James Drogan

...in this business [finance] are also really great writers."

"Of course, there is a lot of math behind the quant stuff, and the guys doing it are mathematical geniuses, but the best of them are also very sharp market folks, with a nose for when trades start to get crowded."

"Computers may be computers, but the people who program the computers are just human, and utterly fallible."

Jared Dillian in The 10th Man February 18, 2016

My courses are marked by a focus on discussions and an emphasis on teamwork to address projects.

Teams is intended to make clear to students my expectations regarding teams.

This from the HBR Daily Stat of February 8, 2016.

After a star scientist dies, their collaborators publish fewer articles in the star’s field; however, articles by noncollaborators increase by 8% on average, according to a study led by Pierre Azoulay at MIT Sloan School of Management. These additional contributions are disproportionately likely to be highly cited, and they are also more likely to be authored by scientists who were not previously active in the deceased star’s field. The results suggest that outsiders are reluctant to challenge leadership within a field when the star is alive. Turnover in leadership enables the injection of fresh ideas into the field — but only when those within are willing to support and accept new ideas.

I wonder whether this phenomena may apply more broadly.