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The Experimental Finale, Part 2: Summary + Q&A
(Transcript) Summarizing the whole season + member Q&A.
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A Decision Making Course in a Podcast + Newsletter Form. Includes Transcripts and Deep Dives. Reverse order (start at the bottom).
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The Experimental Finale, Part 1: L.O.E.C.
(Transcript) Introducing L.O.E.C.: Learning Organization's Experimentation Culture Framework.
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"What Can You Use a Screwdriver For?"
(Transcript) Do you know what people do with screwdrivers? Have you ever managed children at a party using "fun" objectives? Heard of Porsche's "strategic drift"? Tried to set boundaries in your relationships? All this and more…
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"Any Figure That Looks Interesting or Different Is Usually Wrong"
(Transcript) A lit review of 6 must-read articles + 1 book on experiments in business, and more. Strengths and weaknesses of each, and how they relate to our own research and expert opinions this season.
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"Measurement Is Creativity's Bizarre Half-Sister"
20% of the bees in the hive ignore the waggle dance. Why? What do the efficiency-oriented bee accountants say? How do you measure the RoI on the rogue bee activity? How is any of this relevant to innovation? Listen to Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, to get the answers.
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"It's Not a Sprint, It's a Marathon"
What Makes SMEs Different? We look at what's similar and what's different when you're an entrepreneur, rather than an employee or a director | The Weekender S2 Week 6.
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A "Shiny Object" Syndrome
"One of the Biggest Detrimental Habits [for Entrepreneurs Is] a Shiny Object Syndrome"—The Entrepreneurial Marathon & Experimentation With Ashlee Berghoff | Business Games S2 Week 6 Full Interview + Transcript
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"If Evidence Against a Hypothesis Cannot Exist, Then It's Not a Hypothesis but a Belief"
We talk about why the Golden Rule is not so golden, after all—and introduce a key element of game theory.
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"They Say, They Are Learning—but They Are Just Doing Random Stuff"
A Deep Dive Into Making Sense of the World: how to properly set up experiments, what forecasting has to do with it, and why anthropology is key to make your experiments a success.
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"Don't Ask, 'What Would I Do in Their Shoes?'—Ask, 'What Would *They* Do in Their Shoes?'"
How could Melissa Clark-Reynolds ONZM predict the pandemic collapse of seaports in the US? And Why is your board bad at strategy?—If you can answer these two questions, your firm would be much better off. (Premium)
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"Great Collaboration = Creating the Conditions to Respond to the Discomfort"
Why do we fetishize stress as the motivator, why it's bad, and what should we do instead? (Premium)
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"It's Not the Place You Can Charge Into With Answers…"
"…Only the Place You Can Charge Into With Listening"—Dawie Olivier on dealing with crises, creating emotional safety, and fostering curiosity & creativity in a large corporate. Also: full contact leadership, progressive learning mindset, reading widely, and journaling. Full premium transcript.
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"Most CEOs Are Male, Most CEOs Are Overconfident"
Help your CEO attain Wisdom of the Crowd: how to use electronic betting markets for better decisions. Premium deep dive.
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"Look, There Is a Trade-Off Here. And It's Not Really a Win-Win"
Prof. Chaudhuri sets homework: How to deal with biases from an organizational point of view; how to use electronic decision markets for experimenting; when to rely on gut feelings; and much-much more. Part 2/2 (Premium)
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"'Oh no, I am so completely fair and rational…'—That's not true"
What do Devil's Advocates, information cascades, egos, and gender pay equity have in common? Find out here as Prof. Ananish Chaudhuri introduces experimental economics. Part 1/2
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The Marvellous Mrs. Blumhouse
AI takes a deeper dive into Marvel & Blumhouse, Nintendo, Laplace's Demon, and two types of uncertainty: epistemic and aleatory. Also: safe-to-fail experiments and emergent v. deliberate strategy.