The TED-talk recommendation of today is about data and how it can be used. In a nutshell, it’s a choice between Big Brother watching you and you watching Big Brother. Susan Etlinger want us to not become passive consumers of data and technology. She believe that we shape the role it plays in our lives and the way we make meaning from it, but to do that, we have to pay as much attention to how we think as how we code.
Is it a choice between Big Brother watching you and you watching Big Brother?
Is it a choice between Big Brother watching you and you watching Big Brother?
The TED-talk recommendation of today is about data and how it can be used. In a nutshell, it’s a choice between Big Brother watching you and you watching Big Brother. Susan Etlinger want us to not become passive consumers of data and technology. She believe that we shape the role it plays in our lives and the way we make meaning from it, but to do that, we have to pay as much attention to how we think as how we code.
Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making?
Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making? Competitive, data-savvy companies like Amazon, Google and Netflix have learned that data analysis alone doesn’t always produce optimum results. In this TED talk, data scientist Sebastian Wernicke breaks down what goes wrong when we make decisions based purely on data – and suggests a brainier way to use it.
I’ve noticed a sort of pattern or kind of rule, if you will, about the difference between successful decision-making with data and unsuccessful decision-making, and I find this a pattern worth sharing…
Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making?
Does collecting more data lead to better decision-making? Competitive, data-savvy companies like Amazon, Google and Netflix have learned that data analysis alone doesn’t always produce optimum results. In this TED talk, data scientist Sebastian Wernicke breaks down what goes wrong when we make decisions based purely on data – and suggests a brainier way to use it.
I’ve noticed a sort of pattern or kind of rule, if you will, about the difference between successful decision-making with data and unsuccessful decision-making, and I find this a pattern worth sharing…
Understanding and acting on challenge
Understanding a challenge and acting on it is two different things. How can we act today to enable the company to be prosperous in the future?
The three voices that need to be in the same room
- The different voices involved can be highly engaged, all wanting to add their perspective. You have the voice of today, the manager(s) responsible for delivering todays result that are more concerned with managing the existing, maximizing returns and keeping the organization going efficiently and effectively.
- Then you have the second voice, the voice of the entrepreneur, the one eager to experiment, try out new things, explore and extend, accepting some aspects will not work
- Last we have the third voice, of the aspirant, who is looking to build a different vision, believing in different, more pioneering ways and visualiz things in their ‘mind’s eye’, far more aspirational, that can seemingly on first ‘take’ look to be totally incompatible to the reality of today.
Understanding and acting on challenge
Understanding a challenge and acting on it is two different things. How can we act today to enable the company to be prosperous in the future?
The three voices that need to be in the same room
- The different voices involved can be highly engaged, all wanting to add their perspective. You have the voice of today, the manager(s) responsible for delivering todays result that are more concerned with managing the existing, maximizing returns and keeping the organization going efficiently and effectively.
- Then you have the second voice, the voice of the entrepreneur, the one eager to experiment, try out new things, explore and extend, accepting some aspects will not work
- Last we have the third voice, of the aspirant, who is looking to build a different vision, believing in different, more pioneering ways and visualiz things in their ‘mind’s eye’, far more aspirational, that can seemingly on first ‘take’ look to be totally incompatible to the reality of today.
Efter #metoo, jämställdhet inom svensk industri
Hur ser villkoren ut för kvinnor och män inom industriföretag? Och kan villkoren variera beroende på om du är chef eller verkstadsarbetare?
Efter #metoo kan vi alla behöva tänka till kring villkoren i vår egen organisation och hur vi kan bidra med att skapa ett klimat där alla trivs och kan leverera på topp. Anna Wahl, professor i genus, organisation och ledning samt vice rektor för jämställdhet och värdegrund på KTH ger tips om en bok vi alla kan läsa för att bredda våra perspektiv. Boktipset är “Män har varit här längst” av Sophie Linghag och Anna Wahl och den undersöker jämställdhet inom svensk industri.
Diskussionen i boken centreras kring tre huvudsakliga teman: relationen mellan kompetens och kön, de könsmärkta villkoren för chefskap samt konsekvenser av homosocial kultur i organisationer. Inom dessa tre områden reproduceras ofta ojämställdhet och det är således här vi finner öppningar för ett konstruktivt jämställdhetsarbete.
På ett övergripande plan bidrar boken med att visa hur jämställdhetsarbete kan driva utveckling och förnyelse i organisationer. Men den illustrerar också jämställdhetsarbetets komplexitet genom en väl underbyggd organisationsanalys.
Nyårstips – läsning till det nya året!
Under december månad har vi gett er våra bästa lästips. Nu när det nya året har inletts och de första dagarna på året brukar vara lite lugnare så rekommenderar vi er att avsätta lite tid för egen reflektion. Ett sätt är att välja ut någon av de böcker vi tipsat om för att få påfyllning med nya idéer för att kunna utveckla både er själva och era bolag under det kommandet året. Idag tipsar vi om boken Originals skriven av Adam Grant.
Grant tar avstamp i forskning och studier och diskuterar kring innovation och ledarskap. Man kan bland annat läsa hur valet av web-browser indikerar hur innovativ du är, att prokrastinering kan leda till ökad kreativitet, att kreativa uttryck inom exempelvis konst och kultur kan öka innovationsförmågan inom andra fält, var i en beslutshierarki innovation kan ske och hur man kan jobba med och mot byråkrati och traditioner.
Om ni uppger kampanjkoden “KTHnyår” får ni köpa boken med 18% rabatt på Bokus. Rabatten gäller 31/12-6/1.
Trevlig läsning och gott nytt år önskar vi på KTH Executive School er alla!
Understanding and acting on challenge
Understanding a challenge and acting on it is two different things. How can we act today to enable the company to be prosperous in the future? As written about in this blog post, the three horizon methodology can be a good tool to use.
The three voices that need to be in the same room
- The different voices involved can be highly engaged, all wanting to add their perspective. You have the voice of today, the manager(s) responsible for delivering todays result that are more concerned with managing the existing, maximizing returns and keeping the organization going efficiently and effectively.
- Then you have the second voice, the voice of the entrepreneur, the one eager to experiment, try out new things, explore and extend, accepting some aspects will not work
- Last we have the third voice, of the aspirant, who is looking to build a different vision, believing in different, more pioneering ways and visualiz things in their ‘mind’s eye’, far more aspirational, that can seemingly on first ‘take’ look to be totally incompatible to the reality of today.
It is the combination of these different three voices that need to come together and frame the innovation journey by using the three horizons framework.
Julläsning “Everybody Lies”
Alla ljuger, till vänner, partners, läkare och konsumentundersökningar – och till sig själva. I sina internetsökningar för vad de tycker, har problem med och vill ha mer av.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, är en ekonom och tidigare Google anställd som har skrivit en mycket spännande bok – Everybody lies om hur man kan hitta sanningen med hjälp av information tillgänglig på internet och AI algoritmer. God jul och trevlig läsning!
