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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Barack Obama’s Edge-Based Organization

By John Julius Sviokla on November 11, 2008

President-elect Obama is the first politician use the power of the network to create an edge-based organization — and thereby raise more money than any politician in history and sweep 364 electoral votes. No presidential campaign will be the same again. On this site,...

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JP Morgan Chase’s Risk Lessons: Are you oxymoronic enough?

By John Julius Sviokla on

Risk management is almost an oxymoron – like Jumbo Shrimp. Firms that are great at risk management are fastidious about statistically significant effects, but at the same time can make brilliant leaps of insight on small amounts of data. They can create the most...

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