Louis Conter: Last survivor of attack on Pearl Harbor ship dies aged 102
The boring stories of childhood family barbeques have become history. Not Louis per se... just an appreciation that the "greatest generation is just about gone.
Yes sir. The "walk away" invoice accrual at year-end was somewhere around $8M (for a month)...and I'm not kidding when I say "You could have gotten as much value for $1.50 in late charges at the library".
It was a fixed consulting fee...they didn't report hours or progress or the weather. My conversation involved a request for details or hours or some justification, to which I was told "That's for the month, the month is over, therefore we owe them". Ahhhh... corporate America. God Bless capitalism.
Crazy. It's almost as if the ludicrous performance-to-billing ratio was part of an experiment.
Yes sir. The "walk away" invoice accrual at year-end was somewhere around $8M (for a month)...and I'm not kidding when I say "You could have gotten as much value for $1.50 in late charges at the library".
It was a fixed consulting fee...they didn't report hours or progress or the weather. My conversation involved a request for details or hours or some justification, to which I was told "That's for the month, the month is over, therefore we owe them". Ahhhh... corporate America. God Bless capitalism.
I was working in NY for a company that hired him and his consulting firm (The Greater Good Group) for some major restructuring analytics. The project team (which included our CEO) was all brought into a room and given a copy of "Thinking", as Kahneman presented an overview of the findings and the book, and how that was going to be used in the project.
The project was an expensive bust. I remember TGGG sending invoices for $5m-$8m/month without any real oversight. After about 6-8 months...the whole thing just sorta evaporated without any fanfare, materials, findings...just an accrual for the last invoice.
The book however made a real impact on how I see things and understand others. It's not the most impactful book for my career (The Innovators Dilemma changed everything), but it's up there.
Nudge, and The Black Swan, are books that wouldn't have been written without Kahneman and they're both really interesting.
Freakonomics also wouldn't be a thing without Kahneman; he's a founding partner in what was the Freakonomics Consulting Group. They help philanthropists figure out how to get the most bang for their buck (I think that's the gist of it)
I was working in NY for a company that hired him and his consulting firm (The Greater Good Group) for some major restructuring analytics. The project team (which included our CEO) was all brought into a room and given a copy of "Thinking", as Kahneman presented an overview of the findings and the book, and how that was going to be used in the project.
The project was an expensive bust. I remember TGGG sending invoices for $5m-$8m/month without any real oversight. After about 6-8 months...the whole thing just sorta evaporated without any fanfare, materials, findings...just an accrual for the last invoice.
The book however made a real impact on how I see things and understand others. It's not the most impactful book for my career (The Innovators Dilemma changed everything), but it's up there.
