Camille Moore asked Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, “What do you see as the biggest problem that’s facing branding right now?”
Continue reading “Rory Sutherland on ROI and Opportunity Cost”Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal
Thomas Claburn wrote an article for The Register titled Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal, Biz Leaders Complain (12 June 2024).
Continue reading “Payoff from AI Projects is Dismal”the difference between a Mess, a Problem, and a Puzzle
Sean Brady interviewed Gerald Ashley on the Simplifying Complexity podcast (27 May 2024). The main topic was the difference between a Mess, a Problem, and a Puzzle.
Continue reading “the difference between a Mess, a Problem, and a Puzzle”Risk: Global averages do not apply to local failures if they can be catastrophic.
JP Castlin wrote a LinkedIn post titled The risk(s) of not understanding risk (May 13, 2024).
Continue reading “Risk: Global averages do not apply to local failures if they can be catastrophic.”AI Safety: aligning artificial intelligence with human values
Jessica Dai wrote an article for Reboot titled The Artificiality of Alignment: How are we actually “aligning AI with human values”? (19 August 2023).
Continue reading “AI Safety: aligning artificial intelligence with human values”Knightian uncertainty
I recently posted a review of the book Why Can’t You Just Give Me The Number? An Executive’s Guide to Using Probabilistic Thinking to Manage Risk and Make Better Decisions by Patrick Leach. In response, Rick Nason commented about the “Knightian distinction of risk & probability.”
Continue reading “Knightian uncertainty”Mitch Goldstein on Design Education
Zachary Petit interviewed Mitch Goldstein for a Fast Company titled Design education is ready for a revolution (6 March 2023). Mitch Goldstein is an associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. Goldstein is the author of How to Be a Design Student (And How to Teach Them).
Continue reading “Mitch Goldstein on Design Education”What is Ergodicity?
Taylor Pearson wrote an article titled A Big Little Idea Called Ergodicity.
Continue reading “What is Ergodicity?”Kurtosis as a measure of risk
I was looking at the definition of kurtosis on the Corporate Finance Institute website.
“Kurtosis identifies whether the tails of a given distribution contain extreme values.”
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