In February 2014, London’s Underground was partially shut down by a strike that forced many commuters to find new ways to get to work. The disruption lasted just 48 hours, but when three economists (Shaun Larcom, Ferdinand Rauch and Tim […]
What a difference a couple of weeks makes. In mid-December, I asked a collection of wise guests on my BBC radio programme How to Vaccinate the World about the importance of second doses. At that stage, Scott Gottlieb, former head of […]
Here’s a holiday quiz question for you: what do puzzles, poker, and misinformation have in common? The answer is at the bottom of this column. Let’s try an easier question first. In Santa’s workshop, if it takes five elves five […]
Tom Kelley is a sensitive soul. Shortly after sending the manuscript of his first book, The Art of Innovation, to his publisher, he visited Kepler’s, his local bookshop in Menlo Park in Silicon Valley. “I literally started to cry,” he confessed […]
One consequence of working from home is that mistakes are made. People miss messages; spinning plates fall to the ground; the falcon cannot hear the falconer; a New Yorker journalist broadcasts his genitals to everyone else on a Zoom call. […]
Pinkies up, folks. The best bars in Beverly Hills are glitzy, glamorous and—let’s be honest—probably in a hotel. Welcome to the 90210, a neighborhood where steakhouses and swanky Italian restaurants abound. But cocktail bars? They’re few and far between. If you’re looking for a great […]
That isn’t your Postmates delivery at the door—it’s a towering rabbit with a mustache and a boombox and paisley ears, and it’s here to sing you a song. One person’s singing telegram is another’s nightmare fuel, or some combination thereof this […]
Finance is an industry with long hours, where unexpected termination is rife. To survive, most people abide by the moto: work hard, party hard (and sometimes harder). Junior bankers in particular have mastered the art. I’ve seen people who’ve had very little sleep during […]
Si vous aspirez à travailler pour Goldman Sachs, ne vous attendez pas nécessairement à porter un costume. Aujourd’hui, vous y croiserez davantage de banquiers portant un pantalon en coton plutôt qu’une paire de mocassins Ferragamo et des chemises avec leurs initiales brodées sur les manches. Ainsi, seulement […]
1- Mangez un petit-déjeuner israélien Commencez votre journée à Tel-Aviv par un petit-déjeuner chez Manta Ray, à deux pas de la mer. Les locaux viennent ici pour l’incroyable mezzé fait maison, qui se compose d’une sélection de salades israéliennes. Mais aussi pour […]
In 2020, 58.3% of global cancer deaths occurred in Asia and by 2025 cases in India are expected to rise by 12% to 1.56 million. In response, the Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum India has […]
Beaucoup de personnes se méfient de l’intelligence artificielle. Elles ne comprennent pas comment les ordinateurs peuvent apprendre et prendre des décisions intelligentes. Pourtant, les principes fondamentaux de l’IA sont à la portée de tous. Le Machine learning (apprentissage automatique) et […]
There is no doubt that machine learning models have taken the world by storm in recent decades. Their ability to identify patterns and generate predictions that far exceed any other form of statistical technique is truly remarkable and hard to […]
Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) are one of the most widely used inferential modeling techniques. Their simplicity makes them easy to interpret, so when communicating causal inference to stakeholders they’re a very effective tool. Elastic net regularization, a widely used regularization […]
What are the basic concepts in machine learning? I found that the best way to discover and get a handle on the basic concepts in machine learning is to review the introduction chapters to machine learning textbooks and to watch the […]
If you’re a junior investment banker slogging yourself to death in an understaffed team on a relentless flow of live deals, you probably don’t want to know about all the people getting paid to do nothing this summer, but they […]
Chinese millennials are joining up to the lying flat movement as they reject long working hours – but bankers wont be joining them. Chinese 20-somethings are rejecting the country’s 9-9-6 “hustle” culture, where people work 12 hours a day from […]
If you’re learning a coding language with a view to becoming employable in a technology role in financial services, should you choose something like Python, which is well-used across the industry, or should you go for something a little more […]
Avec la crise du Covid, de nombreux entretiens d’embauche se déroulent en visioconférence. Lors de ces entretiens bien différents de ceux qui ont lieu en physique, managers et RH devront veiller à se montrer bienveillants, attentifs et organisés. La crise […]
Comme nous nous en faisions l’écho récemment, Deutsche Bank demande à ses effectifs quittant Londres pour Francfort d’accepter une réduction de salaire de 25%. Si plusieurs voix se sont élevées pour dénoncer une mesure injuste, les chiffres de Goldman Sachs […]
