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saturday night live, institutionalized laughter and garbage can comedy
If you are honest with yourself, you have to admit that the typical moment in an SNL broadcast is lame. Audience silence, sketches with no pacing or point, comedians way out of their league. At the...
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save tons of money in graduate school…
.. by living in a van, just like this Duke grad student.
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paul revere and the raters
What ever happened to the rating agencies? Back in the heyday of the financial meltdown, there was lots of talk about how Moody’s, Standard & Poors, and Fitch caused (or at least exacerbated)...
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my third worst restaurant moment
1. Waitress: “We don’t have the clams.” Me: “Umm… ok…” Waitress: “Or the watercess.” Me: “The watercress? Aren’t we in a Chinese restaraunt?” Waitress: “No watercress.” Me: “We”re missing 66% of our...
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feeling bad? call the death bear
The LA Times has an interesting article about a man who dresses up as a bear and relieves you of personal items that bring painful memories: A biting wind whipped down a dark street, where a man...
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the first jersey shore conference
It had to come sooner or later. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that there will be a conference dedicated to the Jersey Shore television show. The conference organizer, Andrew Ross, is a...
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The AGIL Turkey
Robert Paul Wolff — the well-known philosopher of politics and political economy, late convert to Afro-American studies, and author of some very good books including the best explanation of how to...
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taking stock: four years of orgtheory
orgtheory.net “burst” onto the scene four years ago today. Here’s a few highlights and observations: We’ve had some brilliant (34 to be exact) guest bloggers. To date, there have been a total of 2,436...
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the clone wars
Recently, at another blog, it was asked if there was any argument against cloning one self and raising the child. My gut intuition is that, yes, there is an ick factor, but it’s not inherently bad or...
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five principles for the unification of the behavioral sciences
I love any good effort at grand unification — here’s Herbert Gintis, rather ambitiously, lecturing on “Five Principles for the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences.” Here’s the paper with the same...
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yo, dude, does this look like brayden?
Normally, I don’t like drawing attention people’s appearances, but I just have to this one time…Evan Carmichael, a blogger and long time orgtheory fan, made this picture to accompany his list of top 50...
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do i have to return that “dunga: coach of the year” t-shirt?
Price of a ticket to the Germany-Argentina match: $200 Vuvuzelas for you and your buddies: $7.99 Watching Maradona squirm in his fancy suit and totally lose it after the game: Priceless. Other topics:...
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a primer on ‘networking’
I have spent the last couple of years using social networks as the basis of both my research and my teaching. I can geek out about academic terms like network centrality and cliques. I can tell you...
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god cries orange tears
1. Slate reviews penalty kick research. 2. Chiaporri, Levitt and Groseclose’s paper arguing that penalty kicks display mixed strategy equilibria. 3. Using network theory to analyze passing patterns in...
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cedar walton
Cedar Walton is undeniably a great musician, but only the jazz nerds seem to know about him. Try it out. You might like it: On John Coltrane’s Naima, Part 1 Coltrane’s Naima Part 2. Freddie Hubbard...
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social movements and zombies
1. Framing: What do we want? BRAINS!!!! When do we want it? BRAINS!!!! 2. Network Analysis: The respondent is more likely to join the zombie social movement if bitten by a zombie with whom they have...
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wikileaks and organization theory
So, this whole wikileaks issue raises lots of interesting questions for organization theory. Here are some questions and loose observations that come to mind: What exactly is wikileaks? An...
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reputation capital
A recent post reminded me of an orgtheory incident from 2007, I don’t think we ever posted about it. Fabio used the term “reputation capital” in a post and got this email: To: Rojas, Fabio Guillermo...
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a wiki for management, organization theory and strategy
A question from Steve Boivie (University of Arizona). Anyone know if there is a wiki (of some sort) for management, organization theory and strategy research? I have seen various efforts, mostly by...
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