by david allan van nostrand | Oct 5, 2026 | Behind the curtain, Sociology, Teaching, The Wayback Machine
I’m an inveterate puzzle-solver with an abiding curiosity and a knack for explaining complicated subject matter simply. As a kid, I devoured everything math and science, geometry and geography, and imagined a career in engineering. Since I was 11, I spent my summers...
by david allan van nostrand | Apr 21, 2025 | Case Study, Experiments, Human Behavior, Teaching
Forks in the road come along more often for some than others, but everyone makes choices along the way. Some opt to keep everything the same and live their entire lives in the same place they were born. Some never leave the nest, living at home with parents their...
by david allan van nostrand | Feb 14, 2022 | Items in the News, Teaching
Two weeks ago I published the course outline distributed to MBA students at the University of the West Indies Graduate School of Business. You can take the 10 question true or false part of the final exam now, click here to go back for a refresher, or click here to...
by david allan van nostrand | Feb 7, 2022 | Human Behavior, Teaching
If you read last week’s article, you might be ready to take the multiple choice section of final exam. If you missed it or if you want to better your chances of passing the exam, please click here to go back and read or reread the course summary. Otherwise, start here...
by david allan van nostrand | Jan 31, 2022 | Human Behavior, Teaching, Using Information
Some time in this century, a few of the world’s leading MBA programs realized students were being taught plenty about business but nothing about human behavior. They knew a growing body of evidence was showing clear linkages between management practices based in the...
by david allan van nostrand | May 3, 2021 | How to tell good research from bad, Teaching, Using Information
Lake Wobegone is the fictitious central Minnesota town “where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” It was the setting of a long-running radio variety show, several novels, and a feature film. The radio show A...
