Igor’s rules The UnRule: all theories and all methods have flaws. Nothing can be proved with absolute certainty is, but anything may be disproved, and nothing that can be articulated can be perfect. You only live once. Your time on earth is the only truly irreplaceable resource. If today was my last day, what would … Continue reading The unrules by Igor Tulchinsky, founder and CEO of WorldQuant
Jason Zweig writes The Intelligent Investor column for the Wall Street Journal and is interviewed here by Shane Parish. Lots of useful stuff, starting for me from about min 26 of the podcast onwards, here are my highlights as well as some of my own complimentary thoughts: Financial advice 1. One of the biggest distorting … Continue reading The emotional side of investment decision making with Jason Zweig
Adam Grant is an organisational psychologist who has published a book on this concept of the way individuals operate and how they then function in organisations. Organisational citizenship behaviour is the field of organisational psychology focused on behaviours that are not relevant to the task at hand but critical to the success of the effectiveness … Continue reading Givers, Takers and Matchers
The Knowledge Project Podcast Shane Parish with Michael Lombardi, former general manger of the Cleveland Browns and coach of the New England Patriots. It’s a really dense podcast and you find yourself having to pause just to absorb some of the sentences because they are so packed with wisdom. Four key aspects of leadership 1. … Continue reading Leadership, coaching and managing
A truly inspiring podcast that I would recommend anyone interested in any of the following topics to have a listen to. Key insights and takeaways for me: Business leadership: Being decisive and moving fast, yet still caring very personally for the people you work with Purpose: Being driven by a real need and passion not … Continue reading Nancy Lublin, CEO of Crisis Text hotline
A review of decision making literature from UCL on what makes for good decisions in committees is particularly relevant for investment committees: 1. Diversity of participants (functional diversity) with different independent expertise or knowledge makes optimal decision making more likely (finding global rather than local maxima more likely with different starting points for the mathematical … Continue reading Improving decision making in committees
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