Tag Archives: Richard Florida

Organizational Sociology & Google’s Enterprise Prediction Markets

Graduate student Ben Spigel’s comment on Richard Florida’s blog: About a decade ago, a group of cognitive scientists looking at Bell Labs found that all things being equal, the chances of two scientists collaborating was 4 times higher if they … Continue reading

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The Myth Of Creativity – Innovation matters, but releasing your inner bohemian isn’t the answer.

Robin Hanson: Creativity is in. Seminars teach employees to “think outside the box” and release their inner Picasso. Managers preach innovation, and today’s rich and powerful prefer to describe themselves as creative heroes, valiantly besting the naysayers to bring us … Continue reading

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