Business Psychology
Task Times and The Planning Fallacy
Monday, August 18th, 2008Even when I take into account the Planning Fallacy, I still underestimate how long it takes other people to do things
A good look at Planning and Task Timing problems from 43 Folders.
Credit Crunch boosts demand for outsourcing and offshoring
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008A recent report from the Management Consultancies Association (MCA) is claiming that in Financial services at least, the credit crunch is boosting outsourcing and offshoring.
Before we in the outsourcing industry get too happy, it is worth keeping in mind that global economic trouble is as problematic for us and anyone.
It makes sense that cost [...]
Interactional Expertise - The dangers of parasitical experts who "know" but cannot "do"
Thursday, June 12th, 2008A recent Scientific American reviews of “Rethinking Expertise” by Harry Collins and Robert Evans got me thinking about the problem of “experts” and expert advice.
From the review:
This slim book by Harry Collins and Robert Evans offers a conceptual typology of “expertises.” The authors invent a plural form of the word to suggest that more than [...]