All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions

Personnel decisions can be some of the toughest a manager will make. What are the attributes you should look for when building a team? In this episode of All Else Equal , professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen interview former NBA general manager Billy King about how he approached player evaluation. Statistics are an important measure of performance, but King says he also tried to asses...

When the scientific method began to be applied widely hundreds of years ago, innovation bloomed. Today, those same principles inform business leaders who rely on data analysis to set and shape direction. In this inaugural episode of All Else Equal , professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen speak with Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat about how to — and how not to — use data to make decisions. “It’s...

Join finance professors Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen in a conversation with prominent business leaders about common flaws in the decision making process and what to do about them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...