Corporate Board posts are cozy clubs of networking and socializing. Unfortunately attracted by the perks, pay, and status, the role frequently devolves into a cesspool of collegiality and yes-men to the c-suite, where no one is asking the tough questions–until its too late. Here is a direct video link.
I have long appreciated Daniel Kahneman’s work in Behavioral Finance and the importance of EQ (“emotional quotient”) over IQ. We are presently enjoying his 2011 book “Thinking Fast and Slow” on audiobook. He appeared on Charlie Rose in 2012 to discuss some of the material. Here is a direct video link.
There are also several excellent video lectures available here. This one is a worthwhile sample for long weekend fun. Enjoy:
Daniel Kahneman is an internationally renowned psychologist whose work spans cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and the science of well-being. In recognition of his groundbreaking work on human judgment and decision-making, Kahneman received the 2002 Nobel Prize. In this program he explores the idea of happiness. Here is a direct video link.
Apparently epidemics of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, impaired fertility, sick children, suffering animals and environmental degradation are not enough reasons for many people and policy makers to move away from the typical processed, dead animal based, western diet, but here is a new reason that may get some attention: military leaders are sounding the alarm bells about a generation who is increasingly now “too fat to fight”.
Maybe the military complex will be able to wrangle some concessions out of the big-food complex calling the shots in America today. Each group will have to get their highly funded lobbyists to battle it out… hopefully sanity and common sense can inadvertently win a few rounds in the process.
We think of the military as getting more high-tech, but soldiers on the ground will still play a key role in fighting. CNBC’s Allison Linn explains why military leaders are worried that there won’t be enough physically fit recruits to serve the U.S. in the future. Here is a direct video link.
