Nov 15, 2016
This article studies college students, from a sociological perspective, using network theory analysis and qualitative work. The key findings: Student’s social networks fall into three types: tight knitters, compartmentalizes and samplers. Tight Knitters: all friends...
Nov 9, 2016
The US election result came as a big surprise to me; as to most who have put their faith in polling and statistical analysis predicting the outcome. Nate Silver and his company FiveThirtyEight is widely acknowledged to have some of the best analysis in the business;...
Oct 27, 2016
Clayton Christensen gives a lecture on his new book; the key point is: Focus on what problem you are solving for the customer; not what your product can do, or what you can offer. His example from McDonalds is: What problem does their Milkshake solve: answer: a snack...
Oct 20, 2016
As I am running a couple of workshops in the Msc. ethics course at BI this fall; I am reminded of how the subject is becoming an increasingly important; as the world is changing ever faster, throwing up questions we do not have a set “common sense” answer...
Oct 3, 2016
As with so many activities, networking is a craft to be learnt. If done well.. It benefit both you and your network.. Here are some advice from a leading researcher in the field. For network to have value, it needs to have relevant and potentially strategically...
