Monthly Archives: July 2011

Conduct a Pre-mortem

Posted on 26 July, 2011 by

One of the most interesting areas of management performance to me is decision-making.  And one of the most interesting writers on the subject is Gary Klein. His principle research interest is in how to use intuition effectively, which led to … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurial Project Management

Posted on 21 July, 2011 by

UK readers will know that I followed the recent UK series of The Apprentice in some detail, blogging about the lessons learned and the strengths and flaws of the last six candidates, ultimately predicting the winner. . This year’s series … Continue reading →

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Risk Happens! is Published

Posted on 19 July, 2011 by

It is nearly a year since I started work on Risk Happens! and there have been some bumps along the way. Well, there would, wouldn’t there? Risk Happens! But Risk Happens! has now been published and I am proud of … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Touch and its affect on Risk Behaviour

Posted on 1 July, 2011 by

Physical contact can influence decision-making behaviour and willingness to take risks.  This is the result of study by a team led by Jonathan Levav at Columbia University Business School. In a paper called Physical Contact and Financial Risk-Taking, co-authored with … Continue reading →

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