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El Nino and Why We Can't Predict the Weather
What is El Nino? Why can't we predict the weather? Just a few slight changes in global climate patterns can drastically shift the weather. Thanks to chaos theory, even our smartest meteorologists can't predict weather correctly.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle? - Chad Orzel
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that you can never simultaneously know the exact position and the exact speed of an object. Why not? Because everything in the universe behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time....
Crash Course
When Predictions Succeed - Crash Course Statistics
In our series finale, we're going to take a look at some of the times we've used statistics to gaze into our crystal ball, and actually got it right! We'll talk about how stores know what we want to buy (which can sometimes be a good...
Crash Course
Confidence Intervals - Crash Course Statistics
Today we’re going to talk about confidence intervals. Confidence intervals allow us to quantify our uncertainty, by allowing us to define a range of values for our predictions and assigning a likelihood that something falls within that...
TED Talks
TED: How your personality shapes your politics | Dannagal G. Young
Social psychologist Dannagal G. Young breaks down the link between our psychology and politics, showing how personality types largely fall into people who prioritize openness and flexibility (liberals) and those who prefer order and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect Earth's temperature - Jasper Kirkby
As the Earth's surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds....
SciShow
What Social Distancing Actually Is & What it Means for Mental Health
Social distancing is a time-honored, low-tech tool for slowing the spread of contagious pathogens. But it can also take a toll psychologically. Luckily, there are ways to mitigate these harms, so you can protect yourself and your...
Bozeman Science
Quantum Mechanical Model
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the quantum mechanical model of the atom refined the shell model. Uncertainty of the position of the electron as well as spin forces chemists to create an improved model. In this model the...
Curated Video
What are Risks and Issues?.. in 60 seconds
A quick bite-sized introduction to Risks and Issues in 60 seconds
Curated Video
How to Do Issue Management
With any project, things will happen that you don't expect. Issues will emerge. So, how do you do Issue Management? In this video, I describe the following steps: 1. Identify Issues 2. Analyze Issues 3. Plan Issue Response 4. Take...
Curated Video
What is Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Anti-fragile? And How does it apply to Project Management?
In this video, I answer the question, What is Anti-fragile? – and how does the conception anti-fragility apply to Project Management? It describes things that not only benefit from a chaotic environment, but need one to survive and...
Curated Video
Project Management: The Definition of Risk
What is Risk? In this video, Dr Mike Clayton, author of 'Risk Happens!' sets out a clear definition. This is a sample video from our Project Management core course program.
Curated Video
Project Risk Management - How to Manage Project Risk
When you are managing a project, risk is always with you. So, Project Risk Management is a fundamental discipline. Project Risk Management one of the 10 Knowledge Areas in the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition and one of the 7 themes of PRINCE2....
Curated Video
How to Estimate Project Costs: A Method for Cost Estimation
There are two reasons why cost estimation is important for project managers. First, it’s extremely hard to estimate project costs well. And second, poor cost estimates are often the biggest reason for a project budget over-run. And...
Curated Video
What is VUCA? ...and VUCA' (VUCA Prime)
VUCA. It's a VUCA world. You've heard it a lot. Have you ever wondered what it means? If you don't know and have wondered, well now's your chance to find out. I'll answer the questions: What is VUCA, and What is VUCA' (VUCA Prime) VUCA...
Curated Video
What are RAID, CAD, and DCARI?
Defining your project is a vital task. And there are a lot of things to remember. Fortunately, we have some handy acronyms: RAID, CAD, and DCARI. You may find them helpful - or you may have heard them, and wondered what they mean. So,...
Curated Video
Handling Contradictions - Aintegration and How Well you Cope with Uncertainty
Handling contradictions is one of the challenges of our work as project managers. As a Project Manager, you need to be able to make decisions, even when you are uncertain about the situation. Your first inclination will be to seek out...
Curated Video
4 Types of Project Risk - Different Forms of Uncertainty
A project risk is simply ‘uncertainty that can affect outcome’. And when we classify risks, we focus on the types of impact that they can have: - Schedule - Budget - Technology - People - Compliance - Political… - Etc We rarely think of...
Curated Video
Project Management Lessons from Star Trek
7 lessons from Star Trek that do not demand you are a big Star Trek fan, Trekkie, Trekker or whatever. All you’ll need is a glancing familiarity with one of the main shows or films. In Star Trek, the leading characters represent valuable...
Curated Video
How to Do Risk Management in Agile Projects
Some people might expect that agile projects have – or even need – no risk management. That is completely wrong. So, let's look at how to do risk management in agile projects. We need to adapt our risk management approach to the nature...
Curated Video
The Project Control Paradox
Project Control is an important part of our discipline as Project Managers. But it carries within it a paradox... Anyone who has been to any of my live events will know that I have a few project management 'catch phrases' that I...
Curated Video
RISK MANAGEMENT 101: An Introduction to Project Risk Management
Risk Management is one of the core skillsets within the wider profession of Project Management. Whether your project is purely predictive, or absolutely agile, you need to manage risk. We have plenty of videos on the topic, but this one...
Curated Video
What's the Difference between Projects and Programs? - or Project Management and Program Management?
Projects and Programs are similar… but different. And so are Project Management and Program Management. Let’s see what those differences are. In simple terms, programs tend to be bigger, more complex, and less certain than projects. As a...
Curated Video
What is Project Risk Management? Project Management in Under 5
What is Project Risk Management? Project Managers know that projects are risky. Risk management is therefore a vital discipline. Indeed, a focus on project risk is a sign of real project management maturity.