September 2010

Steven Pinker TED blank slate

Is the Human Mind a Blank Slate?

Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, gives us some reasons to doubt that the human mind is a blank slate. Pinker reveals how parental studies often are false because they do not account for genetics. He also says we will not find actual answers until we can test more adopted siblings.

Entrepreneurship Richard Parsons

Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age

Digital businesses no longer need the large amount of capital that was previously required. Businesses can now be started quickly and inexpensively, and can wind up selling for hundreds of millions or billions more than ever thought imaginable.

Miriam Ort Human Resources

Building Simpler, More Effective Human Resources Processes

Managing talent in a business is a talent in itself. Attempting to balance motivations, commitments, and other life and work strains on employees is a tough task. One of the reasons it continues to be such a tough task is that HR practices are overly complex.

Michael Porter Five Forces Competition

The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

Michael Porter is a leading authority on strategy and competition in business. His five forces analysis has been one of his largest contributions to his field.

History of violence Steven Pinker

A Brief History of Violence

It may seem illogical to say that in the last century with violence like that of Stalin and Hitler, or Darfur and Iraq, that we are living in “the most peaceful time of our species existence.” But that is exactly what Steven Pinker argues. Pinker is a Harvard Psychology Professor, experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist, and author.

Wii Remote Hacks Johnny Lee TED

Wii Remote Hacks

Johnny Lee is the MacGyver of gaming. With just a couple quick changes, Lee can turn a Wii remote into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen, or a head-mounted 3D viewer. His Wii remote hacks are so successful that they have been downloaded over half a million times by people like teachers in need of whiteboards.

Are Catastrophe Bonds Worth the Risk?

If catastrophes strike they carry the possibility of insurers having to pay out large sums of money to all parties that were hit. So are catastrophe bonds worth the risk? Dr. Morton Lane discusses this question with Julian Lorkin at the Australian School of Business.

Generation Y Workforce Tammy Erickson

Managing the Generation Y Workforce

How do you manage a workforce of Generation Y wimps that feel they deserve every promotion, should only do work they feel satisfies them, and would rather text than call?

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