & Schuster, 2018) If you are thinking of starting a business—and apparently nine million Americans are currently thinking about it and only about 500,000 actually do each year—you will want to read Burn the Business Plan. There is so much in this book that will help you perform better in all of your communication.

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Books Leadership Simon Learning-by-Doing 316

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2015

provided lush arrangements for easy listening singers such as Ed Ames, Carly Simon, Sammy Davis Jr., Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. He was a masterful arranger and orchestral conductor. He was to 1960’s and 70’s music what Nelson Riddle was in the 1940’s and 50’s. Vikki Carr and The Lettermen.

Career 50

Career Succession Film Humphrey 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

” A second notion, proposed by Herbert Simon and Allen Newell, is of machine intelligence based on heuristics. Simon and Newell reminded us the system is displaying the programmer’s learning, not its own. Comparing the results against the rules can lead to feedback, a mode of machine learning.

Simon 8

Simon Proposal Learning-by-Doing System 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

UK-based Marks & Spencer launched "Plan A" in 2007 , aiming to make the company the most sustainable retailer in the world by 2015 and incorporate sustainability attributes, such as sustainable cotton or wood, into every product it sells by 2020 (currently one-third of its products have Plan A attributes).

Metrics 9

Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Germany has shown the way, its “Mittelstand” encompassing numbers of world leaders or “hidden champions” in highly specialized fields, as Hermann Simon has described in his book of the same name. This entrepreneurial success story has not happened overnight.

Drucker 8

Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

My colleagues in the London office of Simon-Kucher & Partners tested that hypothesis a few years ago by examining book prices. A 2015 study by Consumer Reports showed price differentials for organic foods ranging from -13% to +303%. They found very interesting results.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the use of commercial drones in United States airspace could become official starting in 2015. Currently, Geologists like Jan Grygar are using drones to take high-definition photographs, while Simon Jardine and his business, Eye In The Sky, are using drones to sell aerial photography.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Venture Funding Industry Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Methodology The Lady Geek “Empathy Quotient” is inspired by Simon Baron Cohen’s “Empathizer” and ‘”Systemizer” model. Active is defined as having made at least five tweets during the sampling periods, which were randomly selected multi-hour windows in March 2015.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. “A wealth of information creates poverty of attention,” said Herbert Simon, long before today’s computer-fueled data tsunami. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. Attentional poverty.

Film 8

Film Drucker Technology Kahneman 8