Rebranding Pompeii as a Living City
It seems that you can’t escape the demands of rebranding, even if you go back 2282 years. In one of the more intriguing examples of rebranding I’ve seen in a […]
Cognitive Bias Video Song: Why should it be a YouTube Sensation?
I have decided that this Cognitive Bias Video Song video is a YouTube sensation, despite its having only 1,046 hits as of this writing and the subsequent (and temporary) absence […]
Misleading Image for Army: New York Times, PowerPoint and Complexity Fail
Was anyone else annoyed by the use of this image, below, on the front page of today’s New York Times? The image is being used to illustrate an article on […]
Resumes and Bad Judgment: More bias than you think
Every resume should come with a warning label: Don’t trust your judgment of this person. It’s probably biased. Study after study shows us that the assessments we make of people […]
The Frontier of Diversity? Outposts of Cluelessness
Real (not fake) Diversity April 13th, 2010 Last week, we hosted eleven prominent alumni at Darden who comprise the Dean’s Diversity Advisory Council. Dean Bob Bruner convened this group four […]
My baby, she wrote me a letter … about iPads?
I’m not sure whether to be dismayed or delighted… am I allowed to be both, at the same time? I’m delighted about my kids’ initiative, and dismayed at the power […]
Capturing Authenticity in Your Business Name: Dangerous Mathematicians
Over the weekend I took my family over to Brooklyn to visit our groovy friend Lizz. Part of the plan was to wander around Boerum Hill and explore (okay, window […]
Supermodels on Twitter: Five Ways to Rock the Twitter Runway
I’m not sure whether Naomi, Linda, Tatiana, Christy, or Cindy are really on Twitter, but if they are, their strategy probably involves one of five “supermodels” of Twitter participation. [Yes, […]
Corporate Logo Tattoos: The wrong way to wear the brand
In the domain of “things I just don’t understand about people’s relationship(s) to organizations” is this nagging question: Why would anyone want to brand themselves with a corporate logo? Way […]
Heaping Scorn & Criticism on Feminist Advocates at Newsweek
This week’s story about feminists at Newsweek who have publicly challenged that magazine for failing to make progress against gender discrimination encouraged me, as I’m sure it encouraged many others. […]