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Mark WoodsSmart Ways to Tackle Workplace Interruptions
We all experience workday interruptions, but they needn't cause suffering. Mark Woods, author of Attack Your Day! Before It Attacks You, advocates recognizing and accepting that interruptions are inevitable - and then doing everything in our power to limit them.
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By Mark WoodsJun 17, 2013
Developing a Corporate Decision Model for Planning Manpower Skill-Mixes and Allocating Resources
Frank A. Tillman and Deandra T. Cassone, authors of Strategic Planning and New Product Development, explain how they used Decision Science to develop a model for determining what skills and skill levels a company needed to accomplish its workload goals. This model was designed for a telecommunications company, but it can be adapted to fit all sorts of organizations.
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By Deandra T. Cassone, Frank A. TillmanJun 14, 2013
How Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Sometimes little changes can be just as powerful as big ones. Ben Waber explains how things like what clothes we wear, small gestures, even sitting at a different desk can all have strong effects on outcomes.
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By Ben WaberJun 14, 2013
Making Strategy Work: Execution Is the Key
Execution is a key to strategic success. Most managers, however, know a lot more about strategy formulation than execution. They know much more about “planning” than “doing,” which causes major problems with making strategy work.
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By Lawrence G. HrebiniakJun 12, 2013

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Michael ThomsettHow to Improve Your Odds with Put Ratio Backspreads

Traders tend to view the put ratio backspread as a bear strategy, because it employs puts. However, it is actually a volatility strategy.

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By Michael C. ThomsettNo CommentsDecember 18, 2012
Topics: Finance & Investing
Michael ThomsettOptions: A Holiday Poem

The month is slipping away quickly, so I thought I should hurry up and post my annual holiday options poem. Here it is ...

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By Michael C. ThomsettNo CommentsDecember 12, 2012
Topics: Finance & Investing
Michael ThomsettOptions Trading - the B-S Pricing Model

The big question, of course, is: How can we rely on a formula with a series of variables that are provably inaccurate and based on a flawed assumptions, exponentially inaccurate variables, and outdated models about the nature of options?

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By Michael C. ThomsettNo CommentsDecember 7, 2012
Topics: Finance & Investing
Michael ThomsettWilliam Shakespeare: A Sonnet about Options?

Did William Shakespeare trade options? -- from ThomsettOptions.com

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By Michael C. ThomsettNo CommentsNovember 2, 2012
Topics: Finance & Investing

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