Would That Decision-Making Trilemmas Were Three-headed Zoological Oddities.

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Mr. Niall Ferguson (2010APR23 Wall Street Journal) sums up the U.S. post-crisis financial regulation as a “trilemma” that could optimize to any two of three, but not all three: (a) efficient capital markets; (b) no bailouts to big banks; or (c) a depression-free economy.  ( Mr. Ferguson further  warns against a delusional proposition that bigger [...]

Goals, failures, success

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

People are apt to make change decisions – real shifts – only if uncomfortable with their current position

Leadership in Complex Fluxes

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Leadership in a complex environment does not have to be complex itself. It cannot be complex. Here’s a model you can put in your backpocket.

Global complexity, electronic immediacy, and systemic risk.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

The complexity and the scale of interactions in an electronically enabled global economy, is a djinii beyond putting back into the box.

Is Unreasoned the Same Thing As Unreasonable?

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Not everything the human being does is reasonable; but it does have its reasons for every thing it does. Here, we try to develop some practical takeaways from recent insights of articles in neurology .

Frames and Mirrors

Friday, June 5th, 2009

In 1987 few of us saw the proliferation of programmed trading vibrating into a collapse. Should we have seen in 2007 how cantilevered derivatives were quickly straining beyond load limits and quickly into a global complexity?

There is a delicate art to a consulting job.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

The author recounts the tragedy of truth-telling in consulting.

Peace, Liberty and Humanity

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Profiling is often unconscious and instinctual, our limbic survival mechanism for the jungles and urban back alleys.

A Better Search Engine than Google?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

New search engine favors relevancy more than simple currency, and uses an elegant and innovative interface.

Economic Meltdowns, System Accidents, Johari and You

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

“The more parts there are, the more things to go wrong,” my Dad muttered, as he slid out from underneath his ’57 Chevy.  It was the same exact metallic salmon color as the one he had before that, down to the plastic-covered bench seats. Actually, every Sunday afternoon, I think he’d just find something on [...]

The analyst’s acuity. A humorist’s irony. Hearing the silence between the notes. Seeing both object and space, in minimalist and in Japanese art. Holding to the values beyond conflicting goals; reaching for the larger frame beyond the crisis. Spotting the patterns, navigating the chaos. How to think, how to manage.

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