Tuesday’s Big Idea

Core Skill: Capturing Knowledge

The best way to conduct interviews -- or any kind of research, for that matter -- is to check you ego and not try to make yourself look smart. Rather, asking a "good dumb question" is an approach that will often yield the best results.

This is the advice of the "CEO whisperer" Adam Bryant, who writes The Corner Office column for The New York Times. Bryant sees a good interviewer or researcher as essentially someone who is a good listener.

That's easier said than done, as is the case in life in general, Bryant says, many people are not really listening but waiting for their turn to speak.

The Importance of Asking Good, Dumb Questions

by Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd

The best way to conduct interviews -- or any kind of research, for that matter -- is to not try to make yourself look smart. Rather, asking a "good dumb question" is an approach that will often yield the best results.

The Dawn of Data as Dusk of Degrees

by Kirsten Winkler

Currently, we are unable to prove our “hidden” knowledge, things that are learned “along the way” rather than in a certified course or degree program. That needs to—and will—change, perhaps thanks to these innovative start ups.

How to Predict the Unpredictable: Use Data

by Nouriel Roubini

Knowing what empirical data to look for is the key to confirming an idea—especially when that idea is the premonition of a looming global economic crisis.

Branded Data: Visualizing the Internet's Future

by Dominic Basulto

Individuals, corporations and government organizations are sitting on vast treasure troves of archived data that can be branded and then digitized as tiny propaganda across the Web to support their own agendas.

Power and Influence

Tuesday’s Big Idea

Core Skill: Capturing Knowledge