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January 21, 2018, 11:41 PM IST
By NICK HOFFMAN ET AL Business leaders are increasingly recognising the risk of bias in business decision-making. Insights from the fields of behavioural economics and cognitive psychology continually emerge to reveal that individuals and institutions…
January 21, 2018, 11:41 PM IST
January 19, 2018, 11:50 PM IST
By Tasha Eurich Self-awareness seems to have become the latest management buzzword — and for good reason. Research suggests that when we see ourselves clearly, we are more confident and more creative. We make sounder…
January 19, 2018, 11:50 PM IST
January 18, 2018, 10:53 PM IST
By Ravi Gupta Et Al After a series of record-breaking closes for US stocks and the prospect that lower corporate tax rates might continue to boost markets, investors had plenty to be excited about as…
January 18, 2018, 10:53 PM IST
January 14, 2018, 10:33 PM IST
By Benedict Sheppard Et Al The importance of design is only increasing. Consumers have instant access to global marketplaces and ever-higher expectations of service. They no longer distinguish between physical and digital experiences. This makes…
January 14, 2018, 10:33 PM IST
January 12, 2018, 10:37 PM IST
By Aaron Klein Our psychology tends to sabotage us when we invest. Warren Buffett probably said it best, “Stocks are literally the only things that consumers refuse to buy when they’re at their cheapest and…
January 12, 2018, 10:37 PM IST
January 11, 2018, 10:33 PM IST
By Jay Sidhu The US banking system is built upon giving access to people in a local way. Regulators believe that if you permit digital banking, it will be available primarily in populated centres and…
January 11, 2018, 10:33 PM IST
January 8, 2018, 10:50 PM IST
By Michael Birshan Et Al Perhaps it’s the energy company plant manager who decided to order several months more worth of spare parts than usual— tying up cash to avoid worrying so often about running…
January 8, 2018, 10:50 PM IST
January 7, 2018, 10:14 PM IST
By Andy Eichfeld Et Al Identifying what managers should do on a regular basis is straightforward. If you ask any group of people about the best managers they’ve encountered, they’ll typically start describing the same…
January 7, 2018, 10:14 PM IST
January 5, 2018, 11:02 PM IST
By Marissa Sharif On a very broad level, I imagine how to help consumers reach their goals, like trying to lose weight or trying to save money. In these papers, I examine how incorporating a…
January 5, 2018, 11:02 PM IST
January 4, 2018, 11:30 PM IST
By BERT BRYS ET AL Recently, there have been calls to move away from a narrow focus on economic growth towards a greater emphasis on inclusiveness. These calls have been sparked by the rise in…
January 4, 2018, 11:30 PM IST
January 2, 2018, 11:15 PM IST
By Jonathan Haskel The nature of investment is important to all sorts of people, from bankers to managers. Economists are no exception: investment occupies a central place in much economic thought. Investment is what builds…
January 2, 2018, 11:15 PM IST
January 1, 2018, 11:55 PM IST
By Albert Bollard Et Al Companies know where they want to go. They want to be more agile, quicker to react, and more effective. They want to deliver great customer experiences, take advantage of new…
January 1, 2018, 11:55 PM IST
December 31, 2017, 10:31 PM IST
By Richard Hytner Some habits in business are harmful: chief executives can get high on the stale air of sycophancy. CFOs may not always know when to end the organisation’s drastic, cost-reducing diet, failing to…
December 31, 2017, 10:31 PM IST
December 29, 2017, 11:53 PM IST
A famous but possibly apocryphal tale about Albert Einstein is that he dreamed up the theory of relativity when riding his bicycle. Warren Buffett is on record as saying that he reads for six hours…
December 29, 2017, 11:53 PM IST
December 27, 2017, 11:37 PM IST
By LYNDA GRATTON Corporations and governments are beginning to understand that people want to be productive throughout their life. Many companies still seem to think that employing you is like marrying you and if you…
December 27, 2017, 11:37 PM IST
December 26, 2017, 11:18 PM IST
By Frank Chen I’d argue that this is a golden age of AI investing. To put it in historical context, AI was invented in the mid-1950s at Dartmouth, and ever since then, we’ve basically had…
December 26, 2017, 11:18 PM IST
December 25, 2017, 11:28 PM IST
Building a culture where people feel comfortable trying things that might fail starts with senior leaders’ attitudes and role-modelling. They must break the status quo of hierarchical decision-making, overcome a focus on optimising rather than…
December 25, 2017, 11:28 PM IST
December 23, 2017, 12:19 AM IST
By Matt Plummer Lots of us spend our days developing strategic plans for our own companies, or helping clients do so, and yet fail to take a strategic approach to improving our own productivity. As…
December 23, 2017, 12:19 AM IST
December 22, 2017, 12:23 AM IST
We think of organisational health as the organisation’s ability to align around a common vision, execute against that vision effectively, and renew itself through innovation and creative thinking.… Companies that work on their health, we’ve…
December 22, 2017, 12:23 AM IST
December 20, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
By W Brian Arthur Offshoring in the last few decades has eaten up physical jobs and whole industries, jobs that were not replaced. The current transfer of jobs from the physical to the virtual economy…
December 20, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
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