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How Teams Can Function When They Have Conflicting Goals

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Teams are understandably most effective when their goals are both clearly articulated, and shared between all participants. How do teams manage to function when their goals are conflicting however? This was joined by a computer model that utilized Bayesian statistics and differential game theory to simulate such interactions.

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Would You Pay To Change A Game Before Playing It?

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Games are largely seen as enjoyable ways to pass the time, with the outcome not to be taken too seriously, but of course game theory defines games more broadly as any interaction between decision makers who probably have well-defined (if different) preferences. ”

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How to hack a management system [brief talk]

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That’s kind of like a project manager on academic steroids. Game theory applications – tapping into mutualistic dynamics. Hacking your management system. If you know any companies that would like to apply for participation please let me know. [A 5 minute talk given at LA Hackers on April 23, 2011 at Coloft].

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

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So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Curiosity – inclination to learn.

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