In effect, dividing your attention means that neither (or none) of the things you're working on is really getting the full effect of your intelligenc….

Bubbles and crashes are textbook examples of collective decision making gone wrong. In a bubble, all of the conditions that make groups intelligent -….

In part because individual judgement is not accurate enough or consistent enough, cognitive diversity is essential to good decision making..

The reason advertising is governed by fear, after all, is that most agencies rely on just a few clients to bring in the lion's share of their revenue….

In the business world, bad news is usually good news - for somebody else..

Campaigns fail if they waste resources courting voters who are unpersuadable or already persuaded. Their most urgent task is to find and persuade the….

You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value you….

The profit motive, indecorous though it may seem, may represent the best chance the poor have to reap some of globalization's benefits..

It may be that the very qualities that help people get ahead are the ones that make them ill-suited for managing crises. It's hard to prepare for the….

Most corporate name changes are the result of mergers and acquisitions. But these tend to be unimaginative..

As technology improves, on-screen avatars look more and more like real people. When they start looking too real, though, we pull away. These almost-h….

Linux is a complex example of the wisdom of crowds. It's a good example in the sense that it shows you can set people to work in a decentralized way ….

There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more..

In practice, downsizing is too often about cutting your work force while keeping your business the same, and doing so not by investments in productiv….

Congressional Republicans themselves have vehemently defended the idea that preexisting conditions should not be used to deny people insurance..

If army ants are wandering around and they get lost, they start to follow a simple rule:Just do what the ant in front of you does. The ants eventuall….

The business of America shouldn't be subsidizing business..

Technological innovation has dramatically lowered the cost of computing, making it possible for large numbers of consumers to own powerful new techno….

Meeting external deadlines is much harder than meeting internal ones. On the other hand, internal deadlines sometimes don't feel real, and are theref….

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder,….

Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing..