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- Let's Tweet About Something Important!
Almost 50 years ago, FCC Commissioner Newton Minow suggested that the then-n... - How to "Connect the Dots" in Your Business
In my last post I wrote about why intelligence agencies were apparently unab... - The Underwear Bomber: Why They Didn't "Connect the Dots"
Everybody, including President Obama, is criticizing the U.S. intelligence a... - How You Lowered Your Information Standards
In my last blog, I argued that people don't care enough about their informat... - Why We Don't Care About Information Overload
I gave a presentation this week on decision-making, and someone in the audie... - Why Health Care Reform Is Vulnerable to Smart Analytics
Insurance ? and health insurance in particular ? has long been about the poo... - The US Is GM
The United States, my beloved home country, has become the General Motors of... - Forwarding Is the New Networking
Michael Schrage recently wrote a post on this site about the importance of f... - Are Social Media Contributing to the Decline of Civilization?
I was recently sent a PR message encouraging me to blog about a new "social ... - How to Make the Classroom as Exciting as a Video Game
Children in the Northern Hemisphere are headed back to school this time of y... - Singapore: A Model of Judgment for the United States?
We often talk about judgment with regard to individuals, but organizations a... - Why Jerks Are Bad Decision-Makers
There are many reasons for not working with jerks, as Bob Sutton has pointed... - Choosing the Right Analytics in Afghanistan
In my last post, I wrote about Robert McNamara's over-focus on "body counts"... - Robert S. McNamara's Good Brain ? And Bad Judgment
How do we think about the late Robert S. McNamara? On the one hand, he was p... - Private Equity and the Ownership Decision
A few months back I wrote about micro-decisions and how they can add up to m...