The hidden factor : why thinking differently is your greatest asset.

Author

Scott E Page

Call Number

• DVD 658.4036 H6324 (CEN)

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Performers

Taught by Professor Scott E. Page, University of Michigan.

Publication Information

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2012.

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 178 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Notes

"Course no. 5133"--Disc label.

Contains 24 lectures, 30 min. per lecture.

Contents

• Disc 1. 1. Individual diversity and collective performance
• 2. Why now? The rise of diversity
• 3. Diversity squared
• 4. The wisdom of crowds
• 5. The diversity prediction theorem times three
• 6. The weighting is the hardest part
• Disc 2: 7. Foxes and hedgehogs: can i be diverse?
• 8. Fermi's barbers: estimating and predicting
• 9. Problem solving
• 10. Diverse perspective
• 11. Heuristics and the adjacent possible
• 12. Diversity trumps ability
• Disc 3: 13. Digging holes and splicing genes
• 14. Ability and diversity
• 15. Combining and recombining heuristics
• 16. Beware of false prophets: no free lunch
• 17. Crowdsourcing and the limits of diversity
• 18. Experimentation, variation, and six sigma
• Disc 4: 19. Diversity and robustness
• 20. Inescapable benefits of diversity
• 21. The historical value of diversity
• 22. Homophily, incentives, and groupthink
• 23. The problem of diverse preferences
• 24. The team, the team, the team.