Jeffrey B. Benyacar

4/6 today.

3/6

A sign of emotional intelligence is the ability to laugh at yourself. "...displaying amusement (vs. embarrassment) is
perceived to be a more emotionally calibrated response to many
common faux pas." Life skill: chill.

Food is not a reward for hard work.
#medsky

Hey @econmaett.github.io if you're on LinkedIn, connect w/me (at your own risk of course). 😉

This sentiment from Captain Picard on "time" is worth a rewatch. #startrek #TNG

In fairness Bush started no war. He stopped Sadam's aggression in Kuwait and mobilized an extraordinary coalition of nations. I had my issues but this was leadership.

YouTube video by Tom Nouri Star Trek Generations 1994 One of Many Favorite Quotes

The answer from none other than Captain Picard.

The Pod Bros keep platforming this eejit. Gross and illuminating.

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This may also be LinkedIn worthy!!

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So immunity as the dominant driver isn't just plausible, it's the parsimonious call. Makes sense to me!

In laymen's terms: the math tells you that something is slowing the virus but doesn't tell you WHAT.

The main caveat is that Rt near 1 could also reflect behavioral changes or other non-immunological factors suppressing transmission, so attribution to immunity usually requires triangulating with seroprevalence data or other direct measures.

These are easy concepts to conflate. Reinfection reflects partial immunity, not absence of immunity. Wastewater measures incidence trends, not population susceptibility. Rt near 1 with a high R0 implies reduced population susceptibility, even if infections continue.

Pod Bros platform him. Vile

no longer sending their executives to Executive Education. They're a whale (big $$) so even raising it would potentially embarrass them. Do you just ignore it? Sick people are dying because of callous decision making based solely on pecuniary interests. 🤔

The school gets access to company data and discovers sketchy decisions, nothing illegal but morally repugnant like incessant claims denials based on shaky reasoning. Highlighting this (not publicly but just to the corporate sponsors) risks them

4) Someone mentioned your four Harvard degrees in the email tsunami so it didn't go unnoticed. Since you taught Ethics, an interesting case study might include a scenario where a business school contracts with an organization for Executive Education AND consulting.

as they clearly embrace a different paradigm --only to a point. 3) You MAY have missed an opportunity to stoke some egos. I suspect some of the profs are used to be fawned over, not challenged. "Brilliant analysis. So illuminating! Why didn't I think of that"? Yeah, it's groveling but 🫤.

A few observations to ponder: 1)Insecure people are intimidated by insanely smart ones. It requires a high EQ to enjoy sparring in the arena with them; 2) HBS operates as a BUSINESS with similar constraints/considerations. You didn't comment on HLS

If you get a minute, please watch Joan explain. It's classic.

YouTube video by LaughCrate Joan Rivers — Iconic Heckler Takedown (Classic Stand-Up)

It's NOT FUNNY so I hated it. Not that the subject is taboo but the writing sucks. Joan Rivers quipped, "The minute you stop being funny, you're offensive". Craft matters more than topic. If it's funny, go for it. Otherwise, it's just cruel.

Edmondson is "Novartis" Professor of Leadership after all. Furthermore, some of the complaints seem so nitpicky. (E.g., Were you nice to the IT person? Projectorgate?) Do you think it boils down to cultural fit w/ certain senior faculty?

Alan Dershowitz represented some of the most vile people imaginable while being an esteemed prof at HLS (although remember Leona Helmsley liked his mother 😳). Are the protocols different because HBS has named chairs after big companies and actively solicits their business?

Not yet but will add to the queue.
Projectorgate? 🫠

What happened? Can you describe the experience?

Another observation on the decision: "He thinks the School (or “HBS”) made a big mistake in not recommending that he be granted lifetime tenure." Does this come across a snarky or expected?

You're quite right; we've never met. Totally based on what I've read e.g, this document (I believe Prof Edmondson was not a fan either). Thanks for sharing additional deets, especially about the Chinese restaurant. I pictured my local "First Wok", not some sophisticated op.

🎥Why do villains who don the ghost mask have supernatural resilience and strength? Saw #scream7 tonight and can't recommend. However, it IS what it IS if that's your thing.

👍. Thank you!