Underground Notes

Updated:4/25/2020 3:34 PM


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Management, psychology, computer science, poetry, bioengineer, artificial intelligence, technologies, ... ... Fun !



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Source: YouTube Video:  https://youtu.be/DuQyKM7_V-Y 

Note: Other very useful tutorials by the same author
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Gains from Trade and Pathology Subspecialization  
Factors affecting gains
  1. Productive Efficiency:  as it lowers the cost of production and price of the goods. 
  2. Factor availability: Subspecialization dependd upon the availability of factors of production such as domain knowledge, experiences. 
  3. Differences in cost ratio: depends upon the cost ratios of differences in comparative cost ratios in the two trading countries. The smaller the difference between exchange rate and cost of production the smaller the gains from trade and vice versa. 
Comparative advantage: the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another entity. 
Specialization: when an individual or a country allocates most or all of its resources towards the production of a particular good or service.
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Work against the procrastination: 

Frame the issue, name the problem (give the problem a right name). 
Personify your institution with the magazine method— use five adjectives to portrait your desired institution 

Meta cognition = thinking about thinking . Be inspector about how and what you know how you operate. Need right process and right approach to reflect
Harvard Business Review January—February 2020; p68-75 >Managing the Most Exnansiva Patients  : A new primary-care model can lower costs and improve outcomes.> Robert Pearl  and Philip Madvig
These dire facts lead to another moonshot
If this were the end of the story,it would be a hell of a tale. A ruthless killer claims just about every life it touches .  Keep it sidelined. It goes without saying that ...  
it becomes a problem to be managed rather than a sad fact of life. When it comes to healthcare, the system itself is often sicker than the patients. 
The scope of the story is huge but the goal here is not to fill multiple pages with all that’s unfolding   To detect the disease early enough to make a difference, which is definitely the first step in preventing the spread of the disease. Can we use universal protection or any existing protocol as one-size-fits-all model to combat transmission of the disease 
How to combat the buracratic hangover and the epidemic disaster   This May offer a host of new solutions to the challenges of ...

Fr <Scaling up> failure of Homedepo and success of ikea Burger King ; building an excellent model to follow but move a mob one step forward is more important than moving one person forward a 100 miles; template with few non-negotiables to allow flexibility 

THE PROBLEM  Half of U.S spending on health  care goes to treating the sickest  5% of the population. While disease—management programs have improved the quality of these patients’ care, they’re expensive and have not, as hoped, reduced costs.  
THE CAUSE  The top 5% is more diverse than has been appreciated, and the people in some of its segments change constantly. Disease- management programs can’t address this heterogeneity and unpredictability.  
THE SOLUTION  Kaiser Permanente has developed a cost-effective model that uses relatively inexpensive medical assistants and technology to help primary—care physicians directly manage people with multiple but improvable chronic conditions—both  patients who are already in the top 5% and those who are at risk of moving up into it.  

“Goals are for loserthinkers. Systems are for winners “ — Loserthinker, by Scott Adams. Goals are specific but system is general and can be for many goals e.g. education for specific jobs.
<how full is your bucket?> Tom Rath & Donald O. Clifton 
Gottman’s Ratio: Five positive interactions for every one negative interaction but more than 13:1 ratio could decrease productivity 
Increasing positive emotions could lengthen life span by 10 years 
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 Edward Banfield of Harvard studied  social and economic mobility in the United States and find that time perspective is the most reliable predictor. (Book “The I heavenly city”)
Increasing 
Organizational Power by

Simon Sinek: 
Finite game: we do not play to lose, we keep score 
Infinite game: goal is not to win but to keep playing to advance to  future state 

<<Unheavenly City>> by Edward C. Banfield
Factors affecting social mobility:  not personality, family background … But Time Perspective—period of time being taken into consideration when making day-to-day decision and planning life events.  Conclusion long time perspective leads to success.
One effective method to counter sarcastic individual is overdoing it.
Book by Tracy
Time thieves: drop-in visitor, socializing, indecision, phone calls, procrastination, meetings.
Manager Game: match expectations of the manager and his/her subordinate’s perception of the expectations
Law of Comparative Advantage: extension of it is pay and work should match
 Decision Types: Command decision, consultative decision and consensus decision.
Problem-solving Process:
ID problem; define and reframe; seek and characterize solutions (don’t go with only one solution); fall-back plan; boundary for plan/solution (e.g. resource restriction).
A main cause of procrastination is fear/anxiety for failure or rejection.
The most important skill of a leader is being able to get people to do with enthusiasm
The “Genius traits”: structured/organized approach; sense of wonder/open to alternative, and focus/concentration
“Action without planning is the reason of every failure.”  -- Peter Drucker
One minute of planning saves 10 minutes in action.
Innovation =/= novelty!!
Innovation needs not to be novel invention. 
“Recombinant innovation” can be very useful and powerful creation, e.g. PCR (polymerase chain reaction) at the time of its “invention” every bit of information, necessary ingradient s are readily available.
Innovation  = create value and solve problems
Novelty = new but minimal utility
Although novelty can be an empowering component of innovation.  It is not and needs not necessarily a required component.
Team Classification:  Jazz combo, many types, by tasks
Ultimate purpose of Mgt is performance (to produce results.)
A great idea or not: judge by 1) needs (purpose, usefulness), original, excites, different …
Sell “goals” instead of “products”; dream, good sex vs. bed/matrix.
Classify audience:
Active: predisposed to your message; knowledgeable in the field
Passive:
Five Fs to communicate with media: Fast, Factual, Fair, Frank, Friendly.
Four principles of PR idea:
Utility (usefulness) ask: what people need or want that has not been thought of?  Innovate and execute.
Juxtaposition
Humor
Imagining
“You (your product) are always vulnerable to category killer.
Disappointment is the result of badly managed expectation.
Leadership types: transforming and transactional
Below << Judgement>> by Noel Tichy
Judgement (jdgt) – SCOPE (strategy, crisis, opportunity, people, and execution).
Signs indicative for need to make jdgt call:
Outcome of jdgt call depends on execution:
Leadership type: Transforming and transactional
 
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