A perverse incentive?

"Publish or perish" is so twentieth-century. Today, it is not enough to publish – your papers must be cited. Citation indices abound, and many a scientist monitors their own h-index.

So, as citations have become such an important metric, a shrewd strategy for professional advancement would be to publish papers that are wrong.

Because then, others will publish papers correcting yours, and cite you in the process, thereby making you a highly-cited researcher.

Values as Visuals

My new article explores the use of new tools for articulating values, vision, and mission.

Imagine using the Dialoogle and Picture Your Legacy cards with colleagues, helping to commence group discussions, and to move into collaborative problem solving. Imagine using the iPhone app to spark your own creative ideas, or conversation with a friend.