Real-time Personality Assessment (Pt 2): Important Qualities
Posted on26 Sep 2011
Tagsassessments, behavior, conversation, decisions, people, Personality, Real-time personality assessment, word choice
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The downside of many personality tests is that you need to administer them. Yes, some will teach you how to assess without... Read More
Illusion of Free Will Revisited
Posted on22 Sep 2011
Tagsbehavior, biology, David Eagleman, decisions, evolution, free will, genetic code, nature/nurture, Personality, psychology, rational actor theory, rationale, subconscious, technology, The Atlantic, The Economist
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I decided to revisit the illusion of free will after running across two other articles reinforcing it. As technology and research methodologies... Read More
Inverted Problem-solving Technique
Posted on15 Sep 2011
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The inverted problem-solving technique (IPT) involves looking at the opposing aspects of a problem. To see IPT’s value it helps to write... Read More
Correlation between Excellent Performers and Flattened Growth
Posted on01 Sep 2011
Tagsunawareness, Thomas DeLong, Talent, skills, Sara DeLong, risk, Paradox of Excellence, organization, Harvard Business Review, fear, decisions, awareness
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As people’s careers progress, they tend to become more risk adverse, less willing to accept challenges. Much is because they feel they... Read More
When Does Optimism Become Pollyannaism?
In “Before You Make That Big Decision,” which appeared in the June 2011 Harvard Business Review, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo and Olivier... Read More
Information You Know Is Wrong Still Influences You
Posted on21 Jul 2011
Tagsplanting a seed, Thoughts, Talent, subconscious, rationale, psychology, pigeonholing, Olivier Sibony, judges, intuition, information, Influence, Harvard Business Review, gossip, dice, decisions, Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, cognition, Before You Make That Big Decision, anchoring
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Previously, I listed some unconscious biases we have in decision-making. What I witness is that people just don’t believe that known wrong... Read More
Tapping the Power of Personality for Executives and Senior Managers 1.0
Posted on17 Jan 2011
Tagsusing names, Thank You, shaking hands, senior manager, remembering names, planning, Personality, patience, networking, management by walking around, grapevine, executive, decisions
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Executives and senior managers often overlook their most important business asset: their personalities. We are blessed from birth with a personality that... Read More
The Key to Great Advice is That It Doesn’t Have to Be Right
Posted on10 Jan 2011
TagsAdvice Giving, advisor, arbitrariness, Challenge, conditionality, decisions, math, problem solving, question, skills, talking cure, thinking process
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A colleague was concerned whether her advice was helping someone. Too many times, we focus on the advice rather than the process... Read More
Is Freedom for Everybody?
Posted on27 Dec 2010
Tagsaction, certainty, policies, uncertainty, thinking process, The Economist, Stanford, Sheena Iyengar, rules, procedure, Muslim, Mark Lepper, Iraq, freedom, driving, decisions, Columbia University, Choice, chaos
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This past month, I conversed with a resident of a Muslim country. He commented on how many of his fellow citizens couldn’t... Read More
Accounting for Unconscious Biases in Your Decision Making?
Posted on16 Dec 2010
Tagsdissent, decisions, Dan Lovallo, budgets, behavioral economics, abilities, diversity, unknown, uncertainty, self-interest, optimism, Olivier Sibony, McKinsey & Company, management, leadership, economics
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The article, The Case for Behavioral Strategy, (PDF) by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony* from the March 2010 McKinsey Quarterly states: Once... Read More
