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Is money equals motivation a conventional wisdom we have to break?
The last few days I have been reading the book Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely. It describes many experiments done over the years that illustrate how people behave in irrational ways when we – a… more →
The Comparative Advantage
The Convenience of Conventional Wisdom
Rags Srinivasan wrote 2 days ago: When decision makers, people, press, stock analysts and armchair analysts (I will include myself her … more →
Challenging Conventional Wisdom – Round Two
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waiternotes wrote 3 days ago: I enjoyed writing the last column about Challenging Conventional Wisdom so much, I realized I have a … more →
I Can't Stand That
びっくり wrote 6 days ago: My biggest pet peeve as a teacher is hearing the words, “I don’t understand.”, … more →
Vacations Past: The Snowy Egret in the Garden
Allison Frost wrote 2 weeks ago: The egret sat with his back to me, blindingly brilliant in full sun. In order to avoid overexposing … more →
Easy hack to increase your learning efficiency
Liz wrote 2 weeks ago: The thing that every doctor I meet tells me about the first two years of medical school is that it … more →
Is money equals motivation a conventional wisdom we have to break?
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sherfelad wrote 3 weeks ago: The last few days I have been reading the book Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely. It describes m … more →
What Mars and Venus can teach us about better decision making
Liz wrote 4 weeks ago: DoubleX has a nice interview with Lise Elliot about her new book about sex differences and the brain … more →
Open books, multifoliate
echotrains wrote 1 month ago: Thursdays so far this term haven’t really been my most favourite of days (mainly due to labs m … more →
Questioning authority? you must be crazy
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laudyms wrote 1 month ago: Is straying from the herd, questioning conventional wisdom, and trying to figure out things for your … more →
The unconventional wisdoms: helping people succussed and long-term teams
sherfelad wrote 1 month ago: Photo by John Spooner One of my favourite subjects here in this blog has been conventional wisdoms. … more →
The Lack of Wisdom in "Conventional Wisdom"
Russ wrote 1 month ago: Most of us protect and obsess over conventional wisdom similar to Gollum over the ring John Kenneth … more →
The process of effectiveness
sherfelad wrote 2 months ago: photo by grahambones One the bloggers I follow regularly is the cartoonist Hugh MacLeod in his blog … more →
Obliquity and management
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sherfelad wrote 2 months ago: Photo by Olibac As part of a “Business Ethics” course I am taking at my AGSM MBA I came … more →
Hand-Washing Is No Defense Against Swine Flu
beckyminx wrote 2 months ago: It’s become conventional wisdom that simple soap and water can protect against the flu, but th … more →
Hand-Washing Is No Defense Against Swine Flu
diychica wrote 2 months ago: It’s become conventional wisdom that simple soap and water can protect against the flu, but th … more →
for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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echotrains wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been looking at potential routes to take after UBC in the last while, browsing forums and … more →
school yard bullying tactics gone global
musajen wrote 2 months ago: Every day there’s more news about the size of the nation…the fatness of it. Media outlet … more →
Rangy Rangers
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John Gugarty wrote 2 months ago: A lot has been made this season about the fact that the Texas Rangers have come from seemingly nowhe … more →
Simon and Conventional Wisdom
mediaslinky wrote 2 months ago: When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the ne … more →
