Economics and Management

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  • Innovation in very traditional as well as new places: Day 3 in Seattle by Jake Glaser

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    Kathy

    Day 3 here in Seattle, and different definitions of innovation by the community are becoming evidently clear. First, walking through the International District on our way to a dim sum lunch at House of Hong, a local Chinese establishment, we stopped at the Kobe Terrace which is included in the Danny Woo International District Community…

  • Seattle J-Term Gusties Connect course off and running

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    Kathy

    After so many months of planning, the Seattle J-Term course is here! “Needle in a Haystack: Innovation in Seattle” explores creativity and entrepreneurial thinking in a variety of organizations where Gusties either work or collaborate. Walking around the historic Capitol Hill neighborhood when we arrived offered proof of the passion for great local food and…

  • Nobel Conference 2016 is coming!

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    Kathy

    You may have noticed—people’s income levels vary wildly, and that gap is getting much, much wider. Income inequality as a newsworthy phenomenon has become a routine topic of discussion and is the cornerstone of Gustavus’s Nobel Conference 2016, “In Search of Economic Balance.” By any measure, the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ are getting further…

  • ‘Tis the season.. for community-based learning project wrap ups

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    Kathy

    Nope—not presents or Christmas trees—but final presentations for the projects our Management students have been working on all semester. Gusties in Organizational Behavior clearly took their community partnerships seriously when they presented to their clients on Thursday, the City of St. Peter’s Administrator Todd Prafke and Finance Director Paula O’Connell. Students’ projects included revamping the…

  • What’s behavioral economics? “Ask Ariely” and the Nobel reading group

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    Kathy

    In preparation for Nobel 2016, In Search of Economic Balance, students and faculty have formed reading groups to get familiar with each speaker’s work in a fun and relaxed environment. The Dan Ariely group has been studying his latest book, Irrationally Yours, which is a compilation of columns from his wildly popular Wall Street Journal…

  • (Yet) Another NCAA chance for leadership and inclusion

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    Kathy

    Last weekend I had the extraordinary opportunity to deliver a TED Talk, at Gustavus’ TEDx Conference (kudos to David Newell and his team of students and volunteers, BTW) about some findings from a long-term research project examining workplace religious discrimination over the last 15 years. In analyzing 15 years of high-level court decisions in the…

  • Everyday leadership & stepping out of comfort zones

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    Kathy

    The Vegas J-Term students are already amazing, and we have not even been here 24 hours. After an **early** shuttle to MSP and getting settled in our hotel — of course, after a cruise down Las Vegas Boulevard when we got our super sweet cruising minivan rental– the students rallied for an evening cocktail event…

  • “Snowflakes,” Whitman, and why college isn’t a day care

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    Kathy

    Dr. Everett Piper, President of the Christian university Oklahoma Wesleyan, made national headlines a few weeks ago when he vented frustration about a student complaint. In a blog posting entitled, “This is not a Day Care. It’s a University,” Piper described the incident: This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a…

  • Cobbling together role models–GWIL and Neil deGrasse Tyson

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    Kathy

    This morning on PoliticsNation [MSNBC], I heard a terrific interview between host Al Sharpton and guest Neil deGrasse Tyson, the renowned astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director (and invitee to our Nobel Conference a couple of years ago, but alas, his schedule was too tight) about engaging the public’s imagination for science and his own path…

  • Complexity, laziness, and the internet?

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    Kathy

    Every Nobel conference seems to offer sub-themes that are at least as interesting as the stated theme. This year it seems to me that the panelists are reminding us over and over that any human experience is uber complex. All of them. I am also hearing over and over about the need for judgment about…