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It’s the incentive structure, people! Why science reform must come from the...

Reblogged from The File Drawer: Another day, another New York Times report on bad practice in biomedical science. The growing problems with scientific research are by now well known: Many results in...

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Peer assessment and the Dunning-Kruger effect #hr #management

What about it? Whilst having discussions on a ‘thinkers’ board that I infrequently-frequently visit, someone mentioned the Dunning-Kruger effect in relation to specific politicians. So I looked it up...

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Just Finished Reading: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother #books

I started begging my mother for piano lessons from a very young age, had my mother been a Tiger Mother I would have been a child prodigy. I’d seen Amy Chua in an interview program and had wanted to...

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Picking Employees from Job Candidates #hr #jobs

I can tell you that the way I pick candidates to be interviewed is probably wrong, and the way I hire people is probably worse. It’s not that the people I pick are the wrong people for the job, it’s...

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5 Missteps in Writing Code

Like most developers I am constantly struggling to deliver in the face of unrealistic or extremely tight deadline, which can be self imposed or come from external sources. As I will likely discuss in...

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LinkedIn endorsements. Slacktivism at it’s finest.

LinkedIn’s Endorsements All hail, or fail? Evo Terra LinkedIn endorsements. Slacktivism at it’s finest.I know that the folks at LinkedIn are trying to re-invigorate their network. I like the intent,...

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Will following checklists make your company good at anything?

Will following checklists make your company good at anything? The main problem is that most people don’t realize that they are incompetent at performing the task they set themselves, so they grasp at...

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Project Management Oracle

Project Management OracleStill collecting data for my Project Management Oracle, you can help me here. Assignment Oracle Lean & Lasting is a project management training and consulting company. We...

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Amazon Should Be Disrupted

Amazon Should Be DisruptedI read the article and thought, if what the authors want is analytics why aren’t Amazon.com??adding that? In one of the later stages of WorkingTitle365 I will be giving much...

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Be careful what you wish for!

Neville Hobson FIR Cut: Starbucks Twitter hashtag hijacked by critics Overflow from FIR #683 on December 24, 2012. Mashable: Starbucks Twitter Hashtag Campaign Becomes Forum for Brand-Bashing...

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Habits of Wealthy Entrepreneurs

Habits of Wealthy Entrepreneurs Filled with confirmation bias, and still an interesting read. Seb Paquet What are some of the habits wealthy entrepreneurs have that other people don’t?...

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New Years Thoughts

Chris Hoeller Strategic Thinking and Systems Thinking Strategic Thinking is also called Systems Thinking, critical thinking, solutions thinking, future and forward thinking, long-term thinking, and...

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Artist CrowdFunding – Making Inspiration Happen

Artist CrowdFunding – Making Inspiration HappenI’ve been working on WorkingTitle365, a new way for artists to crowd fund their work. The??goal is to unite Makers and their admirers, the Fans, in...

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Prepaid Creditcard

Prepaid CreditcardWould you opt for a prepaid creditcard if it was cheaper? Prepaid Cards Grow Despite Stigma Over Fees It s nearly a full year since finance guru Suze Orman faced a backlash over her...

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Printed Books Not Dying

Printed Books Not DyingLast week I read an interesting post by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten - although I am not able to find it back on The Next Web - who’s basic gist was: dead trees are dead, read...

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