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Status Bias Inhibits Innovation

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Status bias is the term used to describe the unfortunate fact that communications such as ideas, proposals and papers are often judged not on their merits but on the status of the originator. Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria carried out a study in which they sent out the same academic paper to three groups of reviewers. The first set of reviewers were told the paper was written by Vernon Smith, winner of the Nobel Memorial prize for Economic Studies.

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The Seven P’s of Raising Money from Investors

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GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers, M.D. Budding sickcare entrepreneurs inevitably want to know, “How do I raise money for my idea?” Most of the time, they are not ready for fundraising prime time and they have not taken the necessary steps to begin to do so or understand when and if it is the prudent thing or right time […].

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Its Not Tetris: Hire The Best People In the Present Of Work

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You’ve probably been denied a job due to “fit” – as in, you are not the right fit for the role or the right fit for the organization. But what exactly does that mean? We are in the middle of a hiring crisis. For many possible reasons, the pandemic drove many of us to resign… The post Its Not Tetris: Hire The Best People In the Present Of Work appeared first on IDEATE AND EXECUTE.