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The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 18, 2020 | Books |

In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups–and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity–not what we look like outside, but what we look like within, our distinct tools and abilities.

Overshoot

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 18, 2020 | Books |

Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our...

Making Sense of the Organization

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 12, 2020 | Books |

This volume brings together the best-known and most influential articles on sensemaking in organizations by one of its most distinguished exponents, Karl Weick.

Brings together the best most influential articles written by one of the gurus of sensemaking – Karl Weick.
Helps readers develop a thorough understanding of the sensemaking process – essential for effective management.

Human Simulation: Perspectives, Insights, and Applications

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 7, 2020 | Books |

This uniquely inspirational and practical book explores human simulation, which is the application of computational modeling and simulation to research subjects in the humanities disciplines. It delves into the fascinating process of collaboration among experts who usually don’t have much to do with one another – computer engineers and humanities scholars – from the perspective of the humanities scholars. It also explains the process of developing models and simulations in these interdisciplinary teams.

Environmental Ethics and Uncertainty

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 30, 2020 | Books |

This book offers a multidisciplinary environmental approach to ethics in response to the contemporary challenge of climate change caused by globalized economics and consumption. This book synthesizes the incredible complexity of the problem and the necessity of action in response, highlighting the unambiguous problem facing humanity in the 21st century, but arguing that it is essential to develop an ethics housed in ambiguity in response.

Issue: Complexity

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Overshoot

Making Sense of the Organization

Environmental Ethics and Uncertainty

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