Business Game Time

What the final seconds of Super Bowl 46 teach us about strategic options, implications, choices, game theory, coordination and behavior under pressure.

Filed under: (american) football by Johannes
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This post is about why people have stronger feelings associated with outcomes when they come from abnormal causes and under which circumstances inactivity may be good. By the way it also tells you how to best stop a penalty. Which corner will you jump into?

Filed under: soccer (football) by Johannes
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Bobby Cox, the most rejected MLB manager of all time, just retired. His leadership lesson: Show unequivocal support to your team, protect them and create a work environment that enables the team to deliver their best.

Filed under: baseball by Johannes
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