Publications
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Masterclass: Second Win
The Second Win The second win is a move in the strategy set that is guided by knowledge of player type rather than by the path of payoffs. Playing the second win a player forfeits larger payoffs that could be achieved by more aggressive play in the early sequence of moves. A relatively new concept…
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Bildung & Education
The journal paper adapts Foucault’s concepts with the Bildung philosophy to define a public choice of self. Rather than acceptance of the socio-political status quo, Bildung is about the ability to criticise society, challenging it always. However, the labour of ‘becoming educated’ to a set of performance criteria focuses on the question of who we…
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Lying is the Norm in a Noosphere: ‘Telling it slant’ and ‘white lies’ prevail.
In a paper presented at the Adam Smith Seminar Series, Ludwig Maximilian’s Universitat, LMU, in Munchen, January 2015 Patrick explored the meaning of lying and the meaning of truth. He concludes that the poet’s truth prevails; scientific truth is, on the contrary, fleeting, irrational, and dreamlike. A painter who cannot paint, is, as Socrates says,…
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Obesity: Nudging Towards Health 2.0
Health 2.0 is 21st century health policy. It is about rational discriminating patients making decisions about their quality of life; it is about nudging people to participate in a wellness-and-lifestyle programme (WLP) with timely and effective health care for better health and improved quality of life. Our client, Medfit Proactive Healthcare, is the first and…
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Management Behaviour & Twittering of Geese
An early version of a manuscript has been discovered amongst the archives, so here it is with a particular relevance today in defining the game boundaries of a management team, wherein products survive, markets evolve and firms grow. As players, management adapt to their environment and adopt new strategies just like a family of geese…
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Plenary presentation at a Midland’s Think Tank
Plenary presentation at a Midland’s Think Tank on technology and data organised by Midas Technologies, the paper focused on big data patterns and cloud security. Who owns the personal data? We do. Explores the creation of tax efficient cloud services ‘free trade’ zone in Ireland. Plenary presentation
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Invited guest presentation at the University of Munich
Invited guest presentation at Workshop on the theme of ‘Bildung and Education’ at the University of Munich April 2014; the paper explores the concept of self and draws an inference from Foucault to explore the meaning of education and learning. Munich Paper 2014
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Memo to Ms Ahrendts
MEMO Re: Apple Inc: Play not to lose: Minimax strategy Dear Ms Ahrendts Congratulations on your recent appointment. We have been commenting on Apple for a number of years in this Blog, and from the perspective of game theory. You should challenge everything about the data – market share figures, consumer loyalty and the source…
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Patterns & Predictions – Playing to win v playing not to lose.
Patterns & Predictions – Playing to win v playing not to lose. Talk2013Patternsv01Asia.ppt
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Spin-0 for Apple in a French defence: from iPod to iNext or acquire a telco?
In our previous Blog entries, on the smartphone and tablet market, we referred to the market as a game, G. In G a new phenomenon has occurred, created by a convergence of technology coupled with rational consumers asking: is the iPhone5 = a mini iPad or is the new iPad mini = iPhone6? This line…