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People
The human side of systems - how we think and behave
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Sub-Topic |
Description |
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Behaviour |
How we behave isn't always
rational or consistent |
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Brain Stuff |
Links and snippets of info
about how our brains work |
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Groups |
The Wisdom of the Crowd or the
Madness of the Mob? |
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Inspiration |
Some great speeches |
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Meetings |
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Office Space |
How the working environment affects the
work that does (or doesn't) get done |
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Talent |
That inner something that
comes easily to some, not so for others |
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Think |
To come up with solutions to
problems, you need to be creative with your thoughts |
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The Apprentice in Lego |
Hilarious series of YouTube
videos, covering the UK television series The Apprentice, in
Lego! |
Articles
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The Cognitive Age - New York Times (May 08): The skills
revolution is far more important than globalisation
The globalization paradigm emphasizes the fact that information
can now travel 15,000 miles in an instant. But the most important
part of information’s journey is the last few inches — the space
between a person’s eyes or ears and the various regions of the
brain. Does the individual have the capacity to understand the
information? Does he or she have the training to exploit it? Are
there cultural assumptions that distort the way it is perceived?