Posts by Marcellino Nehme
Where the Super Rich Reside
According to the Forbes Billionaires List of 2022, most of the world’s richest people are at home in the United States. The country counted 735 billionaires per the list’s last release Tuesday. This is several more than the second-ranked country, China, with 607 and many more than in third-placed India with 165. Click here to read the…
Read MoreThe Pink Elephant Paradox: how intrusive thoughts impact our emotions and decisions
Can you imagine a pink elephant? Is it big or small? Hot pink or pastel pink? Does it look happy, sad, tired, or excited? Give your pink elephant as much detail as you can. Now that you have got your pink elephant clear in your head, it is time to stop thinking about it. Think…
Read MoreLife may actually flash before your eyes on death – new study
A team of scientists set out to measure the brainwaves of an 87-year-old patient who had developed epilepsy. But during the neurological recording, he suffered a fatal heart attack – offering an unexpected recording of a dying brain. It revealed that in the 30 seconds before and after, the man’s brainwaves followed the same patterns…
Read MoreVisualizing 200 Years of Systems of Government
Centuries ago, most of our ancestors were living under a different political paradigm. Although democracy was starting to show signs of growth in some parts of the world, it was more of an idea, rather than an established or accepted system of government. Even at the start of the 19th century, for example, it’s estimated…
Read MoreThe professor who beat roulette
On a warm night in May of 1969, a throng of awestruck gamblers crowded around a well-worn roulette table in the Italian Riviera. At the center stood a gangly 38-year-old medical professor in a rumpled suit. He’d just placed a $100,000 bet ($715,000 in 2019 dollars) on a single spin of the wheel. As the…
Read MoreHow Ikea tricks you into buying more stuff
On a recent Saturday afternoon, Alex Santos journeyed to his local Ikea with a singular mission: the procurement of a new Poäng chair. It was a simple in-and-out task. But 3 hours later, the 37-year-old IT manager found himself in the parking lot, slightly stupefied, with a shopping cart full of hand towels, throw pillows, and martini…
Read MoreOvercoming obstacles to effective scenario planning
To embed scenario thinking, organizations must institutionalize new mental habits and ways of working. This, our colleagues have argued, means that leaders must simultaneously instill a conviction that change is needed throughout the organization, role model the desired new behavior, reinforce processes and systems to counter bias, and ensure that the company acquires or builds…
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