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Internal prediction market
Tyler Cowen • Why don't more businesses use prediction markets? - Marginal REVOLUTION
“If someone truly is creative and inspiring,” they write, “it will show up in how they allocate their spare time.” In job interviews, the authors advise hiring managers to ask, “What are the open tabs on your browser right now?”
David Brooks • How the Ivy League Broke America
A few months ago I was at a conference where Robin Hanson spoke about prediction markets.[1] He argued that given how much of companies' outcomes are driven by who they choose to hire, and how non-rigorous the process of selecting employees and revisiting those selections is, there's a literal trillion-dollar opportunity in getting it right. Predic... See more
Byrne Hobart • How Many Trillion-Dollar Companies Should There Be?
the web, of course) a study conducted by some very clever researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Behavioral inefficiencies may be at once the most persistent source of opportunity and the most difficult to capture
Michael Mauboussin • Who Is On the Other Side?
idea, Diener and his students also found a less-is-more effect, a strong indication that an average (prototype) has been substituted for a sum.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Behind-the-scenes, SkillMagic is building up a database of what makes which types of employees the most productive.
Packy McCormick • SkillMagic: Not Boring Investment Memo
Email?” Spoiler alert: the conclusion was an emphatic Yes.
Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths • Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
people tend to stop early, leaving better applicants unseen.