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 | Jul 3, 2023 | Case Study, Human Behavior, The world around us, Using Information
In 2016, I converted the more than 1,000 slides I had built for my classroom lectures at the University of the West Indies into articles that I posted on a new site, LetsTakeACloserLook.com. The subject of most of those early articles was an amalgam of what I call the...
by david allan van nostrand | Feb 17, 2020 | How to tell good research from bad, Misinformation traps
When someone asks “How long is a piece of string?” or “How big is a house?” you know the only right answer is “It depends.” “How much does research cost? We cannot say how much research costs any more than we can say how much...
