NYT OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs

Published: March 14, 2012

Today, many of these leaders display a Goldman Sachs culture quotient of exactly zero percent. I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients. It’s purely about how we can make the most possible money off of them. If you were an alien from Mars and sat in on one of these meetings, you would believe that a client’s success or progress was not part of the thought process at all.

The rest here.

from big think.com

Lessons from Sherlock Holmes Pt.III: Parting Wisdom from the Master Decision Maker

Today, we say goodbye to Sherlock Holmes (for the rest of the series, on the importance of true observation, seeing what isn’t there and not just what is, and preventing your mind from growing cluttered, please see the links). It’s not that there’s a shortage of valuable psychological lessons to be gleaned from his stories. Quite the opposite. There are so many that even a far longer series couldn’t hope to cover them all. To that end, I devote the rest of this post to a few outstanding lessons that I have found to be valuable in my constant quest to become a better, more mindful and more precise decision maker.

Bill Maher – Irritable Bowl Syndrome from Fraser Davidson on Vimeo.

An homage to creativity, really.

Leo Burnett “When to take my name off the door” from Lobo on Vimeo.

I like.
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Cracking Open the Scientific Process

Timothy Fadek for The New York Times

A GLOBAL FORUM
Ijad Madisch, 31, a virologist and computer scientist, founded ResearchGate, a Berlin-based social networking platform for scientists that has more than 1.3 million members.

By THOMAS LIN

Published: January 16, 2012

2011/12 Creative Mornings with Ben Chestnut from CreativeMornings/Atlanta on Vimeo.

A GOOD APPETITE

Spaetzle: A Blank Canvas for Hearty Meals

Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

By MELISSA CLARK

Published: December 23, 2011

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