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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Gardner also quotes Scott Armstrong, “an expert on forecasting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania” on his “seer-sucker theory: No matter how much evidence exists that seers do not exist, suckers will pay for the existence of seers.”. Tetlock then correlated their level of fame to the accuracy of their forecast.

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Human Feedback is the Greatest Path to Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Once you are aware of this, you can re-wire your brain to see feedback-giving as a very positive way to help employees do a great job and succeed in their careers. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. All rights reserved.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

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I was with Cactus at a remote for Armstrong-Johnson Ford. That was a cue for the studio DJ to play a commercial for the Career Shop, a clothing retailer. As an integrated process of life skills, career has its place. The out-cue was to describe the 1959 Ford model. Whatever measure you give will be the measure that you get back.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

The first which I attended was at the Armstrong-Johnson Ford dealership. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Consider leaving a comment!