“Reality is faith that smells of truth”

Paolo Brunello presented his Net-Map experience in ICT in Burundi at the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development in Doha. But as you watch this or read this (161 KB), you will see how this is not so much a presentation of empirical research but much more a very interesting philosophical deliberation [...]

The three most important things

The other day a researcher colleague asked me for feedback on a presentation she was going to give at a meeting that was important to her. After working on it with her I thought about how the training of researchers mainly focuses on content and not on presentation. And how simple some of the tricks [...]

The study I quoted below…

Dear Neil and Noora, your comments (see below) made me dig into this issue more seriously and I did finally find the study (302 KB) I talked about in the last post. Katie Liljenquist at BYU’s Marriott School of Management studied how adding a socially unique outsider increases both group discomfort and the quality of [...]

What diversity does to work groups…

Apparently it doesn’t make them happier but more effective. That’s the result of a study I heard about on the radio (NPR) two days ago. Unfortunately I cannot find it on the web and I didn’t pay attention to the name of the researcher while I was listening – but the point they made deserves [...]

The trust you need for the evil deed

Isn’t “trust” a beautiful and positive attribute of the relationship between humans? We trust our friends. We argue that trust within or between organizations furthers good knowledge management and fosters innovation. Societies where people have lost trust in their neighbors (e.g. after a civil war) are defunct and dreadful places to live in. Trust is [...]