Rules and decision making
Crisis exposes weakness. Unfortunately, some decisions are structured in ways that are more prone to failure. Be sure that you're being setup for success. Decisions can »
Toki Pona
Toki Pona is the world's smallest language. With barely over 100 words, command of the language demands simplicity of thought and explanation. For Sonja Lang, Toki »
Risk in long-short arbitrage
Long-short equity is an investing strategy that involves buying long a security that you feel is undervalued while selling short a related security that you believe »
Exiting conversations gracefully
I admire people who are able to exit conversations gracefully. At parties it's relatively easy to start talking with other people, but in one on one »
What are tails for?
Tails enable expressive non-verbal communication and can help animals stay clean by keeping flies away, but these uses don't feel like good enough reasons for natural »
Walking away from a negotiation
Most of negotiations in my class have resulted in an agreement. But, when executive education students do the same exercises, few of them make deals. My »
Burden of proof in quality assurance
Large organizations often have cultures where seniority is required to effectively dissent. Sadly, NASA fell victim to this when diagnosing problems that led to the Columbia »
Subway delays
Recently, I've caught myself feeling self-conscious about taking the subway when delays make me late. While these circumstances are out of my control, I'll admit that »
Serve placement
Most squash games I play are decided by my ability to win points when I'm serving to my opponent's backhand. If I can place the ball »
Understanding through code
One of the best ways to test whether you understand a concept is to try teaching it to someone else. As you're asked clarifying questions, you're »