The Center on Japanese Economy and Business and and the Academyhills organized a conference titled ??Coping with Change in Japan and the U.S.? on April 20, 2010 at the Roppongi Academyhills (Tokyo, Japan).
Professor Michael Morris will deliver the keynote address on "Harnessing Bicultural Identity" on August 27, 2010 at the Asian MBA Leadership Conference and Career Expo (AMBA) in New York.
Researchers at Columbia University found a high correlation between a participant's stance on global warming and how he perceived the outdoor temperature on the day he was asked about it. Study subjects were also more likely to say they would donate to a global warming charity on days they perceived to be unusually warm. For Eric J. Johnson, the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School and a co-author of the study, the findings highlight the pitfalls of policymaking by poll, given that opinions on such a complex issue appear susceptible to highly impertinent data.
The Harmony Institute wants to change your mind at the movies. In the last few weeks, a little-noticed nonprofit with big ideas about the persuasive power of movies and television shows quietly began an initiative aimed at getting filmmakers and others to use the insights and techniques of behavioral psychology in delivering social and political messages through their work.
The Ariane de Rothschild Fellows Program, organized in part by the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center, provided executive education for social entrepreneurs and encouraged cross-cultural dialogue between the Muslim and Jewish communities.