Systems & complexity
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Knowledge brokers: connecting research and practice
Knowledge brokers can help ensure that research is translated into practical outcomes, and that in turn research priorities and activities…
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Recordkeeping is important – because our memories are often wrong
In the New Yorker article You have no idea what happened, Maria Konnikova convincingly explains how our memories are unreliable, particularly…
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Using librarians to conduct systematic reviews
Librarians can provide valuable expertise in uncovering available information and research on a topic, whether fulfilling the role of a specialist…
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Clarification techniques are universal in language
A fantastic linguistic study by Mark Dingemanse and Nick Enfield has shown that languages use three near-universal techniques to clarify potential…
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Kerr’s lessons are still not being learnt
Misaligned expectations and rewards are a recipe for disaster.
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Out of the box ideas need a familiar framework for acceptance
If you want to get people to accept and spread new ideas, you need to embed them in a framework that…
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Why do some ethical behaviours fail to embed, and what can be done about it?
A friend recently expressed frustration on social media about the numbers of people still using single-use plastic bags when more…
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The network science of career success
What is it that really causes the success of people like Apple cofounder Steve Jobs? In a post on Medium,…
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What does the research say about work-life balance?
Global corporate giant Amazon’s culture of overwork has been revealed in a New York Times exposé. RealKM has previously looked…