Sensemaking in Organizations: Karl Weick

Mar 21, 2016

A book I am intending to read; Sensemaking in Organizations by Karl Weick. However, until I do, I came accross a nice summary of the concept here: Sensemaking in Organizations: Reflections on Karl Weick and Social Theory by Laura A. McNamara, Sandia National...

One of the biggest cases of academic fraud: Diederik Stapel

Mar 20, 2016

Reading about Diederik Stapel reminds me of the quote from Walter Scott: “Oh, What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”. To list the full extent of his fraud, (including advising 20 Phd’s, many of whom used data he had faked),...

Place in- and structure of network more important than size

Mar 5, 2016

The extent information takes hold and is spread depends on the “Majority illusion”; which means: whether other people in the network believes most other people have the information. (Who wants to be the odd one out?) Worth noting, this is independent of...

On procrastination and preparing for an event..

Mar 5, 2016

Brilliant and hilarious description with fantastic graphics of how to think of the level of preparation for a talk, and on procrastination in the process! Doing a TED Talk: The Full Story – Wait But Why You’ve probably heard this Seinfeld joke: According...