Nov 15, 2015
BI has started recording lectures held here, both by internal professors, and by guests, and make them available on their YouTube stream. This means that the lecture held by the Nobel Laureate Robert Merton on pensions is freely available; and I do recommend it! No...
Nov 11, 2015
Stress, or pressure can be good for us, in the short term, by helping us focus and muster energy and mental resources to solve a given challenge. When stress endures over time, it becomes harmful. Watch this four minute TED video to see just how bad it is! How...
Oct 31, 2015
Nudging has been all the rage since Richard Thaler introduced the concept some years ago… and the British and American government started their ‘nudge units’ to encourage citizens to make better decisions. In this article Thaler presents examples of...
Oct 28, 2015
My takeaway from the article: Encourage my two advisers to become editors of prestigious journals! This extract from the conclusion says a lot: The social effect is particularly relevant for former PhD students and university colleagues of the editor; for instance,...
Oct 25, 2015
Why Organizations Don’t Learn Idea in Brief The Problem Even companies dedicated to continuous improvement struggle to stay on the path. Research suggests that’s because of deeply ingrained biases: We focus too much on success, take action too quickly, try...
