Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Many years later, French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace developed Bayes’s idea into a powerful theory, which we now know as the Bayes Theorem. Bayes is relevant to modern leaders because it can help them develop an approach to uncertainty that is less deterministic and more probabilistic. Here is a simple explanation of it.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 14, 2019

During this time they developed detailed expertise in navigating the visa processes around the world, and so they have moved away from jobs and towards providing dedicated visa support for individuals and organizations alike. “We aim to reverse the ‘banking cull’ that left many key areas like Africa locked out of the banking system.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

During our conversation it was evident that he is proud that SAS is developing software to solve problems in a broad range of fields. Already 30,000 teachers are using the educational software developed by SAS that the company makes available to teachers online at no cost. Education is another field he mentioned.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

During our conversation it was evident that he is proud that SAS is developing software to solve problems in a broad range of fields. Already 30,000 teachers are using the educational software developed by SAS that the company makes available to teachers online at no cost. Education is another field he mentioned.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Are there peculiar features of African entrepreneurship we may consider relevant to big global debates on development and sustainability? We had explained the talent churn away as a consequence of small, sub-optimal, unscalable businesses that failed to give talented managers a vision of personal career growth.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has spent his career focusing on the ways in which we get things right , or could at least learn to. In Gigerenzer’s view, using heuristics, rules of thumb, and other shortcuts often leads to better decisions than the models of “rational” decision-making developed by mathematicians and statisticians.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

She kicked off her October management team meeting, which I was attending, by reading the following passage from my book: The dangers of taking too much risk are very clear. They develop slowly over time and are almost impossible to pinpoint. Risk management Strategy' We’re reminded of them in the news every day.

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