Post No.: 0836 Furrywisepuppy says: Seeking efficiency always seems like a sensible goal. But we’ve got to be careful about specifically what conditions we’re trying to be most efficient for? For instance, just-in-time (JIT) in supply chain … Read More
Post No.: 0793 Furrywisepuppy says: Within businesses, ‘principal-agent agency costs’ can arise from the actions of an agent (e.g. senior management) when acting on behalf of a principal (e.g. the shareholders). Conflicts of interest can mean, for example, … Read More
Post No.: 0763 Fluffystealthkitten says: Although humans like to position their own species as the most highly moral in the animal kingdom, it arguably appears to be the case that humans and chimpanzees are the only species that … Read More
Post No.: 0743 Fluffystealthkitten says: We’re biased to interpret our own actions as more well-intended and moral than the equivalent actions of others. It’s all fictional but, when we play videogames, we almost invariably ostensibly play the … Read More
Post No.: 0716 Furrywisepuppy says: A mythology persists that says that bold, visionary leaders need to be narcissistic to have the self-confidence to launch innovative and incredibly risky ventures – but you can be confident and creative without … Read More
Post No.: 0686 Fluffystealthkitten says: More frequently than not for a social species like humans – the optimal strategy for individuals is to work well together as a team. Well everybody is born dependent on others as babies … Read More
Post No.: 0659 Furrywisepuppy says: Organised crime is profoundly about serving selfish interests (few thieves are genuine Robin Hoods who steal things for a cause that doesn’t include themselves or their own kin), fulfilling supply and demand (in … Read More
Post No.: 0617 Fluffystealthkitten says: PR and advertising is often just about brands ‘virtue signalling’ with ‘woke capitalism’ and trying to jump onto a current bandwagon without authenticity. They’re trying to commercialise and capitalise on popular movements or … Read More
Post No.: 0608 Furrywisepuppy says: Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the biggest selling self-help books of all time so I decided to check it out to see if it’s stacked with … Read More
Post No.: 0594 Fluffystealthkitten says: According to the markets at least, it isn’t so much about judging artistic creations according to what they’re depicting or portraying, or their intrinsic quality of execution – but more about the stories … Read More
Post No.: 0545 Furrywisepuppy says: For some of us, we can too frequently behave like stressed-out, over-worked ‘control freaks’ when we’d be better off if we had the boldness to delegate some tasks to others. This might mean … Read More
Post No.: 0536 Furrywisepuppy says: There’s such a natural need for deciphering meaning and coherency in this world that we’ll interpret meaning and assume causality and coherency in even works of fiction, such as fantasy stories in books, … Read More
Post No.: 0524 Fluffystealthkitten says: We often blame the surrounding present culture for the pressures placed upon us to look or behave in a certain way in order to fit in and be accepted, such as people dyeing … Read More
Post No.: 0472 Fluffystealthkitten says: All words have a semantic meaning (a literal meaning) and a pragmatic meaning (why something was expressed, which will take into account the context it was expressed). Non-word utterances, like grunts, can have … Read More
Post No.: 0466 Furrywisepuppy says: The interaction of both genetics and environmental factors – such as the amount of nutrition received when young or even when still in the womb, humans preferring to hunt larger prey to extinction, … Read More
Post No.: 0447 Furrywisepuppy says: I primarily exist as a tiny furry beast. But which size is better – ickle or large? The bigger they are, the harder they fall, where there’s atmosphere – as size increases … Read More
Post No.: 0433 Furrywisepuppy says: Just some musings today as a shape-shifting frisky furmiliar who often takes on the form of a human being. As you might guess, taking on these multiple perspectives is going to have some … Read More
Post No.: 0405 Furrywisepuppy says: Some people worry that trying to critically analyse the things we enjoy that involve feelings and emotions, such as art and music, will ruin their enjoyment for those things. For others, it’ll potentially … Read More
Post No.: 0397 Furrywisepuppy says: In the context of resonant leadership – emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise, understand and use emotional information about oneself so that it leads to or causes effective performance in everybody; social … Read More
Post No.: 0362 Furrywisepuppy says: In the field of behavioural genetics (the study of how genes influence our behaviours), and regarding quantitative or polygenic traits (traits that are influenced by more than one gene, which is most of … Read More
