by Manoj Chawla | Nov 14, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Crowds, Life Hacks
Ever read the Black Swan by Taleb? Having said that, Taleb did say that Trump may get in. From the perception of main stream media we had a Black Swan event (that is according to Wikipedia) The event is a surprise (to the observer). The event has a major effect. After...
by Manoj Chawla | Aug 20, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Crowds, People, Psychology, thinking slow thinking fast
Have you every gone to a new country and noticed how they use cutlery. Eg chopsticks in the Far East. Did you copy or mimic the behaviour. Initation is an important part of behaviour change. People need to observe and copy the preferred or “normal”...
by Manoj Chawla | Apr 24, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Happiness, Life Hacks, Management, Motivation, New Business Models, People, Psychology, reinvent, Self Management, Self Management, work life balance
This morning, I had breakfast with a very good and old friend, Our conversation went on to the subject of friends, teams, and children and how we motivate them. (or don’t)… It reminded me of the story about an academic who was writing on a book and some...
by Manoj Chawla | Mar 12, 2016 | Behaviour Economics, Blog, Crowds, Design Thinking, innovation
Yesterday, we gave a talk on crowdsourcing. As promised I have attached the slides from the talk, many thanks to Eamonn Sayers and Sinead Gegarthy for their great talk on their work/project and experience. Building a crowd totally changes the way you can start your...
by Manoj Chawla | Jan 22, 2016 | Adversity, Blog, Design Thinking, Life Hacks, New Business Models
Today, I went to a very interesting talk at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. It was give by Jessica Hayden from the Innovation Academy at UCD. (Thank you Jessica for an excellent presentation). While her talk was about Design Thinking (An approach I recommend to...
by Manoj Chawla | Dec 24, 2015 | Blog, New Business Models
Christmas is coming and chances are many of us with be sitting in front of the television with the family to watch tv some point in the period; maybe we will binge watch a tv series or may we will watch Netflix. Christmas has changed, The way we shop, (Internet...