US stocks' trend of outperforming rest of the world may end in 2025, market expert Ruchir Sharma sounds alarmMarket expert Ruchir Sharma has sounded an alarm that the trend of US stocks outperforming the rest of the world may end in 2025. The Rocke...
Knowledge economy, not silly conformityThe fact that 'unpleasantness' is perceived as a criterion for textbook excision tells a sad story about NCERT's understanding of pedagogy ...
When Taylor Swift is a 'hey joe' activist18% believe Taylor Swift is part of a conspiracy to help Biden win. Her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, endorses Bud Light Beer and supports vacci...
Columbia shuttle tragedy: 20 years on, NASA pledges 'acute awareness' over astronaut safetyThe Columbia shuttle tragedy occurred 20 years ago. In it, seven astronauts were killed.
Is Elon Musk Testing His POTUS Quotient?What looks like the first step of a reinvention comes in the form of disillusionment with the Democrat establishment, a party that he once ...
How to brainstorm brilliant ideas in teams - without sliding into 'groupthink'Research offers some concrete ways to facilitate idea generation, both individually and in groups.
Debunking conventional wisdom: Are you really chasing ‘beta’ or ‘alpha’?Over any 12-month period, equities have historically, on an average, outperformed bonds 60-70% of the time. Therefore, it makes sense that ...
- Avoiding Groupthink
How can groups of smart people do such stupid things? An illuminating metaphor from Scott Page, author of The Difference, a book about the ...
View: India needs a critical mass of liberalism to resist illiberal bullying of any shadeLiberalism, after years of coming under attack from its discontents, finds itself now also taking up the illiberal’s cudgel. Social media a...
Anchoring, biases, curse of knowledge: Mistakes that lead to inaccurate judgements at workSocial scientists study how cognitive bias or stereotyping impacts workplace behaviours.
Unlikely to have another rate cut till March: Sajjid Z Chinoy, J.P. Morgan“Today’s was a relatively straight forward decision. It was just a question of timing today versus December. I am sure as the MPC continues...
Successful leaders and their pet peevesObama dislikes it when people monopolise the conversation at meetings, preventing others from speaking, and when people try to micromanage ...
10 cognitive biases that mess up your daily decisionsBeing too negative can definitely be harmful but being too positive can be even worse. Here are some popular bias that might be stagnating ...
Inner DevilMilgram claimed to have exposed what was called ‘banality of evil’ in the Holocaust in the Adolf Eichmann trial.
- Managing Blind Spots
We all have blind spots, and they are weaknesses we should combat...But how do managers work actively to fight weaknesses of which, by defi...
Fukushima Disaster: Nuclear power is a risk without independent regulationAfter Fukushima, you cannot underplay the risks of nuclear energy. Manufacturers and vendors of nuclear technology were in bed with Japan's...
- 'IMF provided few clear warnings before 2008 fin crisis'
IMF provided "few clear warnings" about economic vulnerabilities before the 2008 global financial turmoil.