Ask Atma

MAY 6, 2011

That’s kind of like a project manager on academic steroids. Game theory applications – tapping into mutualistic dynamics. Hacking your management system. [A 5 minute talk given at LA Hackers on April 23, 2011 at Coloft]. My name is Atma. I am an industrial psychologist. Wiring in innovation as a cultural behavior.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Some economists explain brands from a game-theory perspective. They say that brands are a mechanism for companies to engage customers in repeated games. Ltd, a well-known expert in creative strategic marketing, and chief brand adviser of National Real Estate Manager Alliance. How do brands work on a societal level?

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Curiosity – inclination to learn.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

But my experience is all working with baseball data, or learning game theory because you want to be better at poker, right? The manager doesn’t want to seem like he’s not sure what he’s doing. And the consultant or the analyst wants to provide information to make the manager feel more confident.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2012

It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. The set of such methods, tested by peer review of their scientific foundations and success with their application, is actually quite small — and familiar to most business school graduates.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

Developing appropriate solutions requires understanding networks comprised of multitudes of heterogeneous layered subnetworks managed by organizations around the world, each with their own policies and incentives. Game Theory is useful for understanding strategic interactions when parties have competing interests.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He then usually brings in the tools of game theory, in which his protagonists have to contend with other rational actors and the moves they might make. In the early 1980s, the game theory approach to studying industries promised to be the next big wave in strategy. The Theory of Industrial Organization was just the first.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2014

Harvard has used high-stakes poker as a real-world game theory laboratory for strategic thinking. These teams —and the organizations that employ them—would likely welcome colleagues and candidates with authentic video-game passion and talent. Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are famous for their love of and prowess in bridge.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The conundrum would not get out of my head, and after months of thinking and researching everything from game theory to IP law, I came up with a business model that would, in fact, make the problem irrelevant (in theory). HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters. Unsolvable problem. The HBR article was the result.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

But there’s some evidence to suggest that showing trust in others actually helps them trust you more – researchers who study game theory consistently find that when one person shows faith in another, the second person’s faith in others also rises. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. Further Reading.

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