A very good article on how emotions and rational thinking combine in decision making, and some ideas on how to make them work better together. A Nobel prizewinning economist and a top neuroscientist discuss the topic.
A Nobel Prize winner and a leading behavioral economist offer common sense and counterintuitive insights on performance, collaboration, and innovation.
Source: Leadership and behavior: Mastering the mechanics of reason and emotion | McKinsey & Company
The second State of Freight report is out. We should listen to it because one thing Trump expects to do is spend big money on, guess what, infrastructure construction projects. If he gets rid of EPA regulations, we can see these move forward quickly, for better or worse. Reports such as this will provide important input to the choice process.
The report comes a year after Congress made dedicated freight funding a priority, with almost $11 billion in funding for freight mobility in dedicated freight funds as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, the report also notes how states will have a key role in how the U.S. plans for freight movement and what projects will be completed.
Here’s the actual report in PDF format: aapa_state_of_freight_reportii
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Serious thought is being given to emisions caused by logistics. Most of it is in Europe. So it is not hard to see why MIT in Zaragoza is bringing out a simpler tool to allow firms with complex movements of goods to visualize and calculate their emissions in a standardized way.
Source: New Tool Brings Logistics Carbon Emissions into Sharp Focus
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