The Airplane As A Microcosm Of Class Divisions

Passengers in economy were almost four times as likely to lash out at a flight attendant or another passenger if there was a first class section on the flight. New research from Professor Michael Norton.
The familiar truism that "good people perform good deeds" has come under robust attack in the social sciences in the last few decades. The best predictor of how a person will act is not character but, rather, the situation in which he or she finds him or herself.

Congratulations to Nancy Pfund '82 on being named to Fast Company's Most Creative People 2016 list. #yalesomalumni
Nancy Pfund is a San Francisco-based venture capitalist who focuses on socially minded investments. After 25 years at Hambrecht & Quist, a boutique investment bank that was acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) in 1999, Pfund rai …

Did you know that Viagra was supposed to be a new drug against heart disease? Sometimes small and simple projects turn into complicated ones, that require a team to develop radical new ideas or business models. Researcher Fabian Sting reveals how to best manage these kinds of mid-course corrections. Switching from annual project planning to continuous planning is one of them. Read more on RSM Discovery.
Shift happens: how to manage changing projects Wednesday, 18 May 2016 One of the most important decisions in research and development is defining the scope of the project. Some problems involve making a simple refinement. Others require inventing a whole new technology. Managers thus assign projects...

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