Tag Archives: McKinsey

In spite of Robin Hanson’s pumping them up, very few companies use enterprise prediction markets.

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

- McKinsey: While respondents tell us that tapping expert knowledge from outside is their top priority, few report deploying prediction markets to harvest collective insights from these external networks. #FAIL

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McKinsey on the X Prizes

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

â€œWell designed prizes carry a strong element of theater that makes them newsworthy and media friendly. This messaging and brand-building potential is attractive to corporations looking to burnish their image or wealthy donors seeking to signal their arrival.â€ PDF file … Continue reading →

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McKinsey on prediction markets?

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

I exchange one McKinsey (if you have it) against one Forrester and one Gartner. Any taker? Contact moi.

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How Best Buy gather the collected wisdom of customers and employees to better predict future events

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

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The Promise Of Enterprise Prediction Markets — The McKinsey conference should have been rooted in the economic science and McKinsey should have invited economists.

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

McKinsey: The Promise Of Prediction Markets James Surowiecki: The premise is that under the right circumstances, the collective judgment of a large group of people will generally provide a better picture of what the future might look like than anything … Continue reading →

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McKinsey: The Promise Of Enterprise Prediction Markets

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

McKinsey: The Promise Of Prediction Markets With Bo Cowgill (Google) and James Surowiecki (The Wisdom Of Crowds). Registration needed. This is the transcript of the roundtable of the recent McKinsey conference at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I’ll excerpt this document, … Continue reading →

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