by david allan van nostrand | May 27, 2019 | Misinformation traps, Organizational Behavior, Surveys
It was early evening at the garden party celebrating the couple’s magnificent new backyard deck. Built into the gentle slope of the land were walkways, conversation areas, and bridges spanning koi ponds, all made from materials of the highest quality. Gentle breezes...
by david allan van nostrand | May 20, 2019 | Focus Groups, Gatekeepers, How to tell good research from bad, Misinformation traps
Two slick-talking tailors promised to make a suit of clothes that was so special it would be completely invisible to stupid and incompetent people. The emperor ordered a special suit and later dispatched his most trusted ministers to see how it was coming along. The...
by david allan van nostrand | May 13, 2019 | Items in the News, Misinformation traps, Research
A few weeks ago, I posted an article about how people use lies and trickery to con us into believing untruths. It referenced two University of Washington professors who are teaching students how to defend themselves in a course named Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning...
by david allan van nostrand | May 6, 2019 | Fads, Items in the News
Amazon’s recent announcement of a category-changing Whole Foods shop-eat-entertain design strategy was big news because they took the usual way of thinking about grocery stores and radically redefined it. Paradigm shifts occur when we dramatically change our beliefs...
