22 days ago
Linkorama : Technology forecast: Operational Web 2.0 - PwC: Finally, enterprise-class tools and methods are emerging to create informal online networks. Already, business users are collaborating to deliver better decisions.
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Linkorama : Information is a means to an end - If there is no meta-information, the information might not even be found at all thus having no value even though the potential value might be enormous.
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Linkorama : Predictably / Irrational - When we make decisions we think we're in control, making rational choices. But are we? Entertaining and surprising, Ariely unmasks the subtle but powerful tricks that our minds play on us.
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8 month ago
Linkorama : Human vs. Machine - The timeliness of this Conference is NOT only because "web 2.0" technologies and business models have reached critical mass in the financial markets. It is also because, as driven by the web more generally, the frontier between human and machine
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9 month ago
Linkorama : Imposed Stupidity, Emergent Intelligence - With examples of Subversion and Git, this makes me wonder if distributing commit access isn't distributing decision making, but distributing information and the ability to produce
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12 month ago
Linkorama : Decisions, information, decoupling and automation - Thus I believe organizations should think about how to get decisions (or at least candidate decisions) to people, not just information.
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21 month ago
deusx : The Fishbowl: The Only Flowchart You'll Ever Need
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23 month ago
Linkorama : The 9X Email Problem - So the new tools are not direct substitutes for email; instead, they're intended to provide capabilities that email can't. Will they succeed? It depends heavily, I believe, on whether companies and their managers want technology platforms for collabora
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25 month ago
Linkorama : Lovaglia’s Law - Lovaglia’s Law: The more important the outcome of a decision, the more people will resist using evidence to make it.
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26 month ago
Linkorama : Strong Opinions, Weakly Held - to deal with an uncertain future and still move forward – they advise people to have “strong opinions, which are weakly held.†Bob explained that weak opinions are problematic because people aren’t inspired to develop the best a
wearehugh : Bob Sutton: Strong Opinions, Weakly Held
jkottke : The secret to wisdom: strong opinions, weakly held - The secret to wisdom: strong opinions, weakly held. "Bob explained that it was just as important, however, to not be too attached to what you believe because, otherwise, it undermines your ability to 'see' and 'hear' evidence that clashes with your opinio [via]
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28 month ago
Linkorama : Sociocracy - An alternative governance system and organizational design
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31 month ago
erikbenson : 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions - I wonder if there are guidelines for ways to prime your unconscious mind solve problems in your sleep.
plasticbag : 'Sleeping on it' best for complex decisions - this may be more true of me than other people... - “At some point in our evolution, we started to make decisions consciously, and we’re not very good at it. We should learn to let our unconscious handle the complicated things"
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33 month ago
Linkorama : Systems for Collective Choice - Broadly, there seem to be three methods of collective choice, divided by the intended result: selection, opinion, or comparison.
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34 month ago
Linkorama : When the Means Become the Ends - Organizations can easily do the wrong thing by mistaking the means for the ends. Following are a couple examples I ran across in the past few days.
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37 month ago
deusx : Ripples: post-corporate adventures: Life-changing moments... - "When the door to a new business opportunity opens, some fortunate people seem to step through it easily and pick up a new life on the other side."
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