Category Archives: Business

“Peak Oil” or worse : “Peak Everything” is finally here…?

The book “Limits to Growth“, by Dennis L. Meadows et. al, was published 1972, outlining a story that unless our civilization changed its ways and fundamental principles, the result will be a rather sudden and uncontrollable decline in population and … Continue reading

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Financial Times on Swedish Covid Strategy and its impact on businesses

https://www.ft.com/content/f7be28a0-ba3c-49d2-ab0c-09c932f32901

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Scientific Gambling on Ice Hockey Worlds – Bets for games of May 5th

Summary I’m using mathematical & statistical methods, more specifically, Bayesian Inference, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, simulation and Probabilistic Programming, attempting to predict the game outcomes of the upcoming Ice Hockey World Championships, starting May 4th. Based on the findings of … Continue reading

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Bayesian Prediction – wanna bet…? Putting your money where your mouth is…

[A disclaimer: I know virtually nothing about contemporary ice hockey, my interest faded when Börje Salming decided to put his skates on the shelf for a couple of decades ago, so I have not included any personal hockey insights into … Continue reading

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World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness rankings 2017-2018

http://reports.weforum.org/global-competitiveness-index-2017-2018/competitiveness-rankings/#series=GCI.B.05.01 Interesting statistics on many categories of data regarding the performance of various nations. Includes rankings and trends.

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What’s it like being a techie surrounded by empty suits….?

Unfortunately not that unrealistic description of life as a technical expert… 🙂

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The importance of the psychological dimension for business

Psychology matters as a key determinant for the client’s perception of the value received. Framing your proposal differently, can make all the difference in outcomes. Example: is Google the best search engine in the world ? No one really knows, … Continue reading

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Six Things We Learned About Our Changing Climate in 2013 | Science | Smithsonian

Six Things We Learned About Our Changing Climate in 2013 | Science | Smithsonian.

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Selling technology to tech savvy customers – how not to do it.

There’ something fundamentally wrong with traditional, established and ‘proven’ sales processes when applied to tech deep & savvy customers. Those sales processes that might have been appropriate and successful in the past, when your customer’s knew significantly less about systems, … Continue reading

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Why big organisations can’t innovate nor be creative

A brilliant article by Harvard Business School’s Maxwell Wessel on why large organisations can’t innovate, nor be creative. A few quotes: A start-up’s success is not gauged by earnings or quarterly reports; it’s measured by how well it identifies a … Continue reading

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