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Why is risk both negative and positive

The Project Management Institute’s definition of an individual risk is: “an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives” (PMBOK 6th ed.). A positive effect? Both as a consultant and as a trainer I often come along this confusion: why is an opportunity…
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April 15, 2020 0

More or less random thoughts on Intelligence

Definition of intelligence: Let’s start with the assumption that IQ is only one form of intelligence. Therefore, any definition of intelligence must be able to include IQ but is not necessarily limited to IQ. The assumption intelligence=IQ would therefore be false (given this starting point). Intelligence has been defined in many different ways. The examples…
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April 9, 2020 0