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- Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and…
- If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization sets up teams and then…
- The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.
- The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other. Independence doesn't imply rationality…
- On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough.
- Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to…
- Of course, looking tough on inflation is part of any central banker's job description: if investors believe that inflation is going to get out of…
- Solyndra's failure isn't a reason for the government to give up on alternative energy, any more than the failure of Pets.com during the Internet bubble…
- To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole.…
- When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list -…
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- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
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- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster