We all know that when we make decisions in groups, they don't always go right -- and sometimes they go very wrong. How can groups make good decisions? With his colleague Dan Ariely, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman has been inquiring into...

Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they glimpsed fleeing the scene. If six of them pick the same person, there's a good chance that's the culprit. And if all ten do, you might think the case...

Do 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here's what the 97 percent statistic *really* means.

Ashraf Ghani's passionate and powerful 10-minute talk, emphasizing the necessity of both economic investment and design ingenuity to rebuild broken states, is followed by a conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson on the future of...

By Western standards, the way the Japanese make decisions may seem slow and tedious. The Japanese tend to be cautious and thorough, with a tendency toward kiken kaihi, or risk avoidance, and prefer to conduct business by using a group of...

French managers negotiate a delicate balance between their wish to elude bureaucracy and their need to work with structure. Learn how managers combine an attention to detail with a uniquely French laissez-faire approach. Review how...

The importance of consultation to the process of decision-making cannot be overestimated in the business world of South Africa. Not only is it part and parcel of a cautious approach to business, but it’s often required by law. Any...

Howcast - Check out part 65 and go down to the Quarian homeworld, Rannoch, and shut down the Geth Server tron style in this walkthrough of Mass Effect 3.

What is Vroom and Yetton's Normative Decision Model? The Vroom-Yetton model is designed to help you to identify the best decision-making approach and leadership style to take, based on your current situation.

Determining courses of action and decision making authority in a multiparty negotiation is often carried out through voting.

What is the Delphi Method? The Delphi method or Delphi technique is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts. The technique...

What is an Affinity Diagram as it is used in Entrepreneurship? The affinity diagram organizes a large number of ideas into their natural relationships. It is the organized output from a brainstorming session. Use it to generate,...

What is Attribution Theory? Attribution is a term used in psychology which deals with how individuals perceive the causes of everyday experience, as being either external or internal. Models to explain this process are called Attribution...

Group Think is nasty. It leads to poor decisions... sometimes dangerous ones. So Project Managers need to know what it is, how it happens, and how to prevent it.



Group Think was first...

Estimating project work package times and the times it will take to build products or deliverables is one of the most difficult parts of Project Management. One great tool is Planning Poker. It comes from the world of Agile Project...

The principles of persuasion are a set of psychological rules to influence others. In his book "Influence", Robert Cialdini outlines 6 main principles: Reciprocity, scarcity, authority, consistency, liking and consensus. He later added a...

This video delves into the profound complexities of Hamlet's famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy from Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet." It explores the ongoing debate among scholars about the underlying meanings of the speech,...

What is the Delphi Method? The Delphi method or Delphi technique is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts. The technique...

What is Attribution Theory? Attribution is a term used in psychology which deals with how individuals perceive the causes of everyday experience, as being either external or internal. Models to explain this process are called Attribution...

What is an Affinity Diagram as it is used in Entrepreneurship? The affinity diagram organizes a large number of ideas into their natural relationships. It is the organized output from a brainstorming session. Use it to generate,...

What is Vroom and Yetton's Normative Decision Model? The Vroom-Yetton model is designed to help you to identify the best decision-making approach and leadership style to take, based on your current situation.

As we all know, human beings tend to judge people based on their actions and tend to draw conclusions on people's personalities and inner character.

Attribution theory delves into this tendency and the process we follow when we...

Kendall Thomas is a scholar of comparative constitutional law and human rights whose teaching and research focus on critical race theory, legal philosophy, feminist legal theory, and law and sexuality.Thomas is the co-founder and...

Venturing into the world of investing can seem risky, but with the right research, you can greatly enhance your portfolio. Ariel Investment's Rupal Bhansali discusses how to take advantage of market opportunities.