by Brooks Mendell | Mar 8, 2017 | Forestry, Thinking/Analysis
In 1990, Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman and two colleagues published a study documenting how we can “overvalue” things we already own (D. Kahneman, J. Knetsch and R. Thaler, “Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem,” The Journal...
by Brooks Mendell | Jan 9, 2017 | Forestry, Thinking/Analysis
Understand how to understand and frame the current situation. [That was not a Rumsfeldian typo.] Executives and investors make, or don’t make, decisions on how to allocate capital and other resources based on their understanding of the current situation. On average,...
by Brooks Mendell | Nov 8, 2016 | Communication Skills, Leading/Managing, Learning
Informational interviews provide one avenue for learning about a business, developing professional relationships and sharing ideas. We initiate informational interviews as job seekers, entrepreneurs and researchers to tap the experience and knowledge of others. As...
by Brooks Mendell | Sep 7, 2016 | Learning, Thinking/Analysis
You are an Analyst, a warrior shrouded in mystery and feared for your ruthlessness with Excel. Your actions can throw Board meetings into chaos, and your existence will shape the company during this pivotal moment in history. [Inspired by the Assassin’s Creed] Finance...
by Brooks Mendell | Oct 13, 2015 | Books
I woke up, on schedule, at 4:14 in the morning, rolled over and switched off the alarm before it chimed. At 4:15, the phone buzzed. “Good morning, Nephew!” said Aunt Fanny. “You up?” “Yes, Ma’am,” I said, swinging my legs over the side of the bed and...
