A brilliant book that opened my eyes to how things really work in China. Key insights for where China is at right now and what this means for the rest of the world. My take – near term downside risk is greater than I would have otherwise suspected.
Kaggle is Klever platform for crowdsourcing predictive modelling
Data scientists from over 100 countries and 200 universities solve real world problems using real world data for cash prizes and glory !
Book Review : Endgame : The End of the Debt SuperCycle and How it Changes Everything
Western Governments and People have borrowed too much money. Now they have to stop spending and pay it back. What will this mean ?
Power of Visioning : Famous Basketball Experiment
By Andrew Leunig on June 23, 2011 in Belief Systems, Blog, Business Issues, Communication, Leadership, Learning and Growth, Mental Health, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Energy Levels, Personal Improvement
Visualising basketball free throws proven to be almost as effective as real practice.
Virtual School : Khan Academy : Changing the world
By Andrew Leunig on June 21, 2011 in Blog, Business Models, Case Studies, Insights, Learning and Growth, Other Stuff, Personal Effectiveness, Personal Improvement, Technology
How one man who started off tutoring his cousins in maths may be on the way to changing the world !
Book Review: Plenitude The New Economics of True Wealth
By Andrew Leunig on June 17, 2011 in Belief Systems, Blog, Book Reviews, Business Issues, Business Models, Insights, Learning and Growth, Life Balance, Lifestyle, Personal Effectiveness, Strategy
Expert on working hours and lifestyles, Economist Schoe argues that our Consumption Model of the last 30 years is broken and that we need to head to a Post-Materialistic World. This need not be all lentils and hessian clothing – Schor argues that if we are clever and use technology well this could mean a […]